In the book Night, by Elie Wiesel, imagery is used to express the author’s struggles and despair throughout his stay in the concentration camps in Nazi Germany to show that maintaining faith and hope is the only chance for survival. In the beginning of his journey, he sits in the Synagogue in “the semi-darkness where only a few half-burnt candles [provide] a flickering light” (5). The half burnt candles represent the diminishing faith due to the horrendous circumstances he is put in. As the wax of the candles melt, so does his faith in God. This is parallel to his fading hope for survival shown by the flickering light provided by this dying candle. His hope comes from his faith in God, just as light comes from a candle, and as his faith
