Motifs In Elie Wiesel's Night

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The book Night by Elie Wiesel is a story about a boy who endures the horrors of the Holocaust. Throughout the duration of the book, Elie describes his own experiences with deportation, near death experiences, and concentration camps. Elie uses many motifs to further sophisticate his book. The motif, fire, used in Night by Elie Wiesel creates an effect that helps the author further develop the characters and create foreshadowing. To begin, fire, a motif used in Night, helps deepen characters and further develop them. The first thing the Jewish people saw was the crematory. Many thought they were going to die, as many did. Others, on the other hand, made through the first step of selection. As the Jewish people started to realize what they

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