ipl-logo

Irony In Night By Elie Wiesel

292 Words2 Pages
Eliezer Wiesel employs irony in his memoir "Night" to illustrate how a traumatic experience can alter one's identity and personality. In chapter one Eliezer goes on about his faith in God and bishop. He goes into the Holocaust, like most, thinking that God is going to protect them and keep them safe. As readers, we anticipate that Eliezer's faith will strengthen and develop throughout the book. But we start to see him lose his faith instead, saying things like "Why should I bless his name? The eternal, lord of the universe, the all-powerful and terrible was silent..."(pg 31). Eliezer doesn't understand why God has left them and why all the terrible things are happening. We also see Eliezer at the beginning of the memoir being a family-oriented
Open Document