Themes in “Night” by Elie Wiesel

THemes 1. ) Mans inhumanity to man removal of human looks that defined who they are * Same uniform * Cut hair to remove individuality. * In a few seconds we had ceased to be men 37 * I became A-7713. From then on, I had no other name42 The harshness of the camp quickly transformed them into selfish indifferent commonwealth * I had not even blinked, only yesterday I would strike dug my nails into the criminals flesh 39 * youre killing your arrest one and only(a) hundred one * The old man mumbled someaffair, groaned and died. Nobody cared 101 * I shall never concede myself.Nor shall I forgive the world for having pushed me against the wall, for having sullen me into a stranger, for having awakened in me the basest, most primitive instincts. Xii * In this place, it is every man for himself, and you crumb not think of others. Not even your fix. In this place in that location is no such thing as a father, brother, fri ratiocination. Each of us lives and dies only when. * All of a sudden, this pleasant and intelligent young man had changed. His look were shining with greed The inhumane treatment of Jews He looked at us like a pack of leprous dogs clinging to life 38 * If one of us stopped for a second, a quick shot eliminated the nasty dog 85 * Two cauldrons of hot, steaming dope up had been left(p) untended supreme temptation 59 * Hunger was tormenting us we had not eaten for approximately six days 114 * We had been 100 or so in this wagon. xii of us left it 103 * The removal of the Jews rights were the first sign of dissimilarity 2. ) assurance and Loss Loss of human life and integrity * Those whose numbers had been noted were standing apart, abandoned by the whole world. 72 Faith in god and themselves make them stronger * if only he could of kept his credit in God and considered this suffering as a divine test, he would not have been swept away by selection * provoke faith in life by driving out desperation you depart move away from deat h 41 * a petition to this God in whom I no longstanding believed. Oh God hold of the universe, give me the strength never to do what Rabbi Eliahus intelligence has done. * we mustnt give up hope, even instantaneously as the sword hangs oer our heads. Loss of faith in God made them weak Where is God hanging here from the gallows 65 * My eyes had opened and I was alone, odiously alone in a world without God, without man. Without love or mercy. I was nothing that ashes now 68 * But as in brief as he felt the first chinks in his faith, he befogged all incentive to fight and opened the door to death 77 * I have more faith in Hitler than anybody else. He alone has kept his promises, all his promises to the Jewish muckle. 81 * I suffer snake pit in my soul and in my flesh how can anybody believe in this God of mercy 3. ) Kindness in adversity Helping severally other out in times of need Elies father made sure Elie didnt fall asleep forever and a day in the light speed des pite his exhaustion. Pg 88 * The French girl risked her life by saying to Elie in almost perfect German, dont cry. wait your anger, your hate, for another day, for later. The day will come but not now wait. Clench your teeth and wait * Elie even gave his dying father bare(a) rations, despite being told to stop giving your ration of abrasion and dope up alike your old father in fact you should be acquire his rations. * Working through the struggles together see father son relationships Elie and father * No.Youre eighteen Not fifty. Youre forty. Dou you hear? Eighteen and forty. 30 4. ) Father/son relationship * Elie and his father * Elies father made sure Elie didnt fall asleep forever in the snow despite his exhaustion. Pg 88 * my fathers presence was the only thing that stopped me 87 * I had no right to let myself die. What would he do without me? I was his sole support. * Elie even gave his dying father bare(a) rations, despite being told to stop giving your ration of br ead and soup too your old father in fact you should be get his rations. * Rabbi Eliahu and his son side by side they had endured the suffering , the blows they had waited for their ration of bread and they had prayed pg 91 * he had felt his father growing weaker and, believing the end was near, had thought by this separation to free himself of a burden that could ebb his own chance for survival. 91 * The man on the train and his son * Youre killing your father I have bread for you too for you to 101 5. ) Conscience/remorse/indifference Indifference * Since my fathers death, nothing mattered to me anymore 113 * The old man mumbled something, groaned and died.Nobody cared 101 * we no longer feared death 60 * I was no longer arguing with him but death itself, with death that he had already chosen 105 Manipulated moral sense/Remorse * deep inside me, if I could have searched the recesses of my feeble conscience, I might have found something like Free at nett * I shall never forgive myself. Nor shall I forgive the world for having pushed me against the wall, for having turned me into a stranger, for having awakened in me the basest, most primitive instincts. Xii * I gave him what was left of my soup.But my heart was heavy, I was a ware I was doing it grudgingly 107 6. ) excerption and death go by escaping reality * All I had to do was close my eyes to see a whole world submit before me, to dream of another life 87 * He was forever praying or meditating to some Talmudic question. For him it was an escape from reality, from feeling the blows 86 Stars = Jews Conflagration = the war, last The idea of death * A place to rest without suffering Surviving to rebel against God/Germans * Something inside me rebelled against that death 88 * We had transcended everything death, fatigue, our natural needs.We were stronger than ratty and hunger, stronger than the guns and the desire to die, doomed and rootles, nothing but numbers, we were the only men on earth 87 * t here was no longer any reasonableness for me to fast. I no longer accepted gods silence. As I swallowed my ration of soup, I turned that act into a symbolization of rebellion, of protest against him. Just going through the motions and not losing hope * in that respect were two of us my body and I 85 * Dont think, dont stop, run 86 * No one was praying for the dark to pass quickly. Night was an escape from reality, a time of rest. The stars were but sparks of the massive conflagration that was consuming us. The night was not nearly as drear as the day, only sparks of the war The Jews were just a part of the war * Were this conflagration to be extinguished one day, nothing would be left in the sky but extinct stars and unseeing eyes. What would happen if the war is finished?. Unseeing eyes =The holocaust may be forgotten, mass choose to not see the light of God (loss of faith) Gods light (stars) will be destroyed God has turned his back on the people Extinct stars = people l osing faith in the light of God