Theme Of Suffering In Night

Wesson 1

Allyson Wesson

Mr. Wozny

English 10C-1

12 March 2015

The Effects of Suffering in Night

World War II started on September 1st, 1939 and ended on September 2nd, 1945. Many Jews were persecuted and blamed for many things during this time period. Jews later on in the war were taken from their homes and put into concentration camps, this was known as the Holocaust. The Holocaust was filled with suffering. People experienced cruel treatment from Nazi personnel. “Account of suffering as a result of human cruelty are most powerful.”(Cerullo). In Night, suffering was not only an important role, but it also destroyed the people themselves, it was dehumanizing and caused many people to lose their faith. “Suffering is a key term in

The suffering and pain they went through was so bad that they wanted to abandon the only thing they had left. “The Holocaust exposes the selfishness, evil, and cruelty of which everybody not only the Nazis, but also fellow prisoners and Jews even Elie himself.” (Themes, Motifs, and Symbols.”). The suffering for the prisoners was awful in itself but when it causes other reactions to happen is what makes it even worse. Things like just living in fear of what would happen next “Fear was greater than hunger.”(Wiesel 59), loss of faith and dehumanization were next to

Elie started out the book with a string faith in God and wanting to learn everything he could even asking his father to find him a master who could guide him in his studies of the kabbalah. Elie when leaving his home believes that God will get them this tragedy and will protect him and the Jewish community from harm. Throughout the book this faith slowly starts to fade from the loss of his sister and mother, the torture of young children, and being forced to work long days with little food he starts to doubt his faith God (Cerullo). Elie then later has almost given up all faith saying things like “I did not fast. First of all, to please my father who had forbidden me to do so. And then, there was no longer any reason for me to. I no longer accepted God’s silence. As I swallowed my ration of soup, I turned that act into a symbol of rebellion, or protest against him.” (Wiesel 69), “Where is merciful God, Where is he?” (Wiesel 64), and “Were there still miracles on this earth?” (Wiesel 76). The suffering was so bad that a young boy who had been so enthusiastic about