<p>Well I’m a Sophomore right now and we are reading the book “Night” by Elie Wiesel. I’ve just written an analysis for one of the quotes in the book and I would like you guys to grade it as if it was on the SAT or just in general. Please give me some input and advice on how to improve my writing. I wrote this in about 30 min (including thinking and brainstorming). I know I’m slow. Thanks a lot!</p>
<p>Elie Wiesel Connection/Analysis
Pg. 116: I did not weep, and it pained me that I could not weep. But I had no more tears. And, in the depths of my being, in the recesses of my weakened conscience, could I have searched it, I might perhaps have found something like- free at last!</p>
<p>This quote relates to the Rabbi Eliahou incident during the long trek to Gleiwitz. Rabbi Eliahou had purposely abandoned his father because he wanted to free himself from an encumbrance which could lessen his own chances of survival. This is the same with the situation between Elie and his father, who was growing weak and was considered as an invalid, because his overall health was incapacitated. However, Elie Wiesel, from my point of view is a kind and generous person. Despite having heard what the head of the block had said on page 115, Elie refused to accept the advice: that he should not support his father any longer because it was with little or no avail and he was killing himself by offering his father his rations. Elie knew that accepting this advice would lead to guilt for the rest of his life. Instead, he was impervious with his original kindness and the natural lovingness every person has towards other family members. He instinctively continued to offer his father his own rations of food and accommodated him throughout their stay at Buchenwald. He supported him until fear started overcoming him; that he would be beaten by the SS officers if he reacted to the violent blows that had been exerted onto his father. Eliezers withdraw from assistance towards his father inevitably led to his death the next day. Although Elie did not weep, neither did he grasp his fathers death as a way of abating the burden he carried; he didnt think of his fathers annihilation as freedom from an encumbrance, as Rabbi Eliahou had.</p>