placed. During the Holocaust, in Auschwitz, there was a crematorium, which burned approximately 340 corpses every 24 hours.
During Night, Mrs. Schater saw "flames and fire " as she approached the camps in Auschwitz. Although no one else could see the flames, they understood her pain and loss. Not only did the flames symbolize pain, it also symbolized death. When they finally arrived, Elie Wiesel explains that they now understand what Mrs. Schater saw. The smell and taste of smoke in the air reminded the prisoners of how close to death they were becoming. Previously , literal death was mentioned. What about Spiritual Death? (1) After being taken from his home and split away from his mother and sisters, Elie began to lose his faith. "Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, which has turned my life into one long night, seven times cursed and seven times sealed. Never shall I forget that smoke. Never shall I forget the little faces of the children whose bodies I saw turned into wreaths of smoke beneath a silent blue sky.
Never shall I forget those flames which consumed my faith forever." The corpses mentioned in Night , of course did not represent actual death but spiritual death (1). As Elie saw the corpses and all the tragedy that took place, he stated that if God existed then he would not allow this to take place. Although Night was a true life story written by a true survior, Night was meant to represent and symbolize the deeper meaning behind the story itself. The book was meant to grasp your attention and make you look behind the cover which was something the Germans didn't do.
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ight by Elie Weisel was published in 1955 and features an aspect on an important moment in time: the Holocaust. The Holocaust was an era when the Nazi's believed the Germans were racially superior. They also believed that Jews could be a threat to the German community (Night1). Night is used to symbolize the loss in faith, death, darkness, and the emotion of the soul that was experienced by Jews during the Holocaust. The image comes up repeatedly and constantly gives off the impression that, while in the Holocaust, tragedy takes place during the night. If you take a look back into the book you will notice that most of the disasters took place during the night. !) Because Night was Mr. Wiesel's real life experience, you can not say that the setting and events were strategically placed. During the Holocaust there was a crematorium, which burned approximately 340 corpses every 24 hours.
9 INTO THE NIGHT / January, 2015