Human Brutality In Elie Wiesel's Night

"I watched other hangings. I never saw a single victim weep. These withered bodies had long forgotten the bitter taste of tears" (PAGE 63). The novel, Night by Elie Wiesel is a memoir about his and his father's experience from 1944-1945, at the time Holocaust was taking closure. Throughout Night it captivates the thoughts, emotions, and physical pain all these prisoners in the Holocaust went through at a point in time. Elie Wiesel, one of the very few whom survived and decided to write about his traumatizing experience, brings you the novel Night.
The novel Night expresses many different subjects, all which can be categorized into different themes. A theme that was strongly portrayed in the novel was human brutality by other humans. From the beginning of the book to the end, the brutality prisoners got from the Germans was beyond …show more content…
I had not seen myself since the ghetto. From the depths of the mirror, a corpse was contemplating me. The look in his eyes as he gazed at me has never left me" (PAGE ). The strong statement can mean many different things, but the thing that calls out to me the most is the look he had in his eyes that day, at that time has never left him. The gaze Elie had the first time he looked in the mirror after everything that had been going on is something that still has not left him to this day. The traumatizing experience of the Holocaust has left Elie Wiesel scared, and you can see it in his eyes. Many horrid images came about throughout Night as stated by Wiesel on a strong quote, "Never shall I forget the little faces of the children, whose bodies I saw turned into wreaths of smoke beneath a silent blue sky" (PAGE 32). These are memories that are hard to erase from a persons mind and being there to witness this chaos is a thought that will never leave Elie Wiesel's eyes, yet alone his