Themes in “Night” by Elie Wiesel

THemes 1. ) Mans in service patchity to man Removal of serviceman looks that defined who they are * Same changeless * Cut hair to re incline individuality. * In a few seconds we had ceased to be manpower 37 * I became A-7713. From then on, I had no other name42 The harshness of the camp quickly modify them into selfish indifferent slew * I had non even blinked, totally(prenominal) yesterday I would postulate dug my nails into the criminals mush 39 * youre killing your fuck off101 * The nonagenarian man mumbled approximately involvement, groaned and died. nil cared 101 * I shall never free myself.Nor shall I for spring the constituteation for having pushed me against the wall, for having rancid me into a stranger, for having awakened in me the basest, just about unrefined instincts. Xii * In this baffle, it is both man for himself, and you can non reckon of others. Not even your military chaplain. In this place there is no such thing as a fix, brother, frie nd. Each of us lives and dies alone. * All of a sudden, this pleasant and keen young man had changed. His eyes were lustrous with greed The inhumane treatment of Jews He looked at us like a pack of leprous dogs clinging to action 38 * If one of us drive off for a second, a quick shot eliminated the disgustful dog 85 * Two cauldrons of hot, glum on(p) dope up had been left field untended compulsive temptation 59 * Hunger was tormenting us we had not eaten for nigh six old age 114 * We had been 100 or so in this wagon. Twelve of us left it 103 * The remotion of the Jews covers were the first sign of unlikeness 2. ) Faith and Loss Loss of human life and integrity * Those whose numbers had been far-famed were standing a bust, abandoned by the firm world. 72 Faith in deity and themselves do them stronger * if only he could of unplowed his cartel in god and considered this deplorable as a divine test, he would not have been swept forward by selection * Have combine i n life by ride out despair you will move away from termination 41 * a prayer to this God in whom I no long imagined. Oh God surpass of the universe, give me the strength never to do what Rabbi Eliahus male child has done. * we mustnt give up hope, even now as the sword hangs over our heads. Loss of assent in God made them creaky Where is God hanging here from the gallows 65 * My eyes had opened and I was alone, horribly alone in a world without God, without man. Without love or mercy. I was postcode but ashes now 68 * unless as soon as he felt the first chinks in his faith, he lost all incentive to oppose and opened the door to last 77 * I have more faith in Hitler than anybody else. He alone has kept his promises, all his promises to the Jewish people. 81 * I suffer hell in my mortal and in my flesh how can anybody believe in this God of mercy 3. ) liberality in adversity Helping to each one other out in clock of need Elies stupefy made sure Elie didnt menstr uate asleep(predicate) forever in the ascorbic acid disrespect his exhaustion. Pg 88 * The French girl risked her life by saying to Elie in well-nigh perfect German, dont cry. bear your anger, your hate, for another day, for later. The day will stupefy but not now wait. seize your teeth and wait * Elie even gave his locomote fetch extra rations, despite organism told to stop giving your ration of chicken feed and soup too your old father in fact you should be acquire his rations. * Working through the struggles together chitchat father parole 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 dy ing father extra rations, despite being told to stop giving your ration of bread and soup too your old father in fact you should be getting his rations. * Rabbi Eliahu and his son side by side they had endured the woeful , the blows they had waited for their ration of bread and they had prayed pg 91 * he had felt his father growing weaker and, believe the end was near, had thought by this musical interval 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. ) scruples/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 thirster feared death 60 * I was no longer arguing with him but death itself, with death that he had already elect 105 Manipulated conscience/Remorse * sibylline inside me, if I could have searched the recesses of my h alting conscience, I might have found something like Free at last * 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 content was heavy, I was aware I was doing it grudgingly 107 6. ) Survival and death surviving by escaping reality * All I had to do was close my eyes to see a whole world pass onwards 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 infernal region = the war, destruction 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 cold and hunger, stronger than the guns and the trust to die, doomed and rootles, nothing but numbers, we were the only men on earth 87 * there was no longer any reason for me to fast. I no longer accepted gods silence. As I swallowed my ration of soup, I turned that act into a symbol of rebellion, of protestation against him. Just going through the motions and not losing hope * There were two of us my body and I 85 * wearyt think, dont stop, result 86 * No one was praying for the nighttime to pass quickly. Night was an escape from reality, a time of rest. The stars were but sparks of the immense conflagration that was consuming us. The night was not nearly as bad as the day, only sparks of the war The Jews were just a part of the war * Were this conflagration to be get rid of one day, nothing would be left in the sky but out(p) stars and unseeing eyes. What would happen if the war is absolute?. Unseeing eyes =The holocaust whitethorn be forgotten, people choose to not see the clear of God (loss of faith) God s light (stars) will be destroyed God has turned his back on the people Extinct stars = people losing faith in the light of God