Inhumanity Theme In Night

In the memoir Night, the narrator Elie Wiesel recounts a moment he was sent to a concentration camp in Auschwitz. “In front of us those flames in the air, the smell of burning flesh, it must have been around Midnight, We had arrived in Birkenau.” (Wiesel 28). Mr Wiesel was freed from Auschwitz/German imprisonment and was able to write a novel about his experiences in Auschwitz, The overwhelming inhumanity was present from the very start, especially when they first arrived. Two significant themes related to inhumanity discussed in the book Night by Elie Wiesel are loss of faith and Loss of compassion.

One theme in Night is that inhumanity can cause Loss of Faith. We learned from, Eliezer Wiesel, taken from his home was placed into Auschwitz where he slowly loses his faith and therefore by his own words, loses a part of himself. “As for me, I had ceased to pray, I concurred with job! I was not denying His existence but, I doubted his absolute Justice.” (Wiesel 45). Mr Wiesel stops praying after he begins to doubt god. He begins to realize God is letting that suffering happen and doubts his justice. Another example is, Mr Wiesel continues his time in
Mr. Wiesel while going into Auschwitz kept his composure later begins to collapse. He, in a way could no longer feel pain. “After my father’s death, Nothing could touch me anymore” (Wiesel 107). THis is Mr. Wiesel’s lowest point that scarred him to the point of no return. It’s important because this loss of compassion shows. Another example is when Elietzer sees his father get beaten and it does not affect him. “ What’s more, If I felt anger at this moment, It was not directed at the Kapo but at my Father.” (Wiesel 54). Mr Wiesel stops caring about others. The thought of his father being beaten did not move him, or the action of the beating, showing how much he had changed. Therefore, when faced with inhumanity loss of compassion is not