The Fear and Safety of the Night Night by Elie Wiesel is a clever title to represent this memoir. The word “night” itself gives both a literal and figurative meaning, and gives a whole new depiction of the life that many Jews lived during the Holocaust. The literal meaning of the word “night” means a period between dusk and dawn. The night gives Elie and the other prisoners an essence of safety. During the day all prisoners are at constant risk of being killed. However, during the night it is as if they have escaped the harsh realities that they constantly come across. They are finally allowed to have to rest talk to their friends, family, and other prisoners. Through this they can also contemplate ideas to survive and even escape Auschwitz,