Figurative Language In Night By Elie Wiesel

On a late wiery night, with a full moon shining bright in the sky, there was a middle-aged German steadily walking through the streets of his hometown. Everything seemed normal until he stumbled upon a poster attached to a street light. He didn’t think of it much until he realized that this wasn’t just any regular poster, it was a Nazi poster promoting Hitler and his youth. Curious, he examined it carefully and read it thoroughly. The poster read “Jews. They are the reason for all of these troublesome problems we have. They are inferior. We must eliminate them. You will be safe in the Nazi Party. Follow Adolf Hitler!” As he read this poster he didn’t know any better, as he was a very gullible man who didn’t have a clue of what was going on

At beginning of the novel, when Liesel arrives at her new foster parent’s home, and she is just starting to meet with Hans, they start to go over the alphabet: “With the alphabet completed and studied a dozen times, Papa leaned over and said”, “Enough for tonight?” “A few more words?” He was definite. “Enough. When you wake up, I’ll play accordion for you.” “Thanks, Papa”(45-46). This quote is conveying that Liesel and Hans are having a friendly experience with each other through words, as Hans is teaching her the alphabet. This relates to the thematic statement because it demonstrates how the power of words can be shown in a positive way, and how they can express loving emotions toward people. Moreover, when Max falls ill and slips into a coma, Rosa presents Liesel with a gift from Max: When it came back out, she was holding Max Vandenburg’s sketchbook. “He said to give this to you when you were ready,” she said. “I was thinking your birthday. She said, “I think you’ve always been ready, Liesel. From the moment you arrived here, clinging to that gate, you were meant to have this.” Rosa gave her the book”(299). This quote is addressing that Max had written a book of Liesel as a present. This is significant because this is the greatest gift Max gives to Liesel in form of