Silent Night
Silent Night
Many people look at the Holocaust in ways that are indescribable. They talk about it but do not believe that something so tragic could happen in this world. With the book Night, Elie Wiesel takes readers on a path to show them the true story of what it really was. With so many in-depth details, Wiesel describes a horrific place filled with hatred and fear that not one person could likely survive today. He describes just how the concentration camps were and how most people only wished they could die to leave all the pain and suffering they had gone through. With great use of imagery, symbolism, and repetition, Wiesel illustrated how silence became a part of every individual’s life in the Holocaust.
The silence in the book Night can be seen through many examples of the imagery used in the novel. “Never shall I forget that nocturnal silence which deprived me, for all eternity, of the desire to live.” Just like Wiesel said, the night that was inside of everyone, was inside of them forever. They had given up everything and it was all gone in the silence of this horrific experience. Out of everything the Jews gave up, the one thing that meant the most to them was the loss of God. They had to give up on God because he was not there to help them. Wiesel pointed out that, “The Eternal, Lord of the Universe, the All-Powerful and Terrible, was silent. What had I to thank Him for?” (31) All the Jews felt that God was no longer there for them and they stopped believing. The imagining of the situations in the book can actually make one feel like they are there. Being able to feel the silence that the Jews and prisoners felt, can actually make one realize what these poor souls went through.
Symbols are greatly used in this book to describe the silence all around the people in the camp. While being in the camp, Elie and the others felt like their silence would never be heard. “Those who kept silent yesterday will remain silent tomorrow.” The symbols such as fear,
Many people look at the Holocaust in ways that are indescribable. They talk about it but do not believe that something so tragic could happen in this world. With the book Night, Elie Wiesel takes readers on a path to show them the true story of what it really was. With so many in-depth details, Wiesel describes a horrific place filled with hatred and fear that not one person could likely survive today. He describes just how the concentration camps were and how most people only wished they could die to leave all the pain and suffering they had gone through. With great use of imagery, symbolism, and repetition, Wiesel illustrated how silence became a part of every individual’s life in the Holocaust.
The silence in the book Night can be seen through many examples of the imagery used in the novel. “Never shall I forget that nocturnal silence which deprived me, for all eternity, of the desire to live.” Just like Wiesel said, the night that was inside of everyone, was inside of them forever. They had given up everything and it was all gone in the silence of this horrific experience. Out of everything the Jews gave up, the one thing that meant the most to them was the loss of God. They had to give up on God because he was not there to help them. Wiesel pointed out that, “The Eternal, Lord of the Universe, the All-Powerful and Terrible, was silent. What had I to thank Him for?” (31) All the Jews felt that God was no longer there for them and they stopped believing. The imagining of the situations in the book can actually make one feel like they are there. Being able to feel the silence that the Jews and prisoners felt, can actually make one realize what these poor souls went through.
Symbols are greatly used in this book to describe the silence all around the people in the camp. While being in the camp, Elie and the others felt like their silence would never be heard. “Those who kept silent yesterday will remain silent tomorrow.” The symbols such as fear,
Cited: Wiesel, Elie. Night. Trans. Marion Wiesel. 1958. New York: Hill and Wang, 2006. Print