Eliezer Wiesel's Night

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For some the Holocaust may seem like forever ago, but to the survivors it’s something they remember every day and will never forget. It was a dark period where Germans believed they should wipe out all the other races for no rational reason, only because they were considered minorities. This expedition was first introduced by Adolf Hitler. Eliezer Wiesel the author of Night, chose a fitting title for his memoir, capturing the essence of one powerful word.
The word Night could mean anything, it could be a metaphor. Or it may have a bunch of meaning all tied up into one simple yet powerful word. When you think of night, you instantly think of darkness. I believe Elie did mean to tie this meaning with the title, because when thinking of darkness

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