Symbolism In The Yellow Star

Millions and millions of Jews were killed by the Nazis during the Holocaust. The dehumanization of the Jewish people by the Nazis in the form of making them look a certain way, taking away their identity, and starving them affected Eliezer’s outlook on life. During the Holocaust, the Germans made all the Jews look a certain way and all look the same. In the novel Night by Elie Wiesel, it states, “Every Jew had to wear the yellow star (pg. 11).” All the Jews were required to wear a yellow star on their clothing to indicate that they were now considered objects.

Elie uses the motif eyes to reveal emotion and thoughts of people throughout the book. Madame Schachter was a woman on the train heading for Auschwitz with Elie and his family. Her husband and two eldest sons were deported by mistake onto the first transport.

In chapter 3 of Night, Elie’s first night at the camp was a scary, especially for a 14-year-old. In chapter 3, they use the motif fire quite often. The motif fire might be used for a fire that is taking away the faith and hope of the Jewish people. In chapter 3, Elie states “Never shall I forget those flames that consumed my faith forever”(Wiesel 37). This statement might not only show how Elie feels at the moment, but how everyone in the camp is feeling.

One example of this is when the lady on the train kept yelling “fire!”. She continued to say she saw fire, even though nobody else saw this. Everyone on the train thought she was crazy. This woman was very afraid that she might be burned by the fire she saw. I think that this event could symbolize the fear that everyone had during the Holocaust. Another example of symbolism in this book is all the dead bodies laying around in the end of the book. Towards the end of the book there are lots of bodies lying around that have not been disposed of. I think that this event could symbolise how the people in the camps that were still alive had lost all of their humanity. This can cause the reader to have a feeling of fear when they read the book

Elie’s faith in his Lord and his instinctive love for humanity are put to their final tests as the novel approaches its climax and conclusion. After witnessing the malicious, brutal hanging of an innocent child, Elie comes to the

Elie describes that night saying “never shall I forget that smoke, the small faces of children whose bodies I saw transformed into smoke under a silent sky, and those flames that consumed my faith foe ever”. I think that reading what Elie says we imagine a difficult moment he is passing through because he as a child could be traumatize by looking at what he is saying. Also, looking how people get burned we might think that we could be next to get burn in death. In that moment to Elie this event results in a loss of faith, for he cannot fathom how his God would allow innocent babies to perish in such a way. We might think that in that moment Elie don’t trust in God because how can God let people to kill each other or Why does God not help those people who are getting killed. Another image to never forget from the book is when Elie and his father separated from his mother and sister. This moment is unforgettable to Elie and me because the relationship with a mother is strong that when we get separated from a mother in a bad way it’s like something on our heart breaks into pieces and because we don’t know if Elie will see her mother and sister again of if they are going to be burn in death. A sad image from the book is when the SS Officer hangs the little pippel. The little pippel was nice, young innocent kid, but he didn’t

This shows how Elie showed he had felt ashamed for turning his back on his father, like many boys he saw had done to their fathers while he was in the death camps. Another way Elie shows us his theme is through the language he used. Elie uses figurative

One image that demonstrates the horrific things that went on during the holocaust was when Elie and his father were being moved to the barracks. They were being forced to walk by the pits that were filled with fire in which babies and little toddlers were being thrown into. “Never shall I forget the small faces of the children whose bodies I saw transformed into smoke under a silent sky. Never shall I forget those flames that consumed my faith forever” (34). It was this experience that shook up Elie’s faith and introduced him to the awful things he would witness and have to go through in the near future. This made it so hard for him to continue on and not just give up and throw himself on the barbed

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.

To Begin, on the story Night many themes were developed like “inhumanity” and “guilt and inaction”. Inhumanity was the major one in both the movie and the novel because of the horrible things each of the characters experiences while in the concentration camp and even outside of it. For example, while Elie was in the concentration camp he experienced things like starvation and horrible beatings. He was on the level of extreme mistreatment. This especially shown when Elie was forced to go on a death march and says, “Cursed and prodded by the SS and whipped by the wind, the prisoners march. The guards yell at them to go faster and they begin to run. They hear explosions from time to time: the SS have orders to shoot anyone who can't keep up the pace.” This is similar to the movie because while Bruno was in the camp

It resembles death. There were Millions killed during the Holocaust. According to do something.Org 11 million people were killed during the Holocaust. That's three times more the population of Los Angeles. Elie loses faith in God. He wonders why God isn't helping why all these people are suffering. Ellie says "for Gods sake, where is god?" (Page 65). He says that after he sees the child that has failed to been hung. The Holocaust resembles Darkness. People just the same as me and you were labeled because of their religion. "Every Jew had to wear a yellow star" (Page 11). Everybody looked down upon them because they were wearing this yellow star.

At the beginning of the novel, when the Jews first arrive at the camps, all they have left is their family, so they cling to them. During one of the work periods, Elie comes across two brothers, “Yass and Tibi, two brothers… whose parents had been exterminated… they lived for each other, body and soul” (Wiesel 50). This relationship between the two siblings shows, a bond that has been strengthened by loss. Elie includes this small tidbit about them to show that the Jews still have some hope and compassion still in them. Once news of evacuation hits the camp, Elie’s only thought is of his father, “I was not thinking about death but not wanting to be seperated from my father” (Wiesel 82). This shows the personal level of how the Holocaust affected the families in it. It shows that because family was the only thing that they had left, that was all that they could think about. The Jews lose everything when the arrive at the camp so they cling to what they have, their family.

This shows Elie’s change in his thoughts on God and having faith. At the beginning of the story, Elie strives to be a spiritual kid and is fascinated by learning about God. He goes behind his father's back to learn about God with Moishe the Beadle, and has intense prayers everyday which he cries during. However, he becomes bitter towards God, angry about all the pain he has inflicted on the Jewish race. This change in perspective was brought on by the torture, abuse, and inhumane treatment by the Nazis. It causes Elie to question how God, who is supposed to be helpful and good, could ever allow such horror. This connects to loss, and how the traumatic

There are more significant symbols in the novel such as The Boy. The Man and Boy fight to survive many hardships, but through the darkness there is light, The Boy. He is very mature and cares for every stray person they pass. One person he cares for is a man named Ely, an old man with nothing but the clothes on his back, until he meets The Boy and his father." 'You should thank him you know, I wouldn’t have given you anything' "(McCarthy 173). The Boy wants everyone to survive and is willing to share his supplies even if it means he won`t have all the things he needs to live.

Therefore Elie shows how the prisoners of the Holocaust went through all different shapes and kinds of cruelty. They were forced to do things that did not want to do and go places they did not want to go because there was a threat of survival. The men and women who were imprisoned in the camp got barely enough food to survive and sometimes when days without any food or water. The cruelty shown by the SS men and women shaped how people thought and acted around