Elie Wiesel's The Night

Elie Wiesel’s novel, The Night,describes Eliezer’s journey of being part of the Holocaust. Through the novel, he faced many hardships and had to try and survive through the whole book. This was the reason he used, The Night, as the title of the book because the title conveys the deep darkness he went through at the camps. The night symbolizes the darkness that was mental, emotional, physical and spiritual. Eliezer faced many tough times and chose the title, The Night, for a reason. First of all, the night symbolizes the deep darkness he had to go through in the camps. “Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, which has turned my life into one long night, seven times cursed and seven times sealed....Never shall I forget those moments which murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to dust. Never shall I forget these things, even if I am condemned to live as long as God Himself. Never.” This quote shows, his first night of camp he was facing mental and physical darkness. This is important because, he found darkness every night
“Human suffering anywhere.” This quote reveals, many people suffered in the holocaust and messed them up physically and mentally. This is important, because the night was the worst part of the day and helps make the book be called Night. “I pray to the God within me that He will give me the strength to ask Him the right questions.” This quote explains, Elie lost his religion in the camps after every night God wouldn’t do anything for him or his family. This is important because all Elie remembers bad things at night, darkness, which is why the book was named, The Night. Eliezer chose the title of the book because the theme darkness which showed his physical and psychological experience of the