Every action one takes furthers their significance as a person, but during a time of terror, one’s name can mean nothing at all. The memoir, Night, by Elie Wiesel, is a first-hand account of how the atrocities of World War II and the Holocaust affected the Jewish population from a direct perspective. It describes the speed at which the Nazi’s took over the lives of the Jewish population. The memoir goes into detail about the horrific methods of dehumanization used by the Nazis and Adolf Hitler on the Jews. Wiesel’s Silence, compared to the Voice Motif used by Wiesel in Night, reveals the significance of a person’s name that either gives or takes away the person’s purpose in both society and history. During the Holocaust and the book Night,
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Even though Juliek didn’t do something to the point where it saved Elie, even as an adult Juliek impacted his train of thought every time Beethoven played. Juliek used his music as his voice and impacted how Elie viewed music and death as one, and as one of his only friends. Even before Juleik, someone else helped Elie. Help can come in weird ways, it could even be off-putting. Elie’s first time at camp, they were being interrogated by the Nazis to see if they would be useful laborers. A guy came in before a Nazi and gave Elie and his father some advice,“‘No.’ The man now sounded angry. Not fifty years of age. You're a tad forty. Do you hear the snare? Eighteen and forty’” (Wiesel, 30). There was an age limit for who the Nazis would take as laborers and who they would kill right away. Elie was below the limit and Elie’s father was above the limit, but they didn’t know that. A guy came into the room and told them what to say, he told them what age they had to be, because of his choice they are still alive. All the people that helped Elie, who had nothing to their name, used their voices to give someone else a chance at life and
Even though Juliek didn’t do something to the point where it saved Elie, even as an adult Juliek impacted his train of thought every time Beethoven played. Juliek used his music as his voice and impacted how Elie viewed music and death as one, and as one of his only friends. Even before Juleik, someone else helped Elie. Help can come in weird ways, it could even be off-putting. Elie’s first time at camp, they were being interrogated by the Nazis to see if they would be useful laborers. A guy came in before a Nazi and gave Elie and his father some advice,“‘No.’ The man now sounded angry. Not fifty years of age. You're a tad forty. Do you hear the snare? Eighteen and forty’” (Wiesel, 30). There was an age limit for who the Nazis would take as laborers and who they would kill right away. Elie was below the limit and Elie’s father was above the limit, but they didn’t know that. A guy came into the room and told them what to say, he told them what age they had to be, because of his choice they are still alive. All the people that helped Elie, who had nothing to their name, used their voices to give someone else a chance at life and