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THEMES AND SYMBOLS IN ELIE WIESEL’S. NIGHT. THEME #1. STRUGGLE TO MAINTAIN A FAITH IN A MERCIFUL GOD Hard to believe in a just God __________________________________ Wiesel struggles to believe in a just God throughout the book when he sees so much cruelty. THEME # 2. SILENCE
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THEME #1 • STRUGGLE TO MAINTAIN A FAITH IN A MERCIFUL GOD • Hard to believe in a just God • __________________________________ • Wiesel struggles to believe in a just God throughout the book when he sees so much cruelty
THEME # 2 • SILENCE • Of God and the victims • ___________________________________________ • Particularly the silence of God throughout the whole ordeal. • Also the silence of the victims and lack of resistance
THEME # 3 • INHUMANITY TOWARDS OTHER HUMAN BEINGS • Of both Nazis and prisoners to each other • __________________________________ • Not only of the Nazis but the cruelty his fellow prisoners inflict upon each other
THEME # 4 • THE IMPORTANCE OF FATHER-SON BONDS __________________________________ • The relationship between Elie and his father changes throughout the memoir.
SYMBOL #1 • FIRE= Cruel power of Nazis
SYMBOL #2 • NIGHT=absence of God __________________________________ • Darkness and Night symbolize a world without God’s presence