Significance Of Darkness In Night By Elie Wiesel

Even so, in spite of his beliefs, he prays for strength not end up like another man who allows his father to die for his own sake. We can see from various points in his life that he has no doubt that there is a God, but there is an emphasized bitterness that overtakes him towards the character of God during his years of suffering.

11. Throughout a majority of their time in imprisonment Eliezer and his father have a strong bond that keeps them going. This is in contrast to before their capture when Eliezer has a resentment for his father's concern for others before his own family. Through the camps Eliezer and his father continue to look out for each other and hold a strong connection. Even so, towards the end of the memoir, his father is

In this memoir, Wiesel uses light and darkness to highlight certain themes. One of first scenes of darkness occurs at the beginning of the story where it says "Night fell" upon the Jews who were filled with faith regardless of their situation. During the train ride to the concentration camp, when it was stated that "It must have been midnight," the Jews continued to stay hopeful when hearing news of split up families. At midnight, Eliezer arrived at Birkenau and witnesses the crematories that consumed the Jews. On page 94, Eliezer talk about how all light was lost naturally by saying " The days were like nights, and the nights left the dregs of darkness in our souls." The darkness in each of these scenes provides the theme of evil. In the same way, light resembles faith in God.Through these scenes an optimism is seen by many of the Jews and their religion is kept first through the darkness. This provides a light emotionally for

One of the first character conflicts seen in this memoir is when the words of Moshe are overlooked by disbelief. Eliezer's action to this is acknowledging Moshe's words regardless of his doubt. His motives are to make Moshe forget about the events that he says have happened. Eliezer's state of mind to this situation and his current surroundings are affected by his lack of knowledge about what the Germans are capable of and what takes place in the concentration camps. In various chapters following, Eliezer gets faced with many hardships and his state of mind is initially bitterness, but because of his drive to survive, his actions result in either reacting and getting punished or submitting and taking the hardships in silence. In the very last chapters we see a shift in Eliezer's character. His father gets weaker and soon dies, causing Eliezer's state of mind to fall. One passage included "It no longer mattered since my father's death, nothing mattered to me anymore." Regardless, his motives for survival drove him to act upon it to become self reliant and untouchable in order to