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By: Erik Hynes, Daniel Reeber , Aaron Castleton, and Michael Delgado . Night as a Symbol. Night- Connotations (feelings, Emotions, ideas). Scary Dark Alone Being Chased Dangerous Death Mysterious . Night as a symbol of the Ending of a time of Hope/Freedom.
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By: Erik Hynes, Daniel Reeber, Aaron Castleton, and Michael Delgado Night as a Symbol
Night- Connotations (feelings, Emotions, ideas) • Scary • Dark • Alone • Being Chased • Dangerous • Death • Mysterious
Night as a symbol of the Ending of a time of Hope/Freedom • “Yet another last night…. How much longer were our lives to be dragged out from one “last night” to another?” (Page 79) • “Between them and us– one night, our last night.” (Page 79) • “In a few moments we were all in rows, by blocks. Night had fallen.” (Page 80) • “Two people to a bunk. Goodnight. The first human words.” (Page 39) • “Shouts rose outside in the yard, where darkness had fallen.” (Page 87)
Analysis of Night as an Ending • Dragged from suffering to suffering • Hope of the war ending soon • When night falls, it is back to the suffering • Represents endings and finality
Night as a symbol of Suffering • “It was a nightmare.” (Page 30) • “We had already live through so much that night.” (Page 36) • “Toward midnight, we were told to run.” (Page 38) • “Winter had come. The days were short, and the nights had become almost unbearable.” (Page 73) • “The night was long and near ending.” (Page 93) • “The days were like nights, and the nights left the dregs of their darkness in our souls.” (Page 94) • “And again the night would be long.” (Page 98)
Analysis of Night as Suffering • Dreadful nights • Long nights of pain • Brought dark loneliness • Over and over again • Night considered good time to punish
Night as a symbol Of life without God • “Night fell… Suddenly the gate opened and Stern came in and took my father aside.” (Page 10) • This news bought darkness to these people • Took out faith • “There was nothing outside save the darkness of night.” (Page 25) • Camp didn’t have faith in it
Night as a symbol of Death • Became interchangeable words • During their final walk most of the people died • This night was death to most of the camp • “The night shadows.” (Page 28) • Night brought many deaths • “That night the soup tasted of corpses.” (Page 62) • Night even tasted like death • In the end of the book: Night = Death
Purpose of the book Night • Never forget the events of World War II and the suffering that happened • Show the suffering that people had to go through
Night helping to reach Purpose • Night as a symbol helps achieve the purpose of the book • Shown well on page 32 • “Never shall I forget that night.” • “Never shall I forget that nocturnal silence which deprived me, for all eternity, of the desire to live.” • World War II made life one long night • Life that will never be forgotten • Life of horror and suffering • Elie Wiesel used all of the quotes of suffering during night to help picture this horrible scene