What Is The Theme Of The Book Night By Elie Wiesel

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Elie sees some horrible things that make him question why he is even living. Weisel designed this novel so that he could spread the word on some of the unforgiveable things that the Nazis did to the Jews. Also because of this, Elie shows what he is feeling when these events happen. When Elie first arrived to the death camp Auschwitz, he marched right into a pile of burning babies. He thinks to himself, "Deep down, I was saying goodbye to my father, to the whole universe, and, against my will, I found myself whispering the words Yisgadel Veyiskadash, shmey raba" (Weisel 34). Elie is traumatized by the sent of burning flesh. This makes him become very depressed and he wonders why he even wants to live anymore. HE gets so down on