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Although there are many different stories about the holocaust, Elie Wiesel's story is very vivid and full of the jarring reality of his experiences. He doesn’t hold back any of the cruelness and torment he was forced to endure as an adolescent. In Night, Elie Wiesel uses repetition, imagery, and symbolism to illustrate the deprivation of his former self during his traumatic experiences during his time in the Nazi work camp.

Imagine not knowing where you’re going, if you’ll survive the night, or if you’ll ever see your family again. After Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany in 1933, the lives of millions of innocent Jews were placed into the hands of the Nazi Party. In the book Night, Elie Wiesel uses his personal experiences to tell about his life during Holocaust and the horrific events he witnessed. The author uses foreshadowing to strengthen the plot and give the reader clues to the atrocities he goes through during his two years in the concentration camp.

“Night exposes much that is wrong with human nature and reveals little that is right.” Discuss.

In the night one is frightened to try to determine whether one should undergo the perception of being fearful and unattended. To be hopeful and wanting to get through the position one is in during war and the separation of loved and dear ones. This is the darkness and negativity affecting people who may have been in the holocaust. In the book “Night” by Elie Wiesel, portrays such graphic and traumatizing experiences one may have gone through in the holocaust. Which establishes night and darkness as a key subject to focus on throughout the book, it may be used metaphorically or literally in such context. A theme that may be used is, to lose one's consciousness and ones self worth may also lose their humanity and feelings when going through traumatic

In the book Night, Elie Wiesel focuses on the idea of the unknown. It is a recurring theme throughout the text. The book gives many examples of things that are unknown to Elie and the other characters. For example, on page 27, Elie writes, “‘Auschwitz.’ Nobody had ever heard that name before.” This quote tells readers that the characters had no idea about the concentration camp prior to when the person by the window read it out loud. They were unaware of the sinister things taking place in Auschwitz and the danger that was now placed upon them.

The novel Night written by Elie Wiesel recounts his horrible experience as a young Jewish boy during the time of the World War 2, his story shows the lengths of man’s capability to act inhumane to one another. Millions of Jews -countless women, men and children- were murdered during the Holocaust. Unfortunately for the Jews in Sighet their projected fate became reality, although there were warnings of the danger coming. These signs were constantly ignored and overlooked. Characters such as Moishe the Beadle and Mrs. Schächter revealed people’s ability to ignore the reality that is approaching and how people often disregard information that is too difficult for them to accept. The Jews in Sighet preferred to remain oblivious in order to protect

Nightlights, locked doors, and bedtime stories all evolved for protection against the unknown horrors of the night. Humans have incessantly feared the darkness that follows the end of a day. This dark, negative connotation of the word ‘night’ is explored in Elie Wiesel’s memoir, Night. In this memoir, Wiesel, the protagonist and author, recounts his personal hardships as a Jewish victim in the Holocaust. As a teenager, he was taken from his home and, through numerous concentration camps, had a firsthand experience of genocide. Throughout the text, Wiesel uses many literary devices in an attempt to convey his experiences. Perhaps most significant is his use of the concept of night. In the memoir, Night, the title is used as a metaphor for the encompassing darkness that surrounds suffering, the loss of faith, and the loss of humanity.

An individual's identity is built from one’s culture, family, friends and most importantly, experiences. In the novel Night by Elie Wiesel, the author conveys personal thoughts and experiences undergone during the holocaust. During this time period, Wiesel and many other Jews were going through harsh conditions like starvation, separation from family, and extreme physical and emotional distress. The book as a whole, is about the events that makes the author question his own beliefs and faith in God. The main idea that is established throughout the novel is that traumatic experience forces an individual to reveal their true character.

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

One theme in Night is that inhumanity can cause loss of faith. For example, while Wiesel is in Auschwitz

The title ‘Night’ has played a huge role on what goes on behind the story by Elie Wiesel during the Holocaust. Figuratively, the title night is for the loss of innocence, hope, and many beliefs. In literal terms, the night resembles a time of gathering, recollecting, and even murder. When Elie came up with the title ‘Night’, the title wasn’t supposed to be taken only in a literal sense, but also in a figurative sense. For example, since the Holocaust, Elie has had to adapt to growing up at an adolescent stage in his life representing night as the loss of innocence.

Many people fear things like darkness, especially at night, where fear spreads relentlessly in the minds of society. In the book Night, the memoir of the author Elie Wiezel and his experiences during the holocaust, he expresses his fear in several unique yet frightening situations. From his hometown of Sighet to Auschwitz, Elie struggles to survive while keeping close to his family. He may have been a young boy, but he was smart and resourceful as well, which is how he survived, even with scars not only on his frail body, but his mind and soul as well. The book shows fear with the mysterious window knocker, after Elie finds Idek with a young Polish girl and is warned that he will pay for snooping around, and when Elie’s father is getting beaten up.

“Never shall I forget the nocturnal silence that deprived me for all eternity of the desire to live,” from the thoughts of Eli Wiesel after his first night at camp (Wiesel 34). The Holocaust, lasting over ten years, not only did it seize the lives of millions, it disfigured the souls of corpses who survived. Gratefully some of these outlasts shared their stories to protect society’s future. In Night, Eli Wiesel uses foreshadowing, imagery and figurative language to illustrate the brutality aspect of humanity.

Within the story Night, Elie Wiesel puts the reader into his perspective and takes them on a journey through his Holocaust experience. He deeply describes his moments in and out of concentration camps, death marches and cattle car rides using first person pronouns throughout the story. The use of first person really composes the reader to personally consider themselves as Wiesel and draws their attention to the story in order to create a superior reading experience. When using first person, Elie describes how his personality, emotional and mental feelings change during the course of the story. He utterly expressed how the constant demand to abide by the Nazis steadily dehumanized every individual prisoner.

Shockingly in our general public there a time in one individual life where a tragic happens unexpectedly results in the loss of innocence and an increase in knowledge. Therefore, this relief in one’s life is unavoidable, however can be drawn out with isolation from reality. Some people experience this ablution happens sooner in life then anticipated. The survivor from the holocaust in death camps, lose their guiltlessness as soon as they step foot through the gates into imprisonment. In the Night written by Elie Wiesel, he described himself as a child, innocent teenager, whose innocence was torn apart from him as the result of the horror during the holocaust by the Nazis.