Pathos In Night

Night, by Elie Wiesel, is a book narrating the harsh conditions Elie and his father went through in concentration camps, Auschwitz and Buchenwald, during the Holocaust. After reading and viewing many texts, I find Night to be of the most valuable based on it being historically important, Wiesel’s strong use of pathos, as well as making the audience see something that they haven’t considered before.
The foremost merit for which this piece of text is valuable is the history it portrays. Because the Holocaust is one of the most well-known events in history, I find Night to be a text that deserved to be anthologized as it describes the Holocaust in a way that not many have not seen before. While there are many other novels and texts detailing the holocaust, Night seems to be more credible
While describing the rough times he and his father go through in the concentration camps, Wiesel makes sure to use imagery that would make the audience feel sorry and despair. For example, when Wiesel states, “never shall I forget the little faces of the children, whose bodies turned into wreaths of smoke beneath a silent blue sky”, it gives the reader a sense of uneasiness and empathy for the author as he had to experience the cremating of children’s bodies. One of Wiesel’s main goals when writing this narrative was to reach the readers heart so they could get a sense of what it was like to witness the environment surrounding the concentration camp.
The final merit in which makes Night valuable is that it gives a different view on the Holocaust than one might actually see. Instead of just reading about the Holocaust in history books, Wiesel makes it seem as if the you are right beside him when all of the events are taking place based on his accurate and detailed descriptions. Because of this approach Wiesel takes, it gives readers more of a direct encounter to the issue rather than a broad study of