Significance Of Night In Night By Elie Wiesel

Night is a memoir written by Elie Wiesel. This autobiography of Wiesel’s life manages to reach the perfect balance between an in-depth story and simplistic writing. The novel tells of a young Elie’s journey from the invasion of his tight knit Jewish community in Sighet to the numerous concentration camps he was taken to. One camp was Auschwitz, where his mother and younger sister Tzipora were separated from him and his father. Later on, Elie and his father were taken to Camp Buna, a sub-camp of Auschwitz. Finally, Elie was taken to his third and last camp, Buchenwald. Buchenwald is where Elie’s father ultimately died of dysentery, only days before the American troops came to release them. In Night, Elie Wiesel uses the title night to symbolize the darkness of these events and the lifelessness of faith.
Eliezer “Elie” Wiesel was born September 30, 1928 in Sighet Transylvania, now Romania. Wiesel was the third child of four. His two older sisters were Hilda and Beatrice Wiesel, whom he was not as close with compared to his little sister, Tzipora. His mother and father were named Sarah and Shlomo Wiesel. In 1944, Wiesel’s family and the remainder of the community were placed into two separate ghettos in Sighet, formed by the incoming Nazis. Later on, they were relocated to Auschwitz, where Elie’s mother and Tzipora were killed. Then, he and his father were moved to Buna and finally Buchenwald. In Buchenwald, Elie’s father died, and only days later Elie was liberated, now sixteen years old. Elis Wiesel did not write Night until 10 years after his liberation, and continued on to write books such as, And the World Would Remain Silent in 1956 and Dawn in 1961 (“Elie Wiesel”).
The title Night symbolizes the darkness of the events tha...

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...is work as a writer, teacher, philosopher, and advocate of peace (Schuman). Wiesel later founded the Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity with his wife Marion Wiesel (“Elie Wiesel”).
In conclusion, symbolism is used in a large portion of Night. The title signifies the darkness of the event. Not only that, but it signifies the times the incidents take place. The fact that most of the main pieces of this book, such as arriving to Auschwitz, happen during the evening is what makes titling the novel night so clever and full of importance. This title also connotes the lifelessness of faith, which is in a multitude of characters in the book, including Elie’s father Shlomo. All the prisoners at these camps cannot understand how God could be real if he is letting all of these morbid things happen to their people. These two topics are largely used in the best seller Night.