Night Symbolism In Night By Elie Wiesel

Elie Wiesel uses Night to symbolize the darkness, fear and torture Jewish people had to live with, and survive from, during World War II. It symbolizes the dark and cruel path that Jews had to suffer from. Night was a time to be feared of because; the Nazis were brutal to the Jews and acted inhumane. In addition, humans are also inherently evil because, although it was hard to survive during the time, instead of sticking together, the Jews turned against their own families. Although some say that is was a concern to all people, the Nazis still tortured the Jews and no human helped them survive. It is also important to realize that the Nazis made the Jews witness the death of their families, the death of their childhoods, and the death of their god. As a matter of fact, Nazis acted brutal to the Jews by suffocating, beating, and torturing the Jews. For instance, they used babies as target practice, the crematoria, the selection, and the way they transport the Jews like cattle. In addition, Elie Wiesel had to witness the deaths of many people including from his own family. According to Night by Elie Wiesel, it states, “Then came the march past the victims. The two men were no longer alive. Their
More people are oppressed than free. How can one not be sensitive to their plight? Human suffering anywhere concerns men and women everywhere.” Elie Wiesel makes a good point about human rights being violated, but not all people were concerned with the suffering of the Jews, especially not the Nazis. When transporting the Jews, if one person fell or went to the ground they were killed. In addition they fed the Jewish people little food and made them sleep in barracks. Of course, the Jews were innocent in the beginning of the book, but then turned against their own families causing them to act inhumane which resulted in