The novel “Night” by Elie Wiesel can be compared to different types of media such as films, TV serials or literary forms as novels, short stories, comics, etc. But, the most suitable comparative media form is film. Film is a visual presentation of fictional or nonfictional narrative that makes the audience go through an emotional trauma. The film, which complemented Night by Elie Wiesel because of the similarity of themes, is Boys Don't Cry Directed by Kimberly Peirce. Their plots are different. But, both begin with the very idea of dehumanization - human tend to physically, emotionally or sexually torture a fellow human being. The other theme in common is the instinctual struggle to survive - how people overcome many hurdles of life to get
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Struggle to survive does not always have to relate to death, but it can be trying to prove yourself to the world. Both Night and Boys Don’t Cry sustain the truth of the struggle to survive, but deal with different types of struggles. Eliezer is facing struggle to survive from death (or to escape from Germans), whereas Teena is struggling to prove herself to the world, just to stay happy and uphold the judgmental society. Eliezer was struggling to live his life without any freedom - freedom to talk, freedom to eat, freedom to walk or freedom to run, etc, etc. The prisoners were not given food and water for three days, and they believed that God would keep them alive. “We didn’t know what to do. Tired of huddling on the ground, we each took turns strolling through the warehouse, in the hope of finding something, a piece of bread, perhaps, that Civilian might have forgotten there.” (Wiesel 56). This shows the hunger for food the prisoners were going through. With the time passing, the struggle started to affect the relationships - between son and father. Relationships are the strength of an entity; some relationships tend to break, and some tend to strengthen with hurdles. Sadly, Night is an example of breaking relationships with the struggle to survive. Eliezer reflects on the ruthless struggle for survival, where sons beat their own fathers for a piece of bread. But if two sides of the coin were to be analysed, then it is very clear that the son did this just to survive. Considering that, Teena in “Boys Don’t Cry” is struggling to survive from the devil minded society. In fact Teena was rejected from Christianity because she mentioned her transgender belief. She was also questioned inappropriately to her interests in women, right after she was the victim of rape and physical assault. Even the Police officer thought it was her fault
Struggle to survive does not always have to relate to death, but it can be trying to prove yourself to the world. Both Night and Boys Don’t Cry sustain the truth of the struggle to survive, but deal with different types of struggles. Eliezer is facing struggle to survive from death (or to escape from Germans), whereas Teena is struggling to prove herself to the world, just to stay happy and uphold the judgmental society. Eliezer was struggling to live his life without any freedom - freedom to talk, freedom to eat, freedom to walk or freedom to run, etc, etc. The prisoners were not given food and water for three days, and they believed that God would keep them alive. “We didn’t know what to do. Tired of huddling on the ground, we each took turns strolling through the warehouse, in the hope of finding something, a piece of bread, perhaps, that Civilian might have forgotten there.” (Wiesel 56). This shows the hunger for food the prisoners were going through. With the time passing, the struggle started to affect the relationships - between son and father. Relationships are the strength of an entity; some relationships tend to break, and some tend to strengthen with hurdles. Sadly, Night is an example of breaking relationships with the struggle to survive. Eliezer reflects on the ruthless struggle for survival, where sons beat their own fathers for a piece of bread. But if two sides of the coin were to be analysed, then it is very clear that the son did this just to survive. Considering that, Teena in “Boys Don’t Cry” is struggling to survive from the devil minded society. In fact Teena was rejected from Christianity because she mentioned her transgender belief. She was also questioned inappropriately to her interests in women, right after she was the victim of rape and physical assault. Even the Police officer thought it was her fault