What Is The Theme Of Night By Elie Wiesel

Before reading Night by Elie Wiesel, what I know happened during that time was from school and of my grandfather and his father’s story. My grandfather’s story was one told to one person and from an early age I was told not to ask about how he lost his leg and later do not to ask him about his time, with the only accounts coming from oral history and documents from the Arolsen Archives. From knowing his story some of what appears in Night is similar to the little bit that I know about his story. Unlike my grandfather, Elie Wiesel wanted to let people know what happened to him and his family. He explains why he thought the way he did at the time rather than focusing on changing events. Night offers more of an in depth look at how people were

This is something that seems to be very common with stories of those who ended up in the camps, that it would never happen. Even my grandfather and his father were sitting down for dinner before running out the back door of their home with only a picture of his mother as the army came in. While this is a common theme in many of the stories, I think this could be because of something more. Similar to hurricane parties, people often minimize details, which is seen in the book well on during the beginning of Wiesel’s memoir. During that time people heard stories of what happened from those that either escaped or as for the governments were informed of the facts of the camps and what was happening to the people in the camps. But also, at the same time there was some censoring of information but those in charge as to not create a panic or raids, which would be enough to show that one person word versus the media was not enough to change people’s minds. This is something that is also shown right before the Nazi Army moved into his

Like with the case of selection people near those sites would have known due to the smell, sounds, and if near a crematoria ash from those chosen. But people wanted to pretend it was something else instead of ash or smell from bodies near there so they would not have to deal with the knowledge that someone was burnt alive. The treatment of those that lived in the camps was like animals to the point people would enjoy watching them fight for bread. They had little say in what happened to them as with the case possibility of losing his leg and nothing to numb the pain for Elie Wiesel. This is something quite common with even selection that happen for those people who were picked as, yes there was a possibility of going to the crematoriums but like with the doctor looking at peoples’ bodies there is some evidence that people were also chosen to be experimented on