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Why did Elie Wiesel write Night? How does Wiesel characterize himself/Eliezer in the novel? What is the significance of the novel’s first-person point of view? What does night symbolize? What gives Eliezer the strength to survive the Holocaust? What happens when Moishe is deported from Sighet? What does Madame Schächter’s nightmare foreshadow?
One of the main themes of Night is Eliezer's loss of religious faith. Throughout the book, Eliezer witnesses and experiences things that he cannot reconcile with the idea of a just and all-knowing God.
By Elie Wiesel. 'Night' is a short and incredibly impactful novel that uses direct language and avoids metaphors and other figures of speech to tell its story. Introduction. Summary. Themes and Analysis. Historical Context. Characters. Quotes. Review.
- Cruelty in the Holocaust. The Night demonstrates terribly cruel acts by the Nazis against the Jews, also known as The Holocaust. Elie’s family is in Sighet.
- Humanity. Humanity is absent from the main storyline. However, it can be considered as an overarching theme. Most of the characters treat each other with prejudice and inhumanity.
- Faith. Faith in God is another major theme of the novel. When Eliezer in Sighet, his primary concern is the study of his religion, Judaism, and the purpose of life on this earth.
- Family. Families were broken during the mayhem of transportation to the concentration camps to Auschwitz and other camps. Eliezer, for example, gets separated from his mother and sisters.
Night is the first book in a trilogy Wiesel wrote about the Holocaust. The others, Dawn and Day, are novels, whereas Night is generally considered to be a memoir. Night has become one of the most prominent pieces of literature about the Holocaust.
The main themes in Night are death, God and religion, and sanity and insanity. Death: The death camps represent a perversion of the social, cultural, and religious significance of death. Rather...
Night Themes. Silence. Throughout the novel, Wiesel uses both literal and figurative silence to connote the lack of voice that Jews in the concentration camps have against their captors. One of the ways that silence permeates the book is the way in which God remains silent to the plight and violence against Jews.
