Nature Of Man In Night By Elie Wiesel

Man vs. Self is one of the conflicts in the book “Night” by the late Elie Wiesel. Wiesel was in a constant debate on his decisions because he faced hardships unimaginable to all but those who experienced the same as him. He could have lost his humanity at any time, but he kept it throughout his ordeal. Despite the fact that he was forced to leave his home, family, and everything he had known and move into “ghettoes,” Wiesel did not betray the ones around him. When he was shipped to the first concentration camp, he was treated like livestock, as he was forced to ride over-crowded cattle trucks. Desperate for inspiration, he “looked up at [his] father … trying to glimpse a smile … but there was nothing [only] defeat” (69). A foreman named Franek

Eliezer Wiesel, a Jewish boy during the Holocaust, survived more in that time period than most should in a life time. He had overcome fatigue and starvation, and survived the regime of two concentration camps. Not only that, but he did it with his father, his support throughout the book. Eliezer had his will to survive that kept him alive, his father that was his crutch, and his hope that everyone else was grasping onto and losing. Night shows the true strength of Eliezer Wiesel and his indomitable strength of the the human spirit, showing the characteristics of survival, family bond, and hope, all throughout the book.

The human condition is a very malleable idea that is constantly changing due to the current state of mankind. In the memoir Night by Elie Wiesel, the concept of the human condition is displayed in the worst sense of the concept, during the Holocaust of WWII. During this time, multiple groups of people, most notably European Jews, were persecuted against and sent to horrible hard labor and killing centers such as Auschwitz. In this memoir, Wiesel uses complex figurative language such as similes and metaphors to display the theme that a person’s state as a human, both at a physical and emotional level, can be altered to extreme lengths, and even taken away from them under the most extreme conditions.

In “Night,” the setting creates a cruel and depressing mood which helps the reader feel what it was like to live during the Holocaust. For example in chapter one he uses descriptive words that make it seem like the Nazis think that the Jewish people didn’t deserve a life. Once the Jewish get to the concentration camps the writing said “They were forced to dig huge trenches then they shot the prisoners” (Wiesel 6). That quote is saying that they were forced to dig their own grave when they arrived at the concentration camps, and then got shot and placed in the grave that they had just dug. In the writing i get the feeling that the Nazis thought the Jews were evil people because of the way they named the street that they lived on. In the text

Robert Shapiro, an American civil litigator once said, “To me, the Holocaust stands alone as the most horrible human event in modern civilization,” The Holocaust, a genocide led by Adolf Hitler, killed six million jews, and dramatically affected the whole world. The memoir “Night,” written by Elie Wiesel describes the brutality Wiesel experienced during the Holocaust, and how life changing it was. Although some may believe the memoir written by Elie Wiesel was titled “Night” because he was forced to leave his home during the night, Wiesel illustrates Jews losing hope, faith, and happiness through the symbol of Night, to prove that the memoir was titled “Night” to symbolize the darkness the holocaust created.

In Night, the point Elie Wiesel is making about survival is disheartening, giving examples of what people will do to survive and their every man for themselves mindset. While fighting to survive, numerous animalistic instincts control every aspect of how a person thinks. Moreover, these instincts make you think you must do whatever you can to survive, regardless of who you are harming in the process. Night gives an excellent example of the concept that family and friends do not matter when it comes to life or death, people with this mindset will do nearly anything to live another day. Nevertheless, there are many instances when the survival mindset is strictly internal, pushing them further than they thought they were capable of.

The more of the world a person sees, the more he/she realizes that it is not as perfect as he/she thinks it is. When one matures, he/she gains knowledge and experiences that affect how he/she act and think. Their perspective of the world changes either positively or negatively. Night, an autobiographical memoir written by Elie Wiesel, tells of the horrors he faced as a child during the Holocaust. The more the readers read about his experiences, the more they see how his perspectives change throughout the novel. Emily Dickinson's poem “We Grow Accustomed to the Dark” explains how one must conquer his/her fear in order to see more of the world. The way we perceive things change as we gain more knowledge and experience of the world we live in.

As the famous journalist Iris Chang once said, “As the Nobel Laureate warned years ago, to forget a holocaust is to kill twice.” After experiencing the tragedies that occurred during the Holocaust, Eliezer Wiesel narrated “Night”. Eliezer wrote “Night” in an attempt to prevent something similar to the Holocaust from happening again, by showing the audience what the consequences are that come from becoming a bystander. Elie illustrated numerous themes by narrating the state of turmoil he was in during the Holocaust. In Night, Eliezer provided insight into what he experienced in order to teach the unaware audience about three themes; identity, silence, and faith.

Imagine living in fear and not knowing when its your time to die! In the memoir Night by Elie Wiesel it talked about the holocaust and how people were trying to survive during the time of the Holocaust. Elie the main character was one of the Jews that were forced to go to the concentration camps and had to follow the Germans orders. He had to take care of of his father during all the madness and couldn't even take care of him self. His father was slowly dieing. Elie and his father had faith because they were able to survive the whole Holocaust. Death and survival in the memoir shows a lot about how people in the story die during the madness of the War and how people make it and survive during the Holocaust.

“Never shall I forget those flames which consumed my faith forever.” - Elie Wiesel. Imagine walking amongst skeletons who you once knew but cannot recognize anymore and seeing people burn as if they were a waste of space, a disappointment. Elie Wiesel, a holocaust survivor, wrote his best selling book, ‘Night’, to make sure that history doesn't repeat itself with this monstrous deeds. The holocaust changed Wiesel in a lot of ways, good and bad, but the holocaust did not break him for Wiesel kept some of the most valuable traits like thankful and curious.

Over the course of the book, elie changes from being a caring kid to being very vigilant teenager. This is important to the book as a whole because it connects to how somebody can change due to on event. The change is apparent when elies dad is slowly dying, When he arrives at the concentration camps, and he realizes that his father will no longer be with him In the book it states “ ‘ I am too old, my son’ he answered ‘ too old to start a new life.

Seven billion people, seven billion different faces, seven billion unique characters, and most importantly, seven billion significant identities. Trauma, is a deeply distressing or disturbing experience, everyone experience trauma in their life, from breaking their bones to surviving a Nazi concentration camp. Identities are changed during these experiences, negative or positive, one’s identity can be described as your personality and who you are. Everyone’s identity changed during their life from different events that occur in their life. Elie Wiesel’s memoir ‘Night’ and his famous Nobel Prize acceptance speech are two of the most moving and touching examples of how horrible traumatic experiences can be. Traumatic experience is far worse than you think it is, and the changes of one’s identity is bigger than anyone could imagine. Traumatic experiences affect one’s

Night Throughout the novel Night by Elie Wiesel, Elie has gone through many changes. From the beginning of the novel to the end, Eliezer experiences physical, emotional, and spiritual changes due to the Holocaust. Eliezer experienced physical changes throughout the book. When Elie first enters the camp, he was young and healthy.

Throughout “Night” Elie goes through massive changes. He changes religiously, emotionally, and physically. These changes cause Elie to behave differently in the concentration camps. He begins to question his faith, and the existence of a God. He changes emotionally, and begins to blame to his father for everything. He blames his father for the beating, and for entering a concentration camp. He believes every situation could have been prevented. Elie also changes physically. He loses weight, becomes weaker, and is shaved. These changes make him appear physically different, but also cause mental changes. The religious, emotional, and physical changes make Elie a different person.

“NIght” which is written by Elie Wiesel,holds a lot of meaning even behind it’s name.The novel talks about the author’s personal experience in a concentration camp.The novel is titled “NIght” because of it’s literal and figurative meaning to the author.