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WarTakesButNeverGives
Duringtimesofwar,peopleofmanyreligionsareaffectedbythehorrorstrickenevents
thattakeplace,causingmanytolosefaith,family,andinnocence.
Throughouthistory,many
peoplehavelostthings,people,andreligioninthefaceofthewar.Describingthewayeach
lossaffectedpeople,manyhadsufferedsimilarpain.
Inthenovella,Night,byElieWiesel,hehaddescribedthewaypeopleandalsohimself,
feltaboutgodandtheirreligionafterawhileifbeingintheconcentrationcamp.
ElieWieseldescribesinthequote,MyeyeswereopenandIwasaloneterriblyaloneinaworld
withoutGodandwithoutman(Wiesel,75)ashefeltaloneinthecamp.
Th
Thisshowsthe
devastationthatElieWieselfaced,whenhefeltaloneintheconcentrationcampandwithouta
god.ThishelpsreadersandothersunderstandtherealitythatmanyJewshadlosttheirfaith
afterspendingmanydaysandnightsintheconcentrationcampswaiting,prayingtogodtosave
them.

Asthenovellaprogresses,Wieseldescribesthewayhefeelsaboutthereligionhewas
borninto.AsaJewishbornchild,hewasabletodescribethewaynotonlyhowhefelt,buthow
otherslikehimfelt.
Inthequote,PoorAkibaDrumer,ifhecouldhavegoneonbelievingin
God,ifhecouldhavebeenseenaproofofGodinthisCalvary,hewouldnothavebeentaken
bythisselection(Wiesel,83)hedescribeshowhethinksanotherpersonfeelsabouttheirfaith.
However,inthefaceofdeath,Wieselbelievesthatifyoubelieveingodalittlelonger,thenyou
mightbesaved.
InKhachigYazujiansarticle,hedescribeshowhehadsufferedthroughthepainof
losinghisfamilyduringtheArmenianGenocide,causingnotonlyhimpain,butthedreadful

remembranceofhisdearlydeparted.
Inthetimelinehewrote,1915My3brothersandsister
werekilledbyTurks&Kurds(TheKhachigYazujianStory)whichdescribesthefamilythathe
hadlostduringthegenocide.

Hehadalsomentionedthepainheandhisfamilyhadsuffered
throughoutWorldWar2,whenbothhissonsdiedinthefaceofwar.Theyhaddiedamonth
apartfromeachotherin1949.
Writteninhistimeline,1945__April4Garoiskilledinactionin
Germany...1945__May25HovanessisshotdowninabombingraidoverJapan.(TheKhachig
YazujianStory)
Thisdemonstrateshowanyonecanlosefamily.Throughouthisarticle,hehad
talkedabouttopicsfromlosinghisbrothersandsisters,tolosinghissons.Thiscanhelppeople
understandthetragedymanyhadfacedbylosingfamilyduringwarandgenocides.
Intheslides,TheArmenianGenocide,readerscanlearnthatmanyhadlosttheir
innocence.
Onemanhadanexperienceofalmostdieingasachild.
Inthequote,Iwascovered
withbloodfromtheotherbodiesontopofme,butIcouldn'tcry(Kodorian1)thisdescribesthe
eventthathadtakenplace,thatachild,notanyolderthan10,hadtofacedeathandthen
realizedhewasluckytobealive.
Thisshowsthatnoonehadsympathyforeachother,children
wereaffectedgreatlybywar,andadultswerealsofacedwiththerealityofwar,whichmade
themlosetheirowninnocence.
Asthegenocidecontinues,morechildrenwereaffectedbyit,
whetheritwaslosingfamilyorcryinginthetimestheyneedtheirparentsmost.
Inthequote,
Whenthedeportationsbegan,IwenttoMezretosaygoodbyetomyfather.Hecried.(Terzian
1)thisshowshowevenadultscried,showingtheirwallscomingdownandrealizingtheyare
abouttoloseitall.
Thisdemonstrateshowadultslosttheirinnocenceandwerenotableto
functionwhenfacedwithadifficultevent.
Throughoutthecenturies,manyhadfacedthecrueltyofwar,bylosingfaith,family,and
innocence.Thisaddstowarandcreatesaverydepressingtimeformany.
Manyhadsuffered,
butveryfewwereabletoovercomethepainanddevastation.

WorksCited
Wiesel,Elie,andMarionWiesel.
Night
.NewYork,NY:HillandWang,aDivisionofFarrar,
StrausandGiroux,2006.Print.

"ArmenianGenocideResourceLibraryforTeachersSurvivorAccounts."ArmenianGenocide
ResourceLibraryforTeachersSurvivorAccounts.TheGenocideEducationProject.Web.06
Apr.2016.

Yazujian,Khaching.Remembranceofthepast.(1951)