Elie states that this horrific event turned his live "into one long night" (45). This kind of brutality changes human behavior.
The changes of this behavior are happening in stages and in the end will result not just in the loss of faith, but also in many instances the victims themselves will become aggressors, even murderers during this "one long night". The stages of brutality start even before the people arrive to Auschwitz. The police placed 80 people in the carriages which would fit a maximum of 30, the next stage is the darkness, which made people crazy, madam Schattner's vision of fire, shows the fear of eternal night.
The feeling of despair and humiliation takes its effects when arriving to the barracks after being stripped from all their clothing and had their bodies shaved, Elie feels that a dark flame entered into his soul, and devoured it. The hopelessness of the Night stays with them, they are tattooed with their identification numbers, which seems to them that they no longer have individual identities, this makes them disposable numbers. As this procedure continues into the Long Night, many in the camp started to deteriorate as human beings. Idek the Kapo subjects the people in his charge to his "bouts of madness", Idek leaps on Elie like a "wild animal". The darkest expression of night is that when Idek beats him up so badly that he was covered in blood, he realises that even their own people turn against them in their bid for survival.
Night seems to be unending and everlasting and the humiliation in many destroys the will to survive, Akiba Drumer becomes weak, loses his faith, spirit and becomes a victim for selection. This further shows the effects of endless night, when Elie asks how can I believe, "how could anyone believe in this merciful God". There seems to be darkness settling in and from believers many become accusers. .
There could not be more devastation for the victims of concentration camps, than the loss of faith.
The book, "Night," by Elie Wiesel, has themes that people can relate to and can teach readers many things. ... One prevalent theme in Night is man's inhumanity towards others. ... What is even more sad is that Elie's father's skull was cracked. Another theme in Night was the importance of father and son relationship. ... The last theme in the book Night, was Elie's struggle to maintain faith. ...
." - Elie Wiesel. Elie Wiesel was powerless as teenager in the Nazi concentration camps. ... In Night, by Elie Wiesel a theme the author develops is losing faith in the what you believe in. ... In response to all of this Elie Wiesel becomes angry at God. ... In the book "Night," by Elie Wiesel, a theme that developed throughout the book is losing faith in what you believe in. ...
The novel Night, by Elie Wiesel, has had much sociological significance on society. Night is Wiesel's attempt to trace the dissolution of the Jewish community in Sighet, the ghettoes, deportations, concentration camps, crematoriums, death marches, and, finally, liberation. In Night Wiesel uses his experiences to give humanity an in depth look at how horrific the German occupation was. ... Night tells of how Wiesel and his father were first separated from the rest of his family in Auschwitz, and it was also here that they first learn of the crematoria. ... Wiesel's original Yiddish...
In different versions of the ending of Elie Wiesel's memoir entitled 'Night', some of these feelings can be observed and detected. In the published English translation of 'Night', the ending presents the author's reflection on his personal experience and self. ... Wiesel still felt it was important to include this alternate version of the ending in his introduction of the book because it gives the reader the opportunity to compare how Elie was feeling then and how he feels now; it allows the reader to observe that victims of the Holocaust might have developed va...
Elie Wiesel went on to win the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986, and he became regarded as a "messenger to mankind" because of his heroic actions. (145) Elie Wiesel - Linking Memory to Morality After enduring suffering and humiliation as a victim of the Holocaust, Elie Wiesel took a vow of silence. ... His vow of silence was broken after he moved to the United States in 1956 and published his first book, "Night," in 1958. ... Elie Wiesel wrote each book with the goal of conveying his experiences from different angles. ... "Night" narrowly confined itself to focusing on Wies...
One less reason to live. " This quote by Elie Wiesel showed an understanding of how anyone would fell if put into a situation such as Elie. In Elie Wiesel's autobiography Night, Wiesel explains the dehumanization of Eliezer, his family, and his fellow Jews throughout World War II. ... When reading Night you get a first-hand experience of what this actually was. ... Toward midnight, we were told to run. " This dehumanized them because the Germans made the Jews run in the cold night air with no clothes on. ... After that I had no other name. " This shows the dehumanization of Eliezer beca...
Throughout the book the author Elie Wiesel, as well as many prisoners, lost their faith in God. ... (Wiesel 31) Another example of prisoners in the concentration camp loosing their faith in Night is when the pipel, a young child, was hung in front of the whole camp. ... Here He is-He is hanging here on this gallows (Wiesel 62) Another time Elie questions God and his faith is around Rosh Hashana, the new year. ... (Wiesel 63 - 64) Many prisoners lost their faith during "selection". ... Night is a powerful book. ...
Out of the many writings that Elie Wiesel has written, his book Night is a work that can be seen as one to have accurate information pertaining to the Holocaust, have firsthand information of the Holocaust, and most of all, one that could be understood by the young adult. ... I chose to examine two pieces of writing, one, Elie Wiesel's book Night, and second an article by Carol Danks, who speaks about Wiesel's novel Night and how this book a great teaching to use for students in the classroom. ... Dank states, "One literary work that presents accurate historical information, ...
Night Wiesel, Elie New York, New York: Bantam Books, 1986 Holocaust a word meaning so much, a word that caused millions to die, a word that is unforgettable in history. The Author of Night, Elie Wiesel, first writes the book after a ten-year vow of silence upon him before trying to describe what happened to him and over six million other Jews. ... In general, the autobiography Night is simple to read. This is primarily because Elie Wiesel describes everything as if it were right in front of one. ... Unquestionably, Elie Wiesel creates a personal record showing that the impossible can alw...
Night By Elie Wiesel During extreme times a person can survive. One could look at NIGHT by Elie Wiesel. ... The book NIGHT shows that a person can survive extreme conditions. For example Elie ran 42 miles in one night without stopping. ... The book night showed many ways people survive Elie survived the concentration camps and reading his story shows his hardships and Elies father even though he didn't survive he still showed how a older man would fight to survive. ...
