In his book Night, Mr. Elie Wiesel shares his experiences of the camps and how cruelly all the Jews were treated during that time. Indeed, he describes how he was beaten and neglected by SS officers on countless occasions. There are very few cases where decent human beings are thrown into certain conditions where they are treated unfairly and cruelly. Mr. Wiesel was a victim of this situation many times while in the camps. Yet he did not act, becoming a brute himself, while the others were constantly transformed into brutes. Mr. Wiesel was beaten terribly horribly, however, for his safety, he decided not to do anything about it. There were many other positions where Mr. Wiesel was abused, was malnourished and could have easily abandoned his father but didn't. For example, in chapter four of the book, Mr. Wiesel describes how the Kapo, Idek, on his block had a bad temper and sometimes took it out on Elie. In fact, as Mr. Wiesel recounts, “one day when Idek was seized by one of his fits of frenzy, I got in his way. He leaped at me, like a wild animal, hitting me in the chest, on the head, throwing me to the ground and picking me up again, with increasingly violent blows, until I was covered in blood” (Wiesel 50). In other words, Mr. Wiesel is saying that he was just working, doing what he had to do, but because Idek was angry he took it out on Elie. Now, people might think that Elie could have done something, like fought back, but that would have made him a brute, which he didn't want to be. Furthermore, if he fought back, not only would he be a brute, but he would expend his strength and could be killed or die. Given this, there have been other cases where Mr. Wiesel and his… paper……read. Once again, Mr. Wiesel avoided all of this by deciding not to even try to fight for the food. Although the worst brutality would be knowingly and willingly abandoning family members such as mothers, sisters, fathers and brothers, any family member for that matter. Yes, the prisoners had to survive on their own, but it can help them overcome the pain and fear knowing that their family is still alive. Most likely he helped Elie because, no matter what, he always tried to be with his father helping him maintain at least a little humanity. Therefore all this shows that when forced and thrown into horrible situations with cruel treatment, decent human beings may come out not as decent as they were, but they do not become brutes at all. Works Cited Wiesel, Elie and Marion Wiesel. Night. New York, NY: Hill and Wang, a division of Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006. Print.