Night Voice Essay “Humanity? Humanity is not concerned with us. Today anything is allowed. Anything is possible, even these crematories…”(30) Elie Wiesel narrates his struggle inside the concentration camps and describes the importance of keeping his humanity. He uses vivid imagery and detail, dialogue, and questions throughout the story to convey his image. His use of a first person point of view lets the reader see the horrific story of his own personal experience in one of the most traumatizing events in history, while conveying the message of cruelty to others. His religion, part of his culture before the event, is questioned throughout and eventually he does not believe anymore. The various themes of religion, inhumanity, guilt, and the
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Among inhumane treatment, Elie describes this in his eyes:”I did not move. What had happened to me? My father had just been struck, before my very eyes, and I had not flickered an eyelid...Yesterday, I should have sunk my nails into the criminal’s flesh” (36-37). Elie again, has changed except that this change happened very quickly. Elie is guilty of not taking action against the gypsy, as he says that remorse gnawed on him. Again, Elie compares what he would have done versus what he did. This is also important because it shows how life in the concentration camp has changed him drastically …show more content…
Before the ghetto, the population of Sighet shows Mr. Wiesel respect. Even in his household, he is a figure of strength. But, as the ghettos come, Elie recalls “My father wept. It was the first time I had ever seen him weep. I had never imagined that he could”(16). Wiesel’s voice here makes a point, that his father is breaking down now. In the camps, the father gets progressively weaker and older, and eventually Elie is the protector. He is also guilty that he cannot protect his father from beatings and scoldings, and even blames it on his father: Why can’t he avoid beatings and be able to march in step? However, the two are constantly on the lookout for each other, until Elie’s father becomes a burden to him. (sick with dysentery) Other sons also leave their fathers because they were burdens to their survival, or they simply didn’t want to be hindered anymore. The examples shown in night are Zalman and Rabbi Eliahu-Zalman gave up during the run, and died. The rabbi continues to search for Zalman, still in faith that Zalman had not left his side. The last example, the pair in the train cart, betrays one another for a meager crust of bread. The boy beats his own father for some bread, and the boy is killed by other men in the train cart. Even Elie, who promised himself to not give up for his father’s sake, finds himself doing so. When his father finally dies, Elie “did not weep...found something like-
Among inhumane treatment, Elie describes this in his eyes:”I did not move. What had happened to me? My father had just been struck, before my very eyes, and I had not flickered an eyelid...Yesterday, I should have sunk my nails into the criminal’s flesh” (36-37). Elie again, has changed except that this change happened very quickly. Elie is guilty of not taking action against the gypsy, as he says that remorse gnawed on him. Again, Elie compares what he would have done versus what he did. This is also important because it shows how life in the concentration camp has changed him drastically …show more content…
Before the ghetto, the population of Sighet shows Mr. Wiesel respect. Even in his household, he is a figure of strength. But, as the ghettos come, Elie recalls “My father wept. It was the first time I had ever seen him weep. I had never imagined that he could”(16). Wiesel’s voice here makes a point, that his father is breaking down now. In the camps, the father gets progressively weaker and older, and eventually Elie is the protector. He is also guilty that he cannot protect his father from beatings and scoldings, and even blames it on his father: Why can’t he avoid beatings and be able to march in step? However, the two are constantly on the lookout for each other, until Elie’s father becomes a burden to him. (sick with dysentery) Other sons also leave their fathers because they were burdens to their survival, or they simply didn’t want to be hindered anymore. The examples shown in night are Zalman and Rabbi Eliahu-Zalman gave up during the run, and died. The rabbi continues to search for Zalman, still in faith that Zalman had not left his side. The last example, the pair in the train cart, betrays one another for a meager crust of bread. The boy beats his own father for some bread, and the boy is killed by other men in the train cart. Even Elie, who promised himself to not give up for his father’s sake, finds himself doing so. When his father finally dies, Elie “did not weep...found something like-