Elie Wiesel’s “Night” depicts death, obliteration, and anguish while directly depicting the suffering he witnessed during his time at Auschwitz, a concentration camp for Jews during World War II. Within the story, there is an overwhelming amount of times the Jews had been in distress. Many children had been separated from their parents and all of the Jews were taken from their homes. Their suffering seemed endless. They were no longer teachers, homeowners, or priests.
In his memoir Night, Wiesel recalls the treatment of himself and other prisoners. Eli Wiesel writes about his struggle to keep his faith in the face of the dehumanizing tactics of the Nazis. Throughout the book, it becomes
Everyone has hopes and dreams in life. Some people’s dreams can be ruined in very little time. Elie Wiesel changes as a person through Night as a result of his father dying, receiving little food and seeing unpleasant sights. Elie relied on his father for useful advice and some skills. His father taught him many things that stuck with him for the rest of his life.
Night, an autobiography that was written by Elie Wiesel, is from his perspective as a prisoner. The book focuses on Wiesel and his father experiencing the torture that the Nazis put them through, and the unspeakable events that Wiesel witnessed. The author, Wiesel, was one of the handfuls of survivors to be able to tell his time about the appalling incidents that occurred during the Holocaust. That being the case, in the memoir Night, Wiesel uses somber descriptive diction, along with vivid syntax to portray the dehumanizing actions of the Nazis and to invoke empathy to the reader.
“I spent my days in total idleness. With only one desire: to eat. I no longer thought of my father, or my mother.” (Weisel 113) Elie lost many values during his times in Nazi concentration camps, and soon became a person that even he didn’t recognize.
Introduction At first glance, Elie Wiesel looks like an average elder gentleman. Once I opened the first page of Elie Wiesel’s book Night, my perspective on Elie changed. The tone of the story within the first few pages reveals that Elie is no average man. Wiesel’s emotions are strong on the pages of his book, but even more powerful when he speaks. The pain that Elie felt while he was in Auschwitz is apparent in his voice as he walks through the camp with Oprah.
Night is a powerful, first person account of the tragic horrors of the Holocaust written and endured by Elie Wiesel. In this dark literary piece, Wiesel's first hand tale of the atrocities and horrors endured in World War II concentration camps will leave an unforgettable, dark, macabre impression amongst readers that cannot be done with a simple listing of statistics. This tale of human perserverance and the dark side of human nature will cause readers to question their own humanity. Also, it will paint a vivid picture of the vile deeds that mankind is capable of expressing. Reading this book will leave a long lasting impression that is definitely not something that will be soon forgotten.
I really enjoyed Night by Elie Wisel throughout reading the book I learned about the extent of what happened during the Holocaust. I think Elise Wesel’s writing was very vivid and descriptive which made me feel more emotional towards him and the whole situation. Some details in the memoir that affected me the most was how severe situations like this can change how you think in a split second. “Never shall I forget those flames that consumed my faith forever”. Before Wiesel was remanded to the concentration camp he was a very religious person studying to become a rabbi but on arriving at the camp his faith almost instantly weakens.
It's just very hard to imagine how the Jews lived like that in the concentration camps. I thought
The novel Night by Elie Wiesel, which was first published in 1958, tells a great first-hand account of a terrible event named the Holocaust. In this story, it gives a detailed memoir of a young kid named Eliezar who has to endure this appalling crisis. As the Holocaust continues to go on around them, he and his family remain optimistic about their future. Even though they were optimistic, the Holocaust finally closes in on them. Once this occurs they were pulled away from their homeland and relocated to their designated site where they were split by gender.
“Convinced that this period in history would be judged one day, I knew I must bear witness. ”(Wiesel viii) May 1944 Eliezer was only fifteen when he entered Auschwitz. Almost a year later he was liberated from Buchenwald. Six years after that Night by Elie Wiesel was published in 1960.
Michael, I agree with you on the statement that what his father had said was a big turning point in the tone. In my summary I had put the quote,“The shadows around me roused themselves as if from a deep sleep and left silently in every direction”(Weisel 14). This was a reaction of the people to what his father had said. I believe, judging by the reaction of the community, that his father was looked up to by everyone and when he got scared, everyone followed. I also agree with what you said about the way that the tone was influenced by how safe the people felt with where they were.
Elie Wiesel’s memoir Night tells the personal tale of his account of the inhumanity and brutality the Nazis showed during the Holocaust. Night depicts the story of a young Jew from the small town of Sighet named Eliezer. Wiesel and his family are deported to the concentration camp known as Auschwitz. He must learn to survive with his father’s help until he finds liberation from the horror of the camp. This memoir, however, hides a greater lesson that can only be revealed through careful analyzation.
Eliezer wiesel had a tough time during the Holocaust, as did many Jews. During the Holocaust there were certain measures taken to aid his survival. He focused on only his necessities, denied God, and disposed of his emotions. I believe these were all poor choices. One of Elie’s measures, denying God, was in my opinion, a poor choice.
A concentration camp is like prison but worse. The prisoners don’t even eat sometimes. They only eat soup with bread but someone said that dead bodies make the soup from the prisoners. Some of the prisoners don’t make it because there were a lot of decease or viruses that made the prisoners sick and they don’t even go to a doctor. The women had a worse life than the man.