Night by Elie Wiesel

The holocaust, was a deadly time during WWll. It was in which the Nazi Germany murdered many European Jews, around the early 1940’s. The protagonist of the novel, Night, is continuously torn between a sense of devoted duty. He has an interest in self-preservation. Whenever he leaves his father behind, however, he later believes that…

When the Germans arrived in Sighet and forced the Jews into ghettos, the Jews ignored their fear because some were fooled by the Germans. When explaining how the Germans acted toward some of the Jews the text states, “Their attitude toward their hosts was distant but polite. They never demanded the impossible, made no offensive…

In Night by Eliezer Wiesel, Elie’s faith in God changed drastically. In the beginning of the novel he has a strong faith in god with the help of Moishe. And as the novel goes on, he continuously loses faith in god through the events he sees while in the Nazi controlled concentration camps. Elie’s personality…

A sense of loyalty towards their loved ones is something all human beings feel, but when survival comes into play, the line is soon drawn and it is every man on their own. In Elies Wiesel’s memoir, Night, he shows the constant theme that self preservation trumps loyalty to friends and family by telling readers…

Elie Wiesel’s gloomy account of his experience in the Holocaust is one of widespread silence; leading to the loss of humanity within his community as well as himself. As a reoccurring theme throughout the text, we can see that silence plays a large part in the novel; Night, showing itself in situations like the silencing…