Night In Elie Wiesel's Night
In Elie Wiesel’s book “Night”, uses eyes and/or night to demonstrate people’s humanity within the camps and throughout the book. I will be talking about Moche the Beadle, Elie and the little boy who was hanged.
First, Moche the Beadle. At the beginning of the book, his eyes were described as being dreamy. He would be a representation of innocence and heavenly wisdom. He was later deported before the rest of the jews in the area. He saw infants being used as targets.When he escaped and came back home his eyes were “hollow” and lost all of their dreaminess. This shows how traumatic this was for the Jews even at the beginning of this terrible experience.
Next, Elie Wiesel. At the beginning of the book he would have been described as a young man full of faith and hope. He was so religious he wanted to pursue a more mystical version of Judaism (Cabbalism). As you read the book you can see how he changes into an almost different person due to everything that he went through. By the end of the novel, He looks through a mirror and says that, “I …show more content…
had not seen myself since the Ghetto. From the depths of the mirror, a corpse gazed back at me. The look in his eyes, as they stared into mine, has never left me.” His own description of himself, the corpse, shows his emotional and spiritual death.
Finally, the kid that was hanged.
He is described as an “sad-eyed angel”. He was a young pipel at buna who was loved by all the prisoners. He did not say anything before he was hanged or anything. Before he was hanged he was described as “...vividly pale, almost calm...”. While he was being hanged, a man behind Elie said “Where is God? Where is He?”. The man said this twice before Elie in his head answered “Where is He? Here He is-He is hanging here on this gallows….”. This moment describes both Elie and many others complete loss of their faith as Jews. An innocent kid died and God did not save him or any of the others who were burned, beaten, tortured, hanged, and many other terrible deaths. In conclusion I would like to say that in this book, Elie shows through the motifs of eyes and/or night he depicts people’s slowy loss in both their faith and their sanity. We must make sure that something like this doesn’t happen ever
again.
First, Moche the Beadle. At the beginning of the book, his eyes were described as being dreamy. He would be a representation of innocence and heavenly wisdom. He was later deported before the rest of the jews in the area. He saw infants being used as targets.When he escaped and came back home his eyes were “hollow” and lost all of their dreaminess. This shows how traumatic this was for the Jews even at the beginning of this terrible experience.
Next, Elie Wiesel. At the beginning of the book he would have been described as a young man full of faith and hope. He was so religious he wanted to pursue a more mystical version of Judaism (Cabbalism). As you read the book you can see how he changes into an almost different person due to everything that he went through. By the end of the novel, He looks through a mirror and says that, “I …show more content…
had not seen myself since the Ghetto. From the depths of the mirror, a corpse gazed back at me. The look in his eyes, as they stared into mine, has never left me.” His own description of himself, the corpse, shows his emotional and spiritual death.
Finally, the kid that was hanged.
He is described as an “sad-eyed angel”. He was a young pipel at buna who was loved by all the prisoners. He did not say anything before he was hanged or anything. Before he was hanged he was described as “...vividly pale, almost calm...”. While he was being hanged, a man behind Elie said “Where is God? Where is He?”. The man said this twice before Elie in his head answered “Where is He? Here He is-He is hanging here on this gallows….”. This moment describes both Elie and many others complete loss of their faith as Jews. An innocent kid died and God did not save him or any of the others who were burned, beaten, tortured, hanged, and many other terrible deaths. In conclusion I would like to say that in this book, Elie shows through the motifs of eyes and/or night he depicts people’s slowy loss in both their faith and their sanity. We must make sure that something like this doesn’t happen ever
again.