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Elie is really fourteen but he says he is eighteen. Many people like Elie lied about their age to live.

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In "Night" by Elie Wiesel, the prisoners were instructed to say they were older than their actual ages to avoid being selected for extermination. This was done in a desperate attempt to increase their chances of survival in the concentration camps.

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They were told to say they were in between 18 and 40.

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he says he is 18 so it will seem he is stronger and so he won't be killed

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