Night by Elie Wiesel tells a very powerful story about the severe oppression that Jewish people faced during the time of World War II. We received a first -hand account of the emotions, thoughts and struggles of these people as they experienced days, weeks, months, and years of torture. Jewish people were mistreated by people who believed had authority over them, people who believed they were not worthy of being treated like humans. Throughout the novel, we encounter situations that testify to the statement that “might is not right”, a belief that you can take any action necessary because you are considered to be the most powerful. We first see this idea at the very beginning of the novel. The Jewish people in the town of Sighet are frantic, scared and confused. Their whole lives are hanging on by a thread and they are beginning to live their lives in uncertainty about their future. They try to remain optimistic and positive about their living situation, but as each day progresses, the situation worsens. “Everything happened very quickly. The race toward death had begun.” (Wiesel 10) The amount of injustice in this situation is obvious. People are being thrown out of their houses without justification or reasoning, causing chaos in their lives. The situation worsens as we analyze the execution of these plans, with people being forced to leave all valuables and sentimental items behind, not being provided food or water, and being forced to wait in despair. No one should
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
Not many are able to watch others get tortured and killed both mentally and physically everyday. In Elie Wiesel’s memoir, Night, explores the events which dehumanized Eliezer and the other Jews. The dehumanization of Jews help with the “final solution”. In the memoir, Eliezer goes through a brutal journey which causes him to lose his family and identity. Also he forgets the feeling of love and care throughout the memoir.
which leads to getting sent to concentration camp. The council doesn’t know what is going on so they can’t warn the jewish. “The story he had interrupted would remain unfinished.” (Weisel 12) Despite the fact that Eliezer’s father was trying to warn the jewish `council to be aware that the Germans are in town. Eliezer’s father can’t get his point off so therefore none of the council is aware of what the Germans are going to do to the city of Sighet. The germans end up getting all of the jewish out of Sighet and were sent on trains to
During Elie Wiesel’s book there seemed to be many mixed emotions throughout the situation of being in the camp and the separation of their family, and along with the relationship between him and his father. In the beginning of the book Elie thought that his father could care less about him and what he does since he always seemed to be busy and had no time for his wife or his children. “My father was a cultured man, rather unsentimental, He rarely displayed his feelings, not even within his family, and was more involved with the welfare of others than with that of his own kin” (Wiesel, 4). In the middle of the book things started to change, the both of them tried their hardest to stay together and to never be separated apart no matter what circumstances stood by “We’ll take turns. I’ll watch over you and you’ll watch over me” (Wiesel, 89).
Sufferage. Loss. Tears. Night, a memoir written by Elie Wiesel, explains what his father & himself went through as prisoners during the Holocaust. Elie describes everything his father and himself saw and experienced while in a concentration camp. Elie had great faith before the Holocaust, but questioned it due to his experiences at the camp.
Have you ever imagined being stranded in a concentration camp left to suffer, in the book ‘Night’ by Elie Wiesel depicts the harsh life a teenager and his father from the Jewish community goes through during World War II. It illustrates all the sufferings and troubles the teenager, Elie passed through while with his father at their homeland and after being taken by the German soldiers to work in the camps. The once happy loving family of four children is separated by the World war and Elie chooses to remain with his father throughout the cruelties. In the book ‘Night’, Elie Wiesel uses foreshadowing, imagery, and tone to illustrate all of the horrors that he encountered while his time at the concentration camps.
