The Book Thief And Night Essay

'The Book Thief’ a fictional novel by Markus Zusak, and ‘Night ' an autobiography by Elie Wiesel, are two texts that are set during the Holocaust era in World War 2 and represent the reading of how Overpowering governments cause the death and oppression of individuals through discriminative regimes, such as Nazi Germany. Both authors utilise the reading through historical context, figurative language and perspective.

The Book Thief is set between the years 1939 till 1943 in Germany, in a small fictional town called Molching. During the Holocaust period in World War 2. In this era, six million Jewish lives were taken by the Nazi government. The leader of the Nazi party, Adolf Hitler rose to national power in 1934. He then began applying his policies of anti-Semitism and German aggression, this then caused World War 2. The historical context portrays the overwhelming Nazi government using violence and causing the death of millions of Jews.

Night is set during the years 1941 up until 1945 in Sighet, Transylvania it is now a part of Romania but during Wiesel’s childhood, it was a part of Hungary, Germany. After Adolf Hitler rose to

The novel is told from the perspective of Death, as if Death itself was a character and it’s telling us the story. Death shows how the Jews are oppressed mainly through the description of the character Max Vandenburg. “Max trapped in a basement” and doesn 't know how the outside world is like, indicates that Jews were in serious danger, Torture and death were the severe punishments that occurred during the Holocaust era. The repetition used in the quote “one more stab to the heart, one more reason to hate, one less reason to live”, emphasises that Elie couldn’t take it any more, the fact that his ill father was getting beaten by the Germans. Through Death 's perspective, the issue of death and oppression is seen through the Nazi government, killing and torturing the