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Alisha Clingan, Andrea Cox, Larkyn Pope
“NIGHT” AS A SYMBOL
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PURPOSE
The purpose behind “night” as a symbol is to represent the darkness in losing hope and abandoning all belief in God. Throughout the book, Elie Wiesel goes from a faithful Jewish boy, to a broken shell of a boy with no faith in God or humanity.
This is shown through the following quotes:
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“Never I shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, which has turned my life
into one long night.”(Pg. 32)
• By saying his life had turned into one long night he implying his life has become a nightmare
• God has lead him into the darkness
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“At the place of assembly, surround by electrified barbed wire, thousands of silent Jews gathered, their faces stricken. Night was falling.” (Pg. 63)
• This quote exaggerates how nothing is getting better and everything is getting worse
• The use of the word “night” helps you experience the darkness physically, spiritually and emotionally of what is happening
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“Here or elsewhere- what difference did it make? To die today or tomorrow, or later?
The night was long and never ending.” (Pg. 93)
• This quote shows how in the end how all hope is lost to the night
• Nothing is left to live for
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BEGINNING
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“Night fell.” (Pg. 10)
• Demonstrates the beginning of the end• Only bad things were to come• An unsure feeling about what was going to
happen, only knowing things are going to get worse
• A “darkness” fell upon the Jewish people
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“Night. No one prayed, so that the night would pass quickly.” (Pg. 18)
• This is an example of when Elie starts to lose faith and hope, along with everyone else
• It shows how faith wavers at night; during the day people had hope that God would save them but, their hope was lost during the night
• Shows how people just want things to go quickly, they’ve accepted what’s happening and are just trying to get through it
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“But there was nothing outside save the darkness of night.” (Pg. 25)
• There really is no hope; all that is left is darkness
• People have finally given up.
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MIDDLE
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“Why should I bless him?... He kept six crematories open night and day… Who chose us of
all races to be tortured day and night.” (Pg. 64)
• Beginning to blame God for what is happening• Questioning why God has allowed this to
happen• Elie becoming aware of his loss in hope and
faith
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“Nothing. Not the shadow of an expression. Broken.” (Pg. 65)
• Elie realizing what has/is happened/ing in the big picture and how the world is too far gone to be fixed
• The expression isn’t physically broken, rather reflecting the how the world is broken
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END
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“The days were like nights, and the nights left the dregs of their darkness in our souls.” (Pg. 94)
• Everything was alike to hell 24/7• The hopelessness of the night now carries over
into the day
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“And again the night would be long.” (Pg. 98)
• The realization that even though they have left the camp, there is still nothing left to live for; nothing will ever be the same
• No dignity. No faith. No nothing.