Examples Of Juxtaposition In Night By Elie Wiesel

The usage of literary devices is very concentrated in the book Night by Elie Wiesel. Which literary device is mostly used in the book Night? While there is a wide variety of literary devices used during the book night the three best and most used literary devices are similes, juxtaposition, and motifs.

To start, the first literary device that I found in the book Night is the usage of similes and how they are used to illustrate dehumanization. Similes are used in a lot of ways in the book Night. Just one of the many ways Elie Wiesel uses similes is by comparing the Jewish community to dogs. While Elie just pulled up to Auschwitz an “SS officer looked at every one of us that one would at leprous dogs would.” This is a significant quote because it shows just how bad Nazis thought of the Jewish community. Also, when Elie said “there were strange

There are a bunch of different examples of juxtaposition in Night by a lot of different characters. There is juxtaposition in the story Night when Elie stated that his “backyard looked like a marketplace. Valuable objects, precious rugs, silver candlesticks, Bibles, and other ritual objects were strewn over the dusty clouds-pitiful relics that seemed never to have had a home. All this under a magnificent blue sky.” This shows juxtaposition because Elie goes on to talk about how everything in his backyard is scattered and desperately wants to sell everything before they get shipped off to Auschwitz and other concentration camps. This is important because it shows us just how desperate they are. They can always find the best in things, like when Elie says “It was a beautiful day in May'' this proves how Elie can always see the best in things. These quotes are ironic because when you think of Auschwitz and concentration camps you think of Night and how bad it must have been for them. Most people don’t use the word