Symbolism Of Fire In Night By Elie Wiesel

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In the novel Night, by Elie Wiesel it shows us that if you ignore your problems they won't go away. In the novel, the Jews are in a cattle car headed to a concentration camp. Mrs. Schächter, a fellow Jew was separated from her two older sons and her husband, and she was devastated because of it. She kept yelling, "Fire! I see a fire!" (Wiesel 25). Mrs. Schächter’s screams caused the Jews riding in the cattle car with her to put her in the corner, bound her hands, and gagged her, so she would be quiet. Although they thought that putting her in the corner would solve their problems, it never did because she began to yell it again. This is also a symbol in the story; the fire represents all hurt and pain. When they arrived at the concentration

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