When placed in particular situations, humans rank which cultural or personal values they found the most essential. Consequently, certain ideals are not considered. During the infamous incident known as the Holocaust, this occurred frequently. As a result, the people that underwent these horrible situations nominated particular personal or cultural values over others. This selection determined the difference between life and death for several individuals. One instance of this is a Jewish survivor known as Elie Wiesel. His first person narrative Nigh publishes his horrific experiences during the Holocaust. The memoir discusses the impressions the event had on him. Upon analyzing Night for the personal or cultural principles that were prioritized during the Holocaust, Wiesel utilizes literary devices to reveal that humans begin to lose faith, hope, and morality when subjected to circumstances of injustice.
Wiesel conveys the loss of faith in individuals when they experience unbearable situations through the application of irony. After an operation, Wiesel engaged in a conversation with another patient regarding Hitler’s plans for
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As the Allied forces advanced through Germany, all the labor workers were shoved into trains. Wiesel describes the situation, “Our minds numb with indifference. Here or elsewhere, what did it matter? Die today or tomorrow, or later? The night was growing longer, never ending,” (Wiesel 98). This excerpt uses the night to symbolize the horrendous events of the Holocaust. The claim that the night was never ending indicates the loss of optimism within Wiesel. As a result, it demonstrates he does not care about when or where he dies. This is the outcome of the Holocaust already affecting him profoundly. By symbolically representing night as the Holocaust, Wiesel shows how appalling situations cause a loss of hope within