Night by Elie Wiesel is an amazing, sentimental, autobiographical novel, which is also just the first novel of his trilogy based on his survival during the Holocaust. On the contrary from his other two books of the trilogy, Dawn and Day, Night is non-fiction. The novel contains Elie’s documented life story during the tragic holocaust as he was held captive in Auschwitz. Some points that make this book great are the point of view, tone, suspense, foreshadowing, style, and symbolism. Throughout the novel, he was constantly on the verge of death, enduring more pain than anyone should ever experience in a lifetime. Elie was one in thousands of Jews who have survived the cruel genocide and although they all had their own personal experiences, any
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Promptly, the novel starts off by introducing Moishe the Beadle, a religious instructor with a compassionate, reticent, “down-to-earth” demeanor. Provoking suspense, Moishe is not his usual self. “The joy in his eyes was gone. He no longer sang. He no longer mentioned either God or Kabbalah. He spoke only of what he had seen.”(Wiesel 7) The sudden change in Moishe’s actions and how he’s so panicked, vigorously spreading this chaotic, unrealistic news creates suspense. The reader can infer that something truly disturbing has happened because although the naive, nonchalant Jews of Sighet still remain unbothered by Moishe’s gesticulations; Moishe isn’t at all seeking attention or intending to cause unnecessary alarm in town. That would be unlike himself since he is a religious, reticent …show more content…
By using the writing techniques mentioned above, Elie was able to allow the readers to imagine what he had gone through, showing them his feelings and thoughts about his past memories. He wrote the book in a way that readers can gain better knowledge about the Holocaust and learn how someone felt when going through this traumatic experience. Without sugarcoating anything, Elie reveals to us his emotions on such topic. Hence, Elie Wiesel’s legacy is never to be
Promptly, the novel starts off by introducing Moishe the Beadle, a religious instructor with a compassionate, reticent, “down-to-earth” demeanor. Provoking suspense, Moishe is not his usual self. “The joy in his eyes was gone. He no longer sang. He no longer mentioned either God or Kabbalah. He spoke only of what he had seen.”(Wiesel 7) The sudden change in Moishe’s actions and how he’s so panicked, vigorously spreading this chaotic, unrealistic news creates suspense. The reader can infer that something truly disturbing has happened because although the naive, nonchalant Jews of Sighet still remain unbothered by Moishe’s gesticulations; Moishe isn’t at all seeking attention or intending to cause unnecessary alarm in town. That would be unlike himself since he is a religious, reticent …show more content…
By using the writing techniques mentioned above, Elie was able to allow the readers to imagine what he had gone through, showing them his feelings and thoughts about his past memories. He wrote the book in a way that readers can gain better knowledge about the Holocaust and learn how someone felt when going through this traumatic experience. Without sugarcoating anything, Elie reveals to us his emotions on such topic. Hence, Elie Wiesel’s legacy is never to be