In the book “Night,” by Elie Wiesel, Wiesel’s main purpose of writing this book was to explain his experience at the Holocaust as a survivor. By stating how he endured the trauma occurring to him and around him, he is trying to voice out the sadistic cruelty of the Nazi’s and is speaking against the Jewish people who knew about the torment and pain people were enduring during the Holocaust yet did nothing to help. Another main reason of why Wiesel wrote “Night” was that he aimed at never letting people forget about what happened at the Holocaust and the brutal killings and treatment of innocent people. The main theme of “Night” is faith; Eliezer had a strong faith in goodness, divinity, and an almighty God who had put much goodness in the world. His faith shakened with all the horrible torment he faced in the concentration camps, he could not believe that such a …show more content…
My historical perspective changed drastically with this fact because Jewish people were so isolated compared to people from different religions to the point where they were told where to live and the area they lived in was in a highly poor condition. Jewish people were most likely treated so harshly because they were blamed for all the issues that arose in Germany which is completely racist and illogical. This fact angered me so much because people during the 1940s were so blinded by their rage towards Jewish people that they did inhuman things to them as a form of revenge. I would be hurt, irritated, and heartbroken if I were a Jew who was forced to live in Ghettos. I might’ve even reached the point where I would be questioning my existence just like Eliezer did because I’d be utterly hopeless. I am very grateful that many changes have been made to the law system and treatment of people because if events like the Holocaust continued, humanity would be