Theme Of Night By Elie Wiesel

While many people want to forget the horrors of the Holocaust and remain silent, Elie Wiesel was not one of them. The novel Night tells the story of his personal experience as a teenager going through the holocaust. Throughout the novel Night, Wiesel portrays many themes and topics so that the reader may better understand the lessons readers can learn from his story. These topics include survival instincts, identity, and faith. The development of these themes helps readers understand the atrocities of the Holocaust and recognize why they must stand up to prevent something like this from happening in the future
One of the most continually developed themes Wiesel addresses in Night is faith. The theme he develops around this topic is that faith

The theme he develops around this topic is that Father-Son relationships can change and that they are important. Before Wiesel and his father were caught up in the Holocaust, they never really talked to each other, however, once they realized how bad of a situation they were in, they both knew they only had each other, forcing them to rely on each other which allowed them to better understand each other. Wisiel shows that a Father-Son relationship is ever-changing, this is seen throughout Night, but readers can see the change on p.30 when Wiesel and his father are getting ready to be sorted to the right(death) or left(camp). “My hand tightened its grip on my father. All I could think of was not to lose him.” The theme of the Father-Son relationship is further explored to such a drastic point that someone can become your reason to live on pg. 113… when Wiesel is talking about how his father’s death impacted him “I remained in Buchenwald until April 11. I shall not describe my life during that period. It no longer mattered. Since my father’s death, nothing mattered to me anymore. ” These examples show how much a Father-Son relationship can drastically

While some people make their family their entire world, due to survival instances people will abandon even their closest relatives and put themselves first in order to survive.
This was shown on page 56, when Eliezer does not step in to protect his father from being beaten. "I kept silent. In fact, I thought of stealing away in order not to suffer the blows." Wiesel further develops the theme on pg 91 when Rabbi Eliahu’s son ditched him in order to have a better chance of survival. “His son had seen him losing ground, sliding back to the rear of the column. He had seen him. And he continued to run in front, letting the distance between them become greater.” These examples show how people will do anything to survive in times of fear.
Through the themes of faith, father-son relationship, and survival instincts readers can see just how eye-opening this book was. Through Night readers learn about the horrible things the Jews had to face. Thanks to Wiesel people can’t deny that the Holocaust existed, but most importantly Wiesel gave a voice to the people who were too traumatized to talk about their own