Night By Elie Wiesel Father Son Analysis

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In the novel, Night, a journey of a young boy who teetered between life and death for so long is told. The struggle he faced, the strive to survive, and the desire to remain by his father’s side are all difficulties he encountered. The holocaust was a horrifying time- millions were murdered because they were considered a subspecies slowing down the evolutionary processA time of misery and fear for people of the Jewish religion, Wiesel shares his experience during this petrifying time. Elie Wiesel was born in Sighet Transylvania on September 30, 1928. Prior to being taken under the Nazi 's rule, he decided to pursue Religious studies,as his father did. He grew up with his parents and three sisters. in the year 1944, when Elie was 15 years old, …show more content…

They play a vital role in portraying the father son bond that is emphasized to depict one of the major themes. Elie, the author, lives to tell his story. He tells the struggle of him and his father- he tells how they relied on eachother and the experience of their journey through the torturous Holocaust years. Elie 's father was a man who was looked up to in the community, he was a religious leader. He inspires Elie and ELie inspires him to do whatever they can to keep eachother alive. In the book Night, there were multiple themes that were focused on. One of the themes was the belief of ones god or any god- it was being questioned by Elie himself. He struggles believing in his faith. He is conflicted because he wonders how a God is capable of allowing this type of pain to be inflicted upon anyone. He wonders why or how a God could allow such misery to those who did nothing but be his …show more content…

Repetition is a device that is used multiple times. When something is repetitive it is used multiple times to symbolize something. "On pain of death" is used to mphasize the Harshness the Germans imposed on the Jews. In the novel it is said, "the first step: Jews would not be allowed to leave their houses on pain of death," and :everything had to be handed over to the authorities- on pain of death." Symbolism uses symbols to interpret ideas and Elie uses night as a symbol. he uses it many times throughout the book and in the title as well. There is a quote in the book that immensely emphasizes the symbol being

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