Types of Conflict
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- Man vs. Man
- "He threw himself on me like a wild beast, beating me inthe chest, on my head, throwing me to the ground and picking meup again, crushing me with ever more violent blows, until I was covered in blood" (Wiesel 53).
- Man vs. Self
- "Oh God, Master of the Universe, give me the strength never to do what Rabbi Eliahu's son has done," (Wiesel 91)
- Man vs. Nature
- "We were stronger than cold and hunger, stronger than the guns and the desire to die, doomed and rootless, nothing but numbers, we were the only men on earth," (Wiesel 87)
- Elie and Idek are at constant battle physical battle in this part of the story, being a simple man vs. man conflict.
- Man vs. God
- "Why should Isanctify His name? The Almighty, the eternal and terrible Master of the Universe, chose to be silent. What was there to thank Him for?" (Wiesel 33)
- "Annihilate an entire people? Wipe outa population dispersed throughout so many nations? So many millions of people! By what means? In the middle of the twentieth century!" (Wiesel 8).
- Elie is making sure that he doesn't do what the Rabbi's son did, essentially protecting himself from himself.
- Man vs. Society
- Elie and the rest of the Jews were marched through the cold and forced to run, fighting against the Earth's cold and their bodies' malnourishment.
- Elie literally opposes God and the belief of God in this section of the book. He has lost faith because of God's inability to assist him and his brethren.
- Elie is confident that there is no way Germany can wipe out so many Jews. He opposes the society of Germany, making it a man vs. society conflict.
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