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Elie Weisel is the main character in the novel "Night." "Night" is a  

story about the experience of a boy who is taken from his home and 

transported through a concentration camp. The novel recounts all the 

events that Elie encountered. Throughout "Night" Elie grows significantly

closer to his Father whom is with him throughout the story. 

Wladyslaw Szpilman is the main character in the movie "The Pianist." In the movie, Wladyslaw and his family are taken by the nazis and put into concentration camps. In the camps, Wladyslaw is forced to do strenuous manual labor for long periods of time and all of his families belongings are taken from them.

The stories are similar because Wladyslaw and Elie both are forced to leave behind the things the love because of the Nazi Regime. For example, Wladyslaw leaves behind music, which was his career and his passion. Wladyslaw is forced to sell his piano for money to feed his family because the Nazi's took all the families money. The nazis indirectly took away Wladyslaws piano and they took Elie's Gold crown on his tooth. Wladyslaw was not able to get anything close to what the piano was actually worth. He did not have a choice though because they had no food. In the book "Night", Elie leaves behind his mother and siblings when the soldiers came into Elie's town and forced everyone out. Elie was under the impression that the soldiers were friendly and were not going to harm his family. This is one way Wladyslaw and Elie are different. Wladyslaw knew of the Nazi's and the danger the presented. Elie, however, did not know that the soldiers were a threat to all of the Jewish people. . Wladyslaw and Elie were both forced into concentration camps and persecuted for their religion. They both had to do manual labor.