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Night By Elie Wiesel Analysis

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“Never shall I forget those moments which murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to dust. Never shall I forget these things, even if I am condemned to live as long as God Himself has. Never” (Wiesel 105). In my book, Night by Elie Wiesel, the author uses the main character to view the past with such feelings as bitterness and longing. The impact of traumatic experiences, bitter memories, and longing days during the war turned Elie into the man he is today. You can see how tough the human spirit is, and how much those historical horrors still affect people and society today. One bitter concept that crushed Elie’s spirit was the impact of his dad’s health/death. Near the end of the book, Elie writes, “There were no prayers at his grave. No candles were lit in his memory. His last word was my name. A summons, to which I did not …show more content…

But I had no more tears” (Wiesel 106). Here, the death of his father created a hard and easy transition as the death negatively impacted him, but he didn’t struggle. There was so much struggle in those past days that it hurt, but couldn’t break him. He wasn’t fazed by it. This shows how bad everything in these concentration camps was, as the death of a loved one didn’t even faze him and others. In addition, Elie was forced to overcome these challenges and highlight the importance of pushing to see another day in these camps and World War II. As life moved on in these concentration camps, Elie and other prisoners were forced to adapt to new lives. These new lives were very long and hard on everyone's spirits, Elie writes, “We were masters of nature, masters of the world. We had forgotten everything--death, fatigue, our natural needs. Stronger than cold or hunger, stronger than the shots and the desire to die, condemned and wandering, mere numbers, we are the only men on earth” (Wiesel 83). This quotation shows how they had “the desire to die” and how everything became numb to

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