Night Elie Wiesel Significance Of Night

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A word such as “night” can have various meanings in different contexts. For some, the night could simply be dark after the sun sets. The night represents slumber, the unknown, fear, and darkness. This Holocaust survivor’s interpretation of night, though, was much different. Elie Wiesel crafted a novel about his appalling experience as a Jewish child during Adolf Hitler’s tyranny: Night. In this novel, the word night was used to describe the shadow that was cast on the innocent Jewish people as they were captured, separated from their homes and loved ones, tortured endlessly, and slowly killed. Originally, the novel was to be named And The World Remained Silent to express the unbearable reticence the world displayed as the prisoners suffered …show more content…

In this speech, Elie states that it is eternal night at Auschwitz. He also refers to the camp as a kingdom of darkness. He refers to the camp as dark because, during his time at the camp, it felt as if there was no such thing as light at the end of the tunnel. Every day was lived with heartache and utmost fear. The inmates of the camp each began to lose the candle of faith as time ran slowly, making Auschwitz a deep and dark pit of despair and loss. Elie declares that after Auschwitz, the darkness was never lost. Paragraph 13 emphasizes this when he says, “After Auschwitz, the human condition is no longer the same.” This illustrates the depressing impact the camp had on its prisoners, even as they were freed. The desolation, loss, and melancholy brought from Auschwitz were unforgettable and have had lasting effects on the survivors. In this speech, the night is used to describe the devastating impact the concentration camps had on the prisoners even after their release and emphasizes the importance of remembering the distressing Holocaust so that history could never repeat itself like that

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