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How Does Elie Use Repetition In Night By Elie Wiesel

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I think this passage has a very powerful meaning, and is represented very well. The use of repetition throughout the passage that shows how Elie feels so strongly about how his life was put on hold, and tortured. Everytime he repeats the word ‘never’ it shows how passionate he is about what he is writing, and that he wants to show the reader that he will truly never forget. I also feel he personifies the word ‘night’, he uses the word night almost like it is a person who has taken everything away from him, ‘night’ is torturing him so that he will never forget the pain he had to endure. The imagery he painted in my head as he described his life being changed forever showed emotion, and a personal connection with the words he is writing. It’s

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