Elie Wiesel's Night Famous author, Elie Wiesel in his novel. “Night”, claims that he and his family were abused and, mistreated just like many other Jewish families during WWII. He develops his claim by first explaining how he and his family were forced into hiding, then by explaining the events of when his family was caught escaping the country, then by describing life at Auschwitz, and finally by connecting to the reader by using pathos to form a bond between the author's loss. Wiesel’s purpose is to inform the reader and ultimately the world of how badly the Jewish community was treated in that time in order to ensure that such events never happen to not only the jews but any and all religious or ethnic groups. He adopts an informative …show more content…
As a result, the whole Jewish community in Sight was captured and sent to concentration camps. When they arrived in the gruesome camps, they went through an immense amount of torture and ridicule, one of the worst camps in history is known as Auschwitz, sadly this is where Wiesel's family ended up. Upon arrival, Wiesel was separated from his mother and younger sister because they were women, but he was able to stay close to his father. Throughout the rest of the book, Wiesel struggled to survive due to starvation and abuse, he also struggled to have faith throughout the book explaining how a God would not let his children go through this injustice thus not having faith throughout most of the book …show more content…
Throughout the course of the book, he continually explains the progression of his life, starting from when he was a child to when he had to grow up and become a man who knew how to deal with death and hunger. In a sense this emotional appeal provides the reader with enough insight into his childhood that the reader/audience begins to feel attached to the young Wiesel, hearing and or reading about him growing up and facing things a normal child shouldn't have too as well as the fate of his