“Night” is an unravelling of Elie Wiesel’s personal encounter with the holocaust era. Gob-smacked, mystified and catapulted . His senses exploded to new realities - Man's inhumanity to man. God’s seeming unfaithfulness in man's hour of greatest need. These were the main elements that tortured his teenage mind. For me, “Night” left me feeling uncomfortable and even troubled as I role-played many of the personalities. Throughout the book, I found myself connecting with the characters and questioning
lifetime I was only to write one book, this would be the one.” - Elie Wiesel Elie Wiesel was born in Sighet, a small town in Transylvania. His Orthodox Jewish family was highly observant of Jewish tradition. He takes the readers to a place in time where no one would ever want to journey to. His famous memoir Night is a story of struggle - physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual which not only relates the history of the Holocaust, but it reveals the depth of the human soul and explores our limits
In the memoir ‘Why I write’ in 1978, Holocaust survivor says, “The only role I sought was that of witness. I believed that having survived by chance, I was duty-bound to give meaning to my survival, to justify each moment of my life”. Wiesel believes he was destined to survive so he can share his experience and justify every part of it. In his novel Night, with his father by his side, Elie Wiesel been forced to survive the Holocaust. He’s been through up and downs through the experience with God
which often teach us life through literature. Throughout the novel, Night, many themes were expressed in Elie Wiesel's writing. The themes, violence, and death were described deeply since he has seen many people die around him and was violently abused during his time in the concentration camps. The term violence is defined as using physical force with the intent to hurt or kill. All throughout the novel, we have witnessed harsh acts of violence. It states in the novel that Elie was beaten, “I no
Literary Review of “Night” The autobiography that I choose to review was Night by Elie Wiesel a story of a holocaust victim who survived the notorious Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz. Night centers on a young Elie, who is fifteen years old and living with his orthodox Jewish family in Sighet, Transylvania (common day Romania). The story begins with the German-Hungarian Army invading Sighet and forcing all Jews unable to prove their residency to ghettos. Ghettos were essentially living prisons
Night, by Elie Wiesel, is a nonfiction story of his experiences in the holocaust and his thoughts on the events at the time. The book goes through Wiesel’s life in the Nazi camps and his journey for liberty. The story starts just before the Holocaust and ends shortly after liberation. This book has touched many and inspired even more. It has attracted a large audience, since it was on “Oprah’s Book Club”, won a Nobel Peace Prize, and is a required read for high school students across the country
Night is a poignant tale of a man who loses his childhood and his humanity to the barbaric concentration camps of Nazi Germany. This account is crafted from Elie Wiesel's past experiences, drawing upon certain themes to help him portray the entirety of this heavy recount. One such theme is freedom and confinement, which is created and developed through the actions of the Nazis, the actions of the imprisoned Jews, and the conflicts these themes address. Nazi Germany is a brutal, unforgiving place
Elie Wiesel’s, Night, unravels the journey of a young Jewish boy struggling to resolve his muddled religious beliefs during the Holocaust. The story begins in the small Hungarian town of Sighet when a young boy whose name is Elie sets out on a journey of religious discovery. Every free moment of the boy’s life is dedicated to his study of Kabbalah. Until one-day German soldiers enter Sighet and begin to load citizens into cattle cars, to later be sent off to an unknown location. In a twisted turn