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Symbolism And Metaphors In Night By Elie Wiesel

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Night follows the story of Elie Wiesel at age 15, when Nazi Germany took over, and shows his experience surviving in the concentration camps, and how it affected him as a person. Wiesel, through the use of symbolism and metaphors, in Night, paints a picture of specific human nature that illustrates how living in a constant state of suffering or darkness, can corrupt your sense of being and morals, which emphasizes how as people, if we’re manipulated and subjected to hardships, we will do whatever it takes to survive, even if it’s morally incorrect. Morality, while so common, is something people tend to take for granted. The ability to be moral, many argue, stems from innate abilities and therefore cannot be warped. While this is a fair argument,

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