1) On the book, Night, By Elie Wiesel, they talk about how the holocaust occurred and how the jews were mistreated. In the beginning of the book is when the government starts changing and making new decrees for the jews to abandon everything. They were first "deported", in which they had to live in the ghettos. Then after being moved to countless ghettos, they were then taken to Auschwitz. At Auschwitz, they were basically dehumanized and treated highly unfairly. Despite all this misfortunes happening so quickly, they continued to have optimistic conversations. The reason why they did so was because they continued to have faith and hope. They always said that they always believed that this was just very temporary and that every thing would go back to normal. They probably did this to not only help pass the time, because they had to wait long hours and weeks between everything, but it was also meant to help them feel more secure and that everything was going to be all right.
2) "From this moment, you come under the authority of the Germany army. Those of you who still have gold, silver, or watches in your possession must give them up now. Anyone who is later found to have kept anything will be shot on the spot. Secondly, anyone who feels I'll may go to the hospital car. That's all"
For this quote, it is just one piece of evidence of how the Jews were single handedly stripped of everything all at once. They had to give up basically their lives and all that was valuable to them. When they were first asked to do this, they thought nothing of it. The just thought that the government was doing this for a good reason. But later on, they soon see that they will loose everything important to them. They are basically treated like prisoners. But even after this quote, they continue to have optimistic conversations.
"However, Our first impressions of the Germans were most reassuring" (pg. 7)
This quote is and example of the Jews' positive mindset. When seeing German soldiers fill their streets, they didn't really think anything bad was gonna happen, even though the people informing them told them otherwise. In this entire part, people were in a " I told you" sort of mindset. They felt that they didn't have anything to fear. They felt that the Germans were here to help and protect them. This proves their optimism toward the situations that they were in.
"The yellow star? Oh well, what of it? You don't die of it..." (pg.9)
This is another example of the Jews doubt toward anything bad happening to them. They didn't realize that they had to wear the stars so that the germans knew they were Jews. They didn't realize all that was happening to them was going to lead up to something very bad. But instead they continued to have faith in what was good and be optimistic of all that they were told to do.
“Confidence soared. Suddenly we felt free of the previous nights’ terrors. We gave thanks to God.” (pg. 27)
This quote shows how quickly the Jews confidence and optimism rises after something bad has happened. It shows that they look for the good in a situation to help them feel more safe and secure. They don't realize that things continue to get worse and worse. Instead they become thankful for surviving everything they go through.
“Don’t lose hope… Have faith in life, a thousand times fate… Help each other. That is the only way to survive.” (pg. 41)
This was the quote given by their leader prisoner in which they had lost a lot of hope since a lot of bad things happened. This shows that they even in times of sorrow, They had people to make them hopeful again. But unlike the previous quotes, They realize the predicament theyre in.
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