What Is The Tone Of Night By Elie Wiesel

In Elie Wiesel’s text “Night,” he uses a combination of techniques, sharing imagery through the development of certain ideas, specific language, and tones such as detachment to help convey the purpose of his writing piece. Wiesel’s purpose for the text was to share many of the atrocities he experienced during the Holocaust

One way that Wiesel conveys his purpose is through a detached tone. Throughout the text, the tone is consistently used to reflect on the experience of being held captive by the Nazi party. This mood can be seen in the sadness and mourning caused by the death of Wiesel's father and how Wiesel describes the event. According to page 112, “No prayers were said over his tomb. No candle lit in his memory... he called out to me, and I had not answered.” The tone of this helps convey the despair that is felt in words. This tone persisted, with Elie never being able to get over the death of his father. Elie

He utilizes understandable language to help him precisely get across the point he is trying to make. An instance of this word use can be seen in his recollection of his family being split apart. Page 19 shares that "My father was crying... It was the first time I saw him cry. I had never thought it possible." The disbelief in Wiesel's father's crying carries on the fact that this situation is intense. In addition to Wiesel's “mother, she was walking, her face a mask, without a word, deep in thought.” Words such as “cry” would paint a vivid picture of something negative, while the use of “first” creates the opposite. While these two words share different connotations, they both help to convey the fact that this was a tricky situation for Wiesel and his family. The simplicity of the words he uses does not outweigh the emotion he is trying to share, but the use of concord and contrast with the words he uses helps him communicate the purpose clearly to the