Question

In at least 100 words, describe how Eliezer and the other inmates coped with the horrors they witnessed.

Answer 1

'The night' is a memoir by Elie Weisel about the experiences of a small boy, Eliezer endured in the concentration camps during World War II between 1944 and 1945.

The Author describes the brutal happening of the concentration camps under the Nazis.

Ways by which Eliezer and other inmates coped with the horrors they witnessed.

- Eliezer and other prisoners which includes his father, are put to a series of horrible inhumanity of the Nazis, but their faith in God helped them cope with the horrors.

- At times, they lost their faith and became numb and senseless to the sufferings.

- They lose their humanity and thus are not affected by the hellish visions.

- But their faith in God becomes their only hope for survival.