Inhumanity, Family, And Faith In Elie's Novel Night

The Holocaust was the largest genocide that occurred in world history. Before World War II Hitler took power over Germany and that lead to millions of deaths of the Jewish population. Many survivors lived and decided to share their story. One of those survivors was Elie Wiesel. Elie was 15 years of age when he was sent to Auschwitz (Holocaust for Jews). Ten years later, he wrote his book Night explaining the extreme cruel treatment that he and other Jewish believers experienced while in the camp. This paper will focus mainly on Elie Wiesel and how he explores the themes of inhumanity, night, family, and faith. Elie Wiesel was born on September 30,1938 in Sighet, Romania. Before being forced into a Holocaust camp during World War II Wiesel followed the studies of Jewish religion.
The theme of inhumanity is found mostly throughout the whole story. This theme was explained in the beginning of the book before the Jews were sent to the concentration camps. When things first began to change for Elie and his family, he explained the laws that went into effect. The first …show more content…
After being transported to the ghettos and had just about every valuable taken away all Wiesel had was his family. After Elie sees his father weeps for the first time as the family was forced into the little ghetto entering Birkenau. “Wiesel’s relationship with his father provides a painful loom into human responses in time of great stress. Even though the Jewish community in Sighet held Wiesel’s father in highest esteem, “There was never any display of emotion, even at home.” (Danks,Wiesel, 14). Elie stated “ After losing his mother and sister he only had one thought -- not to lose him [his father]. Not to be left alone. “(Danks,39)”. Elie and his father's relationships grew as everything changing. Elie didn't want to be away from his father or be left alone after the separation of his mother and