Elie Wiesel Night Analysis

The Silence of Night

The most mysterious time of the day is night. The stars, moon, and blackness of the night can be seen. A little boy stares outside his window at night looking at each and every star. His father comes in and the little boy asks, “Where do stars come from dad?” His father says, “ Stars come from people who are no longer with us.” That night the boy stares at his ceiling of glow in the dark stars wondering what else occurs at night. The night is silent as he drifts off to his dream world, but somewhere in another country, there is a person silently crying not wanting to have a nightmare. There are many uncertainties throughout the night, but during the Holocaust the it was filled with silent cries and pain. In Elie Wiesel’s

To go off in a little dream world of their own, and forget the worries until tomorrow. The night was silent with only pain of the suffering of the jews, and the quietness of the world. What were little boys in America, France, and Brazil doing at the time? They were peacefully asleep feeling protected in their own homes, but in Germany many were killed before setting foot in the camp. The world was silent while little children were being slaughtered. In the memoir, after Wiesel’s first night in camp, he says, "How could it be possible for them to burn people, children, and for the world to keep silent? No, none of this could be true. It was a nightmare...." (Wiesel, 32). What was the rest of the world doing when all these innocent people were being murdered? The night can be shared with a neighboring country, then why are the screams not being heard? The word night also symbolized silence of the world. The night had fallen silent just like the rest of world. The night had grown silent after the screams of labour during the day. The outside world had done nothing to save the prisoners until three years later when millions had died. No country had taken action from the beginning, or attacked at night when Germany was asleep. So many could have been saved if the screams at night were heard. Wiesel mentions throughout his memoir as to what the world is doing? They were all bystanders witnessing the barbarity of