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Symbolism In Night By Elie Wiesel

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The symbol is Night, the title of the book is also a symbol. Wiesel wanted to use this symbol to respond to what happened at night. Wiesel wanted to tell the reader what he had to do with his new headlines in the evening. Wiesel said the evening experience "made my life a long night, sealed seven times." The author began to doubt that God could help him get rid of despair and pain, because he appeared in a long suffering and never saw the so-called God. The author had to rethink that God can help people help Jews and writers. The author also expressed his loneliness and despair in the night, in my opinion, the night is long, so I just want to know why God did not appear at the same time, so the expression of God disappeared this symbol of the

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