Night Elie Wiesel Quotes Analysis

How do you think Eliezer Wiesel’s experiences changed him? The novel “ Night” was written by Elie Wiesel and was published in 1956. “ Night” is an autobiography based on Elies experiences at a Nazi German concentration camp. He got separated from his siblings and mother along the way. He was left with his dad and they both did whatever possible for them to survive. There are three quotes from the novel that are significant and poignant. One significant quote is about Eliezer’s loss of religion. With everything happening, the Holocaust, him being separated from his family and witnessing multiple deaths, he lost faith in God. To him if God was real these things wouldn’t be happening. “ Never shall I forget those moments that murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to ashes…” (32). This quote shows that to Elie all these things he witnessed literally murdered the God he believed in. This quote shows that because all of this most if not all people lost faith in God and religion. …show more content…
With all of these Jews in the camp the SS Officers did not care how the Jews were treated. They had to travel through harsh weather conditions and had to work all day. They were treated like animals. Two quotes are, “ the soup tasted excellent” (60), and after seeing the hangings that night the soup tasted of corpses” (62). The first quote, “ the soups tasted excellent” they were so dehumanized they didn’t care the man was hung. They just wanted the hangings to be over. The second quote,” the soup tasted of corpses” they were so hungry but couldn’t eat because they just witnessed a little boy being hung. The Jews were treated terribly and this quote shows it