Imagery in Night by Elie Wiesel The memoir Night narrates perhaps, the most infamous action human history: the Holocaust, in the eyes of a young boy. Now dead, Elie Wiesel describes his experiences on an attempt to exterminate members of Judaism. Night is based on the childhood experiences of Elie Wiesel during the Holocaust. Wiesel was born in Sighet, Transylvania before the start of the second world war. Elie Wiesel was a very religious young boy in his Jewish community. In 1944 the Nazi's arrived in Sighet a city previously unaffected by the atrocities of World War II. After revealing their true intentions, the Nazi's round up the Sighet Jews and are sent to the most infamous of the death camps. Auschwitz. In the memoir Night by
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Wiesel and the rest of the Sighet Jews have been sent to Auschwitz. As they arrive Wiesel and c.o. are shocked by the sights and smells at the camp. "In front of us, those flames. In the air, the smell of burning flesh"(28). In a scene akin to a nightmare, Wiesel describes what happened to him one night many years ago. The imagery "In front of us, those flames. In the air, the smell of burning flesh"(28) shocks the reader with such a vivid and gruesome description. Wiesel's use of ghastly imagery to describe his arrival at the camp achieves his goal to invoke sympathy from the …show more content…
Expectantly, the Nazi regime did not have this, Wiesel uses outrageous imagery to describe an unfortunate boy. The well likes Oberkapo(leader) of the 51st unit and his pipel(child servant). The Oberkapo is tortured after his illegal activity is discovered. However, the Oberkapo refuses to deluge any information and he is never heard of again and his pipel is sentenced to death. At the hanging the other two prisoners die quickly but, the Pipel is so light that it takes him an agonizing half hour to die. "Being so light, the child was still alive. For more than a half hour he stayed there struggling between life and death, dying in slow agony under our eyes.... That night the soup tasted of corpses"(62). The use of the imagery "dying in slow agony under our eyes"(62) invokes identification from the reader. Wiesel's descriptions of the death of the pipel are among the most horrifying moments of the book. Elie Wiesel saw many unfortunate events during his tenure at Auschwitz however, this counts as one of the most shocking and
Wiesel and the rest of the Sighet Jews have been sent to Auschwitz. As they arrive Wiesel and c.o. are shocked by the sights and smells at the camp. "In front of us, those flames. In the air, the smell of burning flesh"(28). In a scene akin to a nightmare, Wiesel describes what happened to him one night many years ago. The imagery "In front of us, those flames. In the air, the smell of burning flesh"(28) shocks the reader with such a vivid and gruesome description. Wiesel's use of ghastly imagery to describe his arrival at the camp achieves his goal to invoke sympathy from the …show more content…
Expectantly, the Nazi regime did not have this, Wiesel uses outrageous imagery to describe an unfortunate boy. The well likes Oberkapo(leader) of the 51st unit and his pipel(child servant). The Oberkapo is tortured after his illegal activity is discovered. However, the Oberkapo refuses to deluge any information and he is never heard of again and his pipel is sentenced to death. At the hanging the other two prisoners die quickly but, the Pipel is so light that it takes him an agonizing half hour to die. "Being so light, the child was still alive. For more than a half hour he stayed there struggling between life and death, dying in slow agony under our eyes.... That night the soup tasted of corpses"(62). The use of the imagery "dying in slow agony under our eyes"(62) invokes identification from the reader. Wiesel's descriptions of the death of the pipel are among the most horrifying moments of the book. Elie Wiesel saw many unfortunate events during his tenure at Auschwitz however, this counts as one of the most shocking and