"Look! Look at this fire! This terrible fire! Have mercy on me!” ( Weizel 25). Throughout the novel “Night”, Wiezel attempts to symbolize the importance of fire. Representing this quote, fire represented hatred by presenting disaster as cruel nazism occurred and the death it upholds. By looking at the use of fire throughout the book, it is clear to see that the author uses this word to symbolize death and cruelty which is important because the word is referenced multiple times throughout the book. Throughout the beginning of the book, an old woman named Mrs. Schächter attempts to warn the other passengers, on the cattle car for the way to their first concentration camp, that she saw fire, although without success. However, what seems
