Symbolism a lot is shown in the novel and winner of the Nobel peace prize Night by Elie. Wiesel. In this book the author is Elie and he tells about his life in the holocaust with his family mostly his dad. His mom died his sister was not with him but after the years they found each other and his dad died with multiple ways the first one the water the second was a bonk to the head the last is fire. Anyways he escaped and he wrote this pretty good book I liked it and with that let’s get started with symbolism in Night. Night - The title of the novel symbolizes death, the death of innocence, childhood, faith, and millions of people. The narrative contains many last nights, the last night in Sighet, the last night in Buna, the last night with his father, the last night of innocence, etc. Night also symbolizes a world without God. The worst suffering occurs at night. Wiesel contends that God does not live in the concentration camps and God's people have no recourse. …show more content…
Eliezer's hellish experience is foreshadowed by Madame Shachter's insane screaming on the train to Auschwitz. The pit of burning babies scars Wiesel for life. The specter of the furnace haunts Wiesel and his fellow prisoners throughout. The symbol of fire in Night, however, is ironic. No longer is fire a tool of the righteous to punish the wicked. It has become a tool of the wicked to punish the righteous. It emphasizes Wiesel's belief that God has abandoned his people. From these two paragraphs God is dead to everyone and its terrifying where do you go who do you beg just to live another