Research Paper On Night By Elie Wiesel

“The bad part about being so numb is there will come a time when you’ll want to feel something, but you won’t know how to.” -Unknown

Holocaust victims often became numb to all of the terrible things they have experienced. In some instances, victims have become so numb to death and destruction of those around them that they do not feel anything when a loved one dies. In Night, by Elie Wiesel, Wiesel explains his personal experiences and struggles while being a victim of the Holocaust. Wiesel and his father were sent to several different camps and suffered a great deal before their nightmare was ended. In the novel, many people living in the concentration camps suffered from emotional death because they had to watch innocent people die, were forced to use every ounce of their energy to endure horrific conditions, and had begun to question whether it was better to live or die. First,

The overworking of the Jews weather inside the camp or being transported to other camps left lots of Jews overtired and with a feeling of hopelessness. Wiesel explains how if Akiba Drummer considered his “...suffering a divine test,” then he may have been able to keep his instinct to survive (77). Akiba Drummer had a hard time coping with the atrocious conditions he and the others were living in. The things he experienced caused him to lose his emotions and his will to live. The death marches Wiesel and the other Jews were put through left them exhausted and after these marches, many Jews collapsed to the ground accepting their deaths. Wiesel experienced a man trying to wake up a loved one. He soon realized his loved one was not going to wake up and “Defeated, he lay down too,” (89-90). The cold weather and marching for hours caused the Jews to lack feeling towards the idea of surviving. Exhaustion took over and the Jews no longer thought of the life and the family they may leave