Night And Siddhartha Comparison

Force and Choice
What is the difference between choice and force? By definition choice is an act of selecting or making a decision when faced with two or more possibilities, while force is strength or energy as an attribute of physical action or movement. Throughout the novels “Night” by Elie Wiesel and “Siddhartha” by Hermann Hesse, there are many differences and similarities in literary devices, character paths, symbolism and imagery. Things like freedom v.s. captivity and choice v.s. force are major differences in the two texts. Throughout my essay you will see what happens when one boy has his faith taken away from him and the other gives it up to find happiness and enlightenment. Siddhartha chooses his path of faith and religion while Elizer loses his in concentration camps trying to survive. He really begins to question his faith when he witnesses the hanging of the pipel and he is forced to watch the young boys corpse hang before eating his dinner. Towards the end of the Jewish year, Elizer wonders why these people are even bothering to worship and praise god when we feels like god has allowed these things to happen. “What are You, my God? I thought angrily. . . What does Your grandeur mean, Master of the Universe, in the face of all this cowardice, this decay, and this misery?" Elizer is angry. He is angry with god and he thinks …show more content…
Literary devices such as irony, symbolism, repetition, and imagery are key things. Guidance, desire, justice, and belief would change these two for the rest of their lives. Siddhartha has many different paths and choices but in the end he chose enlightenment. Elizer had the path of oppression, captivity, and survival forced all on him at once. In the end the difference between choice and force was the difference between death and