Elie Wiesel Elie Wiesel writes about the horrors of the concentration camps during WWII that claimed the lives of his mother, father, and his younger sister; in the trilogy Night. Elie Wiesel struggles with his faith in God, and his faith in humanity, as his world crumbles around him, all the while just trying to survive. Studying his writings you can see Elie Wiesel’s opinions of God and Humanity, come out through the plot as he retells his experiences so that the world can see what happened under the cover of Night. Elie Wiesel has been through many things that have influenced his writings, but being a survivor of the Holocaust has had the greatest influence, because he lost many things to it, but also gained in sight over humanity. Elie
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He holds nothing back in his writings, he includes all the sickening and gruesome details, no matter how terrible they are. This can be seen in his Memoir Night where he writes, “Babies were thrown into the air and the machine gunners used them as targets”(Wiesel 4). Wiesel includes quotes like this in his writings because without them people would not be able to understand the full extent of the horrors that occurred during this time. These kind of details reveal a sickening side of human capabilities that Wiesel and his fellow jews seen during their time as prisoners of the Nazis. Wiesel includes the thoughts that he was having during the time of each event which helps readers to understand what he was going through and why he did some of the things that he did. Wiesel uses irony quite frequently throughout his books. His characters are based on actual people such as other prisoners in the camp, and guards of the camps. Wiesel's most popular and well known novel is his Memoir Night, which is the first of a three part series which also includes Dawn and Day. Elie Wiesel’s writings are dark, grim and very powerful, but where did he get the inspiration to write these
He holds nothing back in his writings, he includes all the sickening and gruesome details, no matter how terrible they are. This can be seen in his Memoir Night where he writes, “Babies were thrown into the air and the machine gunners used them as targets”(Wiesel 4). Wiesel includes quotes like this in his writings because without them people would not be able to understand the full extent of the horrors that occurred during this time. These kind of details reveal a sickening side of human capabilities that Wiesel and his fellow jews seen during their time as prisoners of the Nazis. Wiesel includes the thoughts that he was having during the time of each event which helps readers to understand what he was going through and why he did some of the things that he did. Wiesel uses irony quite frequently throughout his books. His characters are based on actual people such as other prisoners in the camp, and guards of the camps. Wiesel's most popular and well known novel is his Memoir Night, which is the first of a three part series which also includes Dawn and Day. Elie Wiesel’s writings are dark, grim and very powerful, but where did he get the inspiration to write these