Night
By Elie Wiesel
"Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, which has turned my life into one long night, seven times cursed and seven times sealed. Never shall I forget that smoke. Never shall I forget the little faces of the children, whose bodies I saw turned into wreaths of smoke beneath a silent blue sky.
Never shall I forget those flames which consumed my faith forever.Never shall I forget that nocturnal silence which deprived me, for all eternity, of the desire to live. Never shall I forget those moments which murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to dust. Never shall I forget these things, even if I am condemned to live as long as God Himself. Never" (Wiesel, 32)
This is a photo taken of the jews who survived liberation and the gruessom attack of Hitler and the Nazi Germans.... when we talk about the most couragoues people ever in the history of man kind, these people would simply have to be without a doubt at the top of my list. These men in this photo above is the sheer definition of what it means to be a courageous person and what it takes to do so. this picture and book relates strongly to the quote by Confucious. Without courage, its difficult to be a real man. The definition of courage is these men. Losing everything and everyone they loved. They're life was virtually put into Hitler's hand and they had to fight, sacrifice, and kill for their own lifes back, and these men did. Simply amazing in my mind, in fact i dont know many people today that could capture that same victory, and have the will and courage to beat the odds and survive the terror. Simply fantsic...
