The book Night is written by Elie Wiesel. He tells about his experience in the concentration camps during WWII. The holocaust was a terrible event that took the lives of many Jews. In the novel three reoccurring symbols define and clarify Elie Wiesel’s struggle to maintain faith in his benevolent God.
The first reoccurring symbol in Night is night. Bible begins with creation, God’s first act is to create light and dispel darkness. Night always occurs when suffering is at its worst. Night symbolizes a world without God’s presence, a world without light. Elie said “Night, no one prayed, so that the night would pass quickly.”(Wiesel 30)
The second symbol silence symbolizes the quiet emptiness in the book Night. Evil acts are made worse by a silent
The first reoccurring symbol in Night is night. Bible begins with creation, God’s first act is to create light and dispel darkness. Night always occurs when suffering is at its worst. Night symbolizes a world without God’s presence, a world without light. Elie said “Night, no one prayed, so that the night would pass quickly.”(Wiesel 30)
The second symbol silence symbolizes the quiet emptiness in the book Night. Evil acts are made worse by a silent