The book Night, a true story by Eliezer Wiesel, explains the horrific journey he and others had during the time of the Holocaust. It explains how harsh the Jews were treated in the concentration camps. The discrimination Elie Wiesel and so many others were faced with based on their looks and beliefs is very unacceptable and it’s important because many innocent lives were taken which is important to understand that the whole act of the Holocaust is a senseless act and should never nor any other similar tragedies take place again. Elie Wiesel and the others involved in the terrible journey of the Holocaust were treated with full disrespect in ways that they were brutally beaten, separated from loved ones, starved, and killed in such brutal ways. Elie Wiesel as well as others made the choice to have hope and keep their faith strong or to be overcome by evil keeping in mind that a person’s faith can be
Strong bonds built upon trust and dependability can last a lifetime, especially through strenuous moments when the integrity of a bond is the only thing that can be counted on to get through those situations. In Elie Wiesel’s memoir, Night, he writes about his life spent in the concentration camps, while explaining the experiences and struggles that he went through. However, not everything during that period was completely unbearable for Wiesel. When Wiesel arrived at the first camp, Birkenau, the fear instilled in him and the loneliness he would have felt forced him to form a stronger attachment to his father. That dependence towards his father gave Wiesel a reason to keep on living. In turn, his father was able to support Wiesel and make the experiences in the camps a bit more manageable.
Many themes exist in Night, Elie Wiesel’s nightmarish story of his Holocaust experience. From normal life in a small town to physical abuse in concentration camps, Night chronicles the journey of Wiesel’s teenage years. Neither Wiesel nor any of the Jews in Sighet could have imagined the horrors that would befall them as their lived changed under the Nazi regime. The Jews all lived peaceful, civilized lives before German occupation. Eliezer Wiesel was concerned with mysticism and his father was “more involved with the welfare of others than with that of his own kin” (4). This would change in the coming weeks, as Jews are segregated, sent to camps, and both physically and emotionally abused. These changes and abuse would dehumanize
In the novel Night, Elie Weisel's purpose of writing this story is to ensure that anything relatively close to the Holocaust never happens again. The fact that Night was written about Elie Weisel establishes credibility. Elie Weisel was born in Hungary in 1928 and was then deported with his family to Auschwitz as a young boy. Elie wrote Night as a memoir of his experiences. This affects the readers by showing the novel is based on a true story which gives the readers a reason to trust and listen to what the author is trying to say. The author uses pathos in his writing as another way to reach his audience. Towards the end of the novel Elie "...wanted to see myself in the mirror hanging on the opposite wall. I had not seen myself since the ghetto.
15 years old. Summer. You should be tanning in the bright summer sun or riding your newly bought bike around the path by the lake. Insted, your role has flipped and you are caring for your sick father who is dying, something someone at this age should never have to experience. The Holocaust based texts Night by Elie Wiesel and the film the Last Days produced by Steven Spielberg, are well thought out examples of the young struggling while turning their backs on their youth. All of these examples showcase the struggle teens and young children faced during their time in ghettos and camps. In dire circumstances, these texts argue that Holocaust children are forced to abandon their youth.
And when Wiesel thought about this, he knew that even though his dad were growing weak, he would have never given up on his dad. He even thought to himself “ ‘Oh God’, Master of the Universe, give me the strength never to do what Rabbi Eliahu’s son has done”(Wiesel 91). Not only did his dad helped him through bad times, he helped his dad through his weak points to death. Even according to Jane Elizabeth, that Wiesel saved his father’s life even at risk of his own. With Ted Estess, he said that Wiesel has put everything in his fidelity to his father. Because God broken his covenant with Wiesel, Wiesel did not want to break his relationship with his father. Throughout the text, Eliezer had continuously saved his father no matter the situation
Night by Elie Wiesel is a book that should be read by anyone who wants to know the hardships Jews experienced during the Holocaust. In the memoir, Wiesel goes over what Jews suffered from day by day. He also gets very descriptive when talking about the SS and how they treated the Jews. The novel has a unique view on the difference between the warrior and the noncombatant.The tone, details, and information make it a novel that people should read when wanting to know more about the Holocaust.
“To forget the dead would be akin to killing them a second time.”, said Elie Wiesel the author of night. Elie Wiesel is a holocaust survivor, he went through 5 different concentration camps. He was dehumanized, malnourished, and abused. He lost all his possessions, his family, and his humanity. In Elie Wiesel’s “Night”, the German Army dehumanizes Elie Wiesel and the jewish prisoners by depriving them of family, food, and self esteem.
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