Prompt A.

There are many ways Elie Weisel, from Night and Wladyslaw Szpilman, from The Pianist compare and contrast. At the beginning of their stories both of the characters start out with their families and friends in their towns and houses. As the story progresses they are both separated from their families and friends. Elie and Wladek are alike in the way that they are both quiet and keep to themselves. Neither of the characters are very outgoing. Elie is very dependent of his father at the beginning but Wladek is very independent. Their families are both packed into the train and taken away, Elie was in the train but in The Pianist, Wladek's friend saved him and he did not get on the train. Both of the characters witnessed people being killed whether if they were shot or burned alive. Also, both of the characters were put in a ghetto. A ghetto is a place that is jam packed with people, it is highly over populated. Ghettos were filthy, unsanitary, cramped, and just overall cruel places. After leaving the ghettos the Jews were taken to concentration camps through trains in both stories, but Wladek did not get on the train, he stayed in the ghetto, but Elie was taken in the train to Auschwitz. Overall, the characters Elie Weisel and Wladek Szpilman are very similar in many ways.