Metaphors In Night

In the book Night by Elie Wiesel, we see metaphors, imagery, and most important symbols. All of these signs help us understand what the book is about and the reasons behind writing this memoir. In reading this book we get a different point of view as to what the Holocaust was really about. There's a more serious meaning behind the metaphor “Night” which symbolizes just how dark this era actually was. It follows the life of a young Jew who survived, spoke out against the silence, and shared what life was like in the concentration camps. Some may argue that it just symbolizes dark and misfortune, but it goes a lot deeper than just depressing words. It represents what the Holocaust stood for, and what Jews experienced while in the concentration

The following of these rules showed how dedicated the Jews were to their faith, and how much their relationship with their heavenly father meant to them. “Jews believe that there is a single God who not only created the universe, but with whom every Jew can have an individual and personal relationship. They believe that God continues to work in the world, affecting everything that people do” (Jewish belfies 1). Jews placed a lot of value on their religion and had a deep spiritual connection with God. Losing the freedom to practice their religion, it becomes clear the magnitude of their loss during the Holocaust. Due to the Holocaust, the Jews were forced to abandon their religion and faith. Those who decided to keep their practices ultimately suffered the consequences. Many Jewish people were unable to participate in their religious lifestyle owing to the restrictions of the camp, and the accessibility of traditional items. Though many Jews were ultimately forced to abandon this lifestyle, those who continued the practice found this as an important role in their struggle for survival (Jewish Religious Life and the Holocaust 2). All things considered, the Jews either stuck with their religion and suffered, or gave up and

“During the years of the “Final Solution” between 1942 and 1945, Jews and several groups of non-Jews targeted by the Nazi regime were interned, enslaved, humiliated, and exterminated in ghettos, concentration camps, and death camps” ("What We Value" - Spiritual Resistance During the Holocaust). In conclusion, the Jews were treated less than vermin, and killed, because they were viewed as a lesser form of human. Death was an inevitable ending for a multitude of Jews during the Holocaust. Millions of Jews lost their lives to inhuman acts. Nazis forced the surviving prisoners on long marches to camps out of the way of the advancing enemy armies. Hundreds of thousands died of exposure, violence, and starvation on these death marches. The Germans were gassing, or working to death, Jews and other ethnic victims in these camps” (The Holocaust 3). The survivors of the Holocaust had to live with the aftermath and rebuild their lives. Millions of the Jews who entered these concentration camps with family and relatives exited all alone at the Holocaust’s conclusion. Kitty Hart Moxon claims, “Many survivors had seen their parents die of starvation, simply disappear or even shot in front of their eyes: the agony of these events would stay with them forever” (How Holocaust Survivors Rebuilt Their Lives After 1945). Ultimately, the negative impacts of the Holocaust were everlasting. The word “Night” portrays how the Holocaust nearly