In the memoir Night, Elie Wiesel shares his terrifying experience in 1944. Wiesel and his family were taken to the Auschwitz concentration camp, and then Buchenwald. Elie Wisel was born in Sighet, Transylvania. He opens up about the hardship that he and many others faced during the Holocaust. He wants to show the world through his book how painful it was to go through something like this especially as a young boy. He describes the traumatizing images he saw and really goes into depth about what actually happened. The title of the novel actively demonstrates the loss of innocent children, childhood faith, and millions of people. Wiesel gives textual evidence of the nights he struggled with. In addition to this, he lets the readers know in detail what the last night consisted of at each camp. Wiesel presents …show more content…
One example would be the portraying of both physical darkness and the darkness of the soul in both the Nazi’s and Hilter. It also shows the pure soul that Wisel had, which then changes throughout the book as he loses faith. In the beginning of this novel Wiesel describes how deep he is in his Jewish faith. He shares how he prayed and did traditional Jewish cultural things. When Wiesel and his family are long into the camp, Wiesel starts to lose his faith. For example, Wiesel writes, “Never shall I forget those moments which murdered my god and my soul and turned my dreams to dust.” (Weisel, 32). The particular reason Wiesel questions his faith is because he refuses to believe God would let such a terrible thing happen to innocent people. Physically and mentally, Wiesel was fighting for his life in which he hoped God would