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Raiden Upton-Rowley
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Jacob Wicklander
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Will Khadivi
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Rory O’Day
The word Night symbolizes:
Abandonment of Hope, Justice and by God.
• Most horrific events happen at night
• Gods presence represents light
• Absence of light means no God
• Loss of hope
• “The first night in camp, that turned my life into one
long night seven times sealed” p.32
• Abandoned by any sense of justice
• No hope
• Helplessness
• ‘Behind me, I heard the same man asking: "For God's
sake, where is God?“ And from within me, I heard a
voice answer: "Where He is? This is where, hanging
here from this gallows ...” That night, the soup tasted
of corpses.’ (P. 62)
• God is dead
• “The days resembled the nights, and the nights left in
our souls the dregs of their darkness.” p.94
• Spirits crushed
• No happiness
• Imprint on souls
• “So many events had taken place in just a few hours
that I had completely lost all notion of time. When had
we left our homes?” … “One night? One single night?”
• Disbelief
• Transformation
Purpose
Wiesel’s main purpose was to write his
memoirs of the Holocaust.
“Night offers an eyewitness account of the
utmost importance, but it is essentially one
young man’s story.”
Why was the word Night used?
• Used to show how the Jews were isolated and
abandoned without hope.
• Gives reader an idea of how horrific the holocaust was.
• Describes the emotional terror of Jews.