Themes in “Night” by Elie Wiesel

THemes 1. ) Mans in valetity to populace Removal of hu humankind looks that defined who they are * equal uniform * Cut hair to remove individuality. * In a hardly a(prenominal) 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 alter them into selfish indifferent people * I had non as yet blinked, scarce instantaneously yesterday I would have dug my nails into the criminals embodiment 39 * youre killing your take wiz hundred one * The old man mumbled something, groaned and died. Nobody cared 101 * I shall never forgive myself.Nor shall I forgive the serviceman for having pushed me against the wall, for having move me into a stranger, for having awakened in me the basest, about primitive instincts. Xii * In this dictate, it is every man for himself, and you can not think of others. Not rase your drive. In this place there is no such thing as a father, brother, friend. Each of us lives and dies alone. * All of a sudden, this pleasant and sizeable young man had changed. His eyeball were shining with greed The inhumane give-and-take of Jews He looked at us analogous a pack of leprous dogs clinging to tone 38 * If one of us stopped for a second, a quick shot eliminated the filthy dog 85 * Two cauldrons of hot, piping soup had been left untended supreme temptation 59 * hunger was tormenting us we had not eaten for nearly six days 114 * We had been 100 or so in this wagon. Twelve of us left it 103 * The removal of the Jews rights were the starting time sign of discrimination 2. ) Faith 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 divinity and themselves made them stronger * if only he could of kept his reliance in God and con expressionred this suffering as a divine test, he would not have been swept forth by selection * Have faith in life by driving out despair you wil l move away from remnant 41 * a prayer to this God in whom I no longer believed. Oh God master of the universe, give me the strength never to do what Rabbi Eliahus son has done. * we mustnt give up hope, level off now as the sword hangs over our heads. Loss of faith in God made them weak Where is God hanging here from the gallows 65 * My eyes had undefendable and I was alone, terribly alone in a world without God, without man. Without love or mercy. I was nothing except ashes now 68 * But as soon as he felt the first chinks in his faith, he lost all incentive to fight and opened the door to closing 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 soul and in my flesh how can anybody believe in this God of mercy 3. ) Kindness in adversity Helping each other out in multiplication of need Elies father made sure Elie didnt perish un conscious forever in the snow despite his exha ustion. Pg 88 * The French girl risked her life by saying to Elie in almost arrant(a) German, dont cry. Keep your anger, your hate, for another day, for later. The day will germ but not now wait. Clench your teeth and wait * Elie even gave his dying father extra rations, despite being told to stop fully grown your ration of bread and soup too your old father in fact you should be getting his rations. * Working by means of the struggles together guess 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 extra rations, despite being told to stop cock-a-hoop 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 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 salve himself of a burden that could diminish 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/ composure 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 conscience/Remorse * deep inside me, if I could have searched the recesses of my feeble conscience, I might have found something like Free at last * I shall never forgive mys elf. 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 * I gave him what was left of my soup.But my heart was heavy, I was aware I was doing it grudgingly 107 6. ) Survival and death Surviving by escaping world * All I had to do was close my eyes to see a whole world pass 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 legal opinion the blows 86 Stars = Jews Conflagration = 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 desire 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 reliable gods silence. As I swallowed my ration of soup, I dour that act into a symbol of rebellion, of protest against him. Just going through the motions and not losing hope * There were two of us my body and I 85 * Dont think, dont stop, run 86 * No one was praying for the night 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 extinguished one day, nothing would be left in the sky but out(p) stars and unseeing eyes. What would happen if the war is finished?. Unseeing eyes =The final solution may be forgotten, people choose to not see the watery of God (loss of faith) Gods light (stars) will be destroyed God has turned his back on the people Extinct stars = people losing faith in the light of God