Theme Of Conflict In Elie Wiesel's 'Night'

Nazi Germany constructed a vigorous conflict between Christianity and Judaism in the early 1900s, and divided Germany because of the variety of incompatible religious beliefs within the country. Nine-year-old Bruno, the son of a Nazi soldier, grew up in the middle of this cluster. After he moves from Berlin to Poland, he discovers that there is a concentration camp located near his new house. He becomes friends with one of the jewish boys that lives inside the camp by communicating with him through a fence, and soon realizes the significant amount of differences between their traditions and customs. The divergence that creates the cultural dispute conflicted with Bruno’s identity, but did not cease his ability to maintain a friendship. After Bruno had his first encounter with Shmuel - the jewish boy in the concentration camp - he is confronted by his father who believes that meeting Shmuel …show more content…
One lie that culturally differentiates Bruno and Shmuel is revealed when his mother exclaims, “You’re father’s job, you know how important it is, don’t you?”(Boyne 16). All Bruno knows is that his father dresses up in a uniform every day, but he does not know the reason behind him wearing it. His father is a Nazi Soldier that is against the Jewish religion. This conflicts with the relationship between Bruno and Shmuel, because they both have opposing religious beliefs. Another lie told to keep Bruno under his father’s firmly held views on the jewish people is when his father says, “"Ah, those people, those people… well, they're not people at all, Bruno”(Boyne 283). Bruno is under the influence that Shmuel and the rest of the Jews are not human. In other words, his father tells him that they deserve a less amount of respect than a person of their own decent receives. Bruno’s father lies to impact his son’s perspective on his new friend