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The Absence of Light Analysis of the Symbol Night

The Absence of Light Analysis of the Symbol Night. By AJ, Mykhailo, Michaela, Meg. Wiesel’s Purpose of Night. To tell everyone the things he has seen Similar to Moshe the Beadle To show his test of faith in the camp

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The Absence of Light Analysis of the Symbol Night

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  1. The Absence of LightAnalysis of the Symbol Night By AJ, Mykhailo, Michaela, Meg

  2. Wiesel’s Purpose of Night • To tell everyone the things he has seen • Similar to Moshe the Beadle • To show his test of faith in the camp • "For the first time, I felt revolt rise up in me. Why should I bless His name?” (31) • “…Never shall I forget those moments which murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to dust.” (32) • "Why, but why should I bless Him? In every fiber, I rebelled.” (64)

  3. Symbolic Meanings In Night • - A world without God • -Suffering at its worst • -The Loss of faith • -The darkness of the human soul

  4. Why These Symbols Suitable • Night is the synonym of darkness

  5. The Main Quotesof Night

  6. Quotes #1 and #2 • “Never shall I forget that night, …which has turned my life into one long night, seven times cursed, seven times sealed.” –pg.32 “Night” • “That night the soup tasted of corpses.” – pg. 62 “Night”

  7. Explanation • -Symbolic Essence: • -Ticket to Hell • - To describe the effect of atrocities committed • -Feelings/ Emotion: • a. Gloomy • b. Grim • c. Hopeless • d. Miserable • -Correlation to Theme: • -Inhumanity

  8. