In the book Night, by Elie Wiesel, there was a very strong shift in the tone just within the first three chapters. “The shopkeepers were doing good business, the students lived among their books, and the children played in the streets”(Weisel 6). It is shown here that they were living ordinary, peaceful lives. “The shadows around me roused themselves as if from a deep sleep and left silently in every direction”(Weisel 14). This is where people began to no longer feel peaceful and began the long journey of fear and worry that would get worse throughout the book.
6. Chapter Six Wiesel and his father evacuate with the remaining inmates, marching while the SS directed insults towards them, even going to call them “flea-ridden dogs” (85). As they continue, Wiesel realizes that they were practically running “like machines,” no one lagging behind out of fear of being shot by the SS (85). After witnessing the death of a young boy who fell behind, he contemplates doing the same and declares that “the idea of dying… fascinated [him]” (86). The pain that he was in was so great, that he wished to die in order to end it all.
“The three ‘veteran’ prisoners, needles in hand, tattooed numbers on our left arms. I became A-7713. From then on, I had no other name” (Wiesel 42). 1. Wiesel describes to the reader how he is tattooed with an identification number by the “veteran” prisoners the morning after he and his father have arrived at their new camp: Auschwitz. 2.
Every story written has a tone that is put into the story by the author. Tone is the attitude of the author toward the subject, or the audience. In the book “Night,” tone is something that is present all throughout the story, especially so in chapter five. Here are some of the most prevalent ones that are in this story. One of the biggest tones in this chapter was the feeling of fear.
Chapter One Summary: In chapter one of Night by Elie Wiesel, the some of the characters of the story are introduced and the conflict begins. The main character is the author because this is an autobiographical novel. Eliezer was a Jew during Hitler’s reign in which Jews were persecuted. The book starts out with the author describing his faith.
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 the beginning of the book, Eliezer was very confident in his faith, but throughout the book, he became very doubtful. He was so eager to learn everything he possibly could about Judaism. However, his father didn’t want him to start studying the Cabbala until he was thirty. Eliezer could not and did not want to wait that long so, he went behind his father's back and sought wisdom from a man named Moshe Beetle. Moshe was known for being an old homeless man who just lived on the street.
In 1944, in Sighet, Romania, Elie Wiesel studies the Talmud. His instructor, Moshe the Beadle, warns that Nazis will soon come for them, but Elie's family stays calm. Later, they begin shipping Jews to Auschwitz-Birkenau. Elie's family is a part of the load. One of the jews, Madame Schächter, begins having visions of flames, then ironically at midnight on the third day of their deportation, the group sees flames rising and smells burning flesh.
At what point does respect no longer matter? When does the need for survival take over grief? When do the tears dry up in order to stay alive?
The information was presented so bluntly because in a situation like this there's not a sentimental or easy way to present the information. Also the author is able to show the reader how blunt and difficult the situation was especially in the moment. He’s abruptness was for the purpose of creating a strong tone for the reader. Wiesel’s goal in the book was to raise awareness of what jews were going through and with a topic there was no other way of putting it but straight forward. When Moshe came back people showed the impression that they did not care much for him being back.
During the reading, the Jewish prisoners, arrive to a concentration camp. The prisoners divide into men and women and guards separate them. This would be the last time Elie ever saw his mother and youngest sister Tzipora. Officers beat and killed many Jews. Fortunately, Elie and his father were assign to labor units.
Elie Wiesel lived through a rough concentration camp that involved different parts where innocent human beings died. His reference to “...they listen, they cry, they warn” explains how those who died are still around with them through the Holocaust and help them be warned about the events that happened. Elie shares that the Jews suffered in inexplicable ways by how they were told that they were taking a shower but instead were taken into a chamber where Zyklon B was exposed, disease exposure in locks, and they even had to create certain things for the Nazis’. Jewish families were separated into different camps but few had survived in the Auschwitz camp, where Elie went to. Although these horrors were hard, Wiesel learned to stay calm and heard
The most unbelievable part of the read was Elie had to say goodbye to his sister and his mother abruptly. The community at first thought they were being deported to a better place than the ghetto. However they were placed into carts to be shipped to Auschwitz, not knowing they were being sent to their death. Everyone was stressed and tired from being in the cart for days and finally when Elie’s family got off of the cart, he and his father was separated from the rest of his family.
Elie might have started to feel almost like an animal in the camp. He’s locked up all day and is forced to work just like an animal. He has no say to what happens to him or what happens to anyone. They were treated wild dogs, not even spared the dignity of having a name.
When they arrive at the camp Elie and his father are put to work counting electrical fittings in a warehouse. Here, Elie meets Juliek, a musician and two bothers Yosi and Tibi. Later Idek beats Elie’s father and Elie does nothing to stop it. In the warehouse Elie accidentally catches Idek with one of the concentration camp girls. Angrily Idek beats Elie in public until he passes out.
