Devastation. Was all that surrounded Elie Wiesel. This one word crept its way into society, whereas mankind was in ruins. The people during this drastic event, no longer cared for one another. The author of the novel Night was trying to show his experience during this time period. While doing this he proved how humanity had lost its faith. To begin with, emptiness began to creep up on mankind, until all humanity was lost. In the novel, young Elie Wiesel believed he changed so much in such little time because he did not stand up for his father. “ I stood petrified. What had happened to me? My father had just been struck, in front me, and I had not even blinked. I had watched and kept silent”(pg. 39). All the author felt was nothing. He was empty inside. This is the start where the author shows himself and others losing their sensitivity. Clearly, the human race started ever so slowly losing its humanness. …show more content…
Elie Wiesel was one of those others at the moment his father was on the brink of death. “ Suddenly, the evidence overwhelmed me; there was no longer any reason to live, any reason to fight”(pg. 99). The weight of his father almost dying gave the young Wiesel the decision of no longer trying to fight anymore. He believed he could not live without his father. He could not live alone nor he had nothing left to live for. Humanity at this point treated each other how one would treat the ground; stomp all over it. The loss to fight for one's life was indeed popular at this time in concentration