Themes In Night By Elie Wiesel

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Furthermore, while living in a concentration camp named “Buna”, Elie bears witness to the heartless hanging of a young boy whose death left sadness in the eyes of many. Overhearing a man say “For God’s sake where is God ?” Elie’s innervoice said “Where He is ? This is where-- hanging here from this gallows...”(65). Wiesel, utilizing the cruelty of the Nazis, portrays that the killing of the young boy evokes such raw sadness and pain that it causes Elie to feel as if the Nazis had killed God himself. He cannot bring himself to believe God could let such a despicable death transpire, even in the circumstances they are in. In result of this, Elie believes God is dead, and his faith soon will follow. Through the continued development of the theme

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