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Symbolism In Night By Elie Wiesel

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in the book “night” Eliezer Weisel says, “night fell, night had fallen, and night was falling. Eliezer Weisel means that by night people were dying and passing away. This has a reference to death because when people die they close their eyes, and its night forever. There were people dying left and right. Some people believed that if they died they would be with God. Also some people would love to get away from the pain and trauma. In that case, people would want or try to die. When Eliezer Weisel says, “the night was falling” he means it’s because people were closing their eyes and causing night to fall forever. Many people passed but there were survivors. But when some people died they actually wanted to and they were in pain that they didn’t

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