Motivation In Elie Wiesel's 'Night'

Setting (time and place): Early 1940s, during World War Two, Holocaust era. starting in Sighet, Transylvania, and moving throughout concentration camps in Europe.

To read is to feel connected; to feel as though we are not alone, each of us read for a different purpose. Just like reading authors have a purpose for writing. The purpose behind Elie Wiesel novel “Night” is the duty he felt as a survivor, he felt as though he was a messenger and needed to tell the world about this catastrophe. There are many aspects that make a novel good and bad, each is determined by the details given by the author, but also the lack of detail can make a novel feel as if it’s bad because it leaves us hanging; wanting for more. There is always a way the author can make their novel better, just like with everything there’s always room for improvement.

The Holocaust changed the lives of many. Those that survived have many terrifying stories to tell. Many survivors are too horrified to tell their story because their experiences are too shocking to express in words. Eli Wiesel overcomes this fear by publicly relaying his survival of the Holocaust. "Night", his powerful and moving story, touches the hearts of many and teaches his readers a great lesson. He teaches that in a short span of time, the ways of the world can change for the worst. He wants to make sure that if the world didn't learn anything from hearing about the atrocities of the Holocaust, maybe they'll be able to learn something from Elie's own personal experience. Usually, a person can internalize a situation better

The first activity that I chose to do, was to interview a character in the memoir, Night. The second activity that I choose, was to create a collage that represents the mode and the themes of this memoir. Many themes were portrayed throughout this memoir. The two activities I chose, relate to a variety of themes: the consequences of human judgement, loss of faith in God, father-son relationships, and loss of human freedom.

In the novel “Night”, by Elie Wiesel, the Holocaust survivor suggests that when humans are faced with protecting their own mortality, they abandon their morals and values. This can be seen in both the Jewish and German people. The German’s are inhumanely cruel to protect their own jobs and safely by obeying government commands. The Jewish captives lost their morals as they fight to survive the concentration camps. Elie Wiesel encountered many obstacles that made many of his ideals changed drastically for Wiesel which was his loss in humanity throughout the book he explains the many ways he does not see people as people anymore. He also explains how all of his natural human rights were no more during the time in the Holocaust. He had to find a sense of self because he could have easily fallen apart. He could not have done anything different, he knew it was going to end poorly. Silence is a very important and prominent theme in this book as silence represents many key symbols such as. God’s silence: Eliezar questions God’s faith many times throughout this book and wonders how he could just sit there and be silent while people are mass murdering people.

When a son kills his father over bread, the meaning of Night is further brought to light. It is illuminated by the fact that Elie loves his father very much, how little food they were given, and how ruthless people had become to get what they needed.

One day, when Elie returned from the warehouse, he was summoned by the block secretary to go to the dentist. Elie therefore went to the infirmary block to learn that the reason for his summon was gold teeth extraction. Elie, however pretends to be sick and asks, ”Couldn’t you wait a few days sir? I don’t feel well, I have a fever…” Elie kept telling the dentist that he was sick for several weeks to postpone having the crown removed. Soon after, it had appeared that the dentist had been dealing in the prisoners’ gold teeth for his own benefit. He had been thrown into prison and was about to be hanged. Eliezer does not pity for him and was pleased with what was happening

In the book Night by Elie Wiesel there are many instances where his use of imagery helps establish tone and purpose. For example Elie Wiesel used fire (sight) to represent just that. The fire helps prove that the tone is serious and mature. In no way did Wiesel try to lighten up the story about the concentration camps or the Nazis. His use of fire also helps show his purpose. “Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, that turned my life into one long night seven times scaled. Never shall I forget that smoke. Never shall I forget the small faces of the children whose bodies I saw

Have you ever had to make an instant decision that would significantly impact your life?

As humans, we require basic necessities, such as food, water, and shelter to survive. But we also need a reason to live. The reason could be the thought of a person, achieving some goal, or a connection with a higher being. Humans need something that drives them to stay alive. This becomes more evident when people are placed in horrific situations. In Elie Wiesel's memoir Night, he reminisces about his experiences in a Nazi concentration camp during the Holocaust. There the men witness horrific scenes of violence and death. As time goes on they begin to lose hope in the very things that keep them alive: their faith in God, each other, and above all, themselves.

In the memoir Night by Elie Wiesel, Elie Wiesel is a young boy who struggles to survive after being forced to live in the brutal concentration camp of Auschwitz. In Auschwitz, death and suffering is rampant, but due to compassionate words and actions from others, Elie is able to withstand these severe living conditions and overcome the risk of death in the unforgiving Auschwitz. As shown through the actions and words of characters in Night, compassion, the sympathetic pity for the suffering or misfortune of others is critical to the human experience because it enables humans to empathize with each other, empathizing which allows us to feel the need to assist others which can often be vital for survival.

In the memoir, Night, author Elie Wiesel portrays the dehumanization of individuals and its lasting result in a loss of faith in God. Throughout the Holocaust, Jews were doggedly treated with disrespect and inhumanity. As more cruelty was bestowed upon them, the lower their flame of hope and faith became as they began turning on each other and focused on self preservation over family and friends. The flame within them never completely died, but rather stayed kindling throughout the journey until finally it stood flickering and idle at the eventual halt of this seemingly never-ending nightmare. Elie depicts the perpetuation of violence that crops up with the Jews by teaching of the loss in belief of a higher power from devout to doubt they

One of the central themes in Night was choosing not to know. People chos not to know for many reasons. On page 7 when Moiche the Beadle came back he said “They think I’m mad.” This quote might be short but it speaks volumes. They think he is crazy because something like to Holocaust had never happend before. The people he was telling couldn't imagine being forced to dig trenches then getting shot into them. The whole concept of the Holocaust was so foreign that none of them could imagine such a thing happening. The next quote that represents choosing not to know is on page 46. It said: “Mother is still a young woman,’ my father once said. ‘She must be in a labor camp. And Tzipora, she is a big girl now. She must too be in a camp...” This quote

1. One was when Elie’s dad was hit in the head with a club because he was ill and the doctors couldn’t help him. Another was when Elie and his dad lied about their ages. Elie said he was eighteen, but he was actually fourteen and his dad said he was fourty, but he was actually fifty. The one that had the most impact on me was when an SS officer was directing which way for the prisoners to go. One way was to stay alive and the other way was to the crematory.

At the beginning of the story, Prometheus creates a human and gives it fire so that it can live. He made a human out of earth, water, and seeds and molded it that so it looks like the gods.He gave the human fire and it used to light forges to make weapons and tools: “Fire was the most useful gift he could possibly have given to man.” (1) With fire,the human could see in the dark and make weapons and tools to defend himself. Fire helped the human have a easy life. Prometheus doesn’t know that his gift will turn into a curse.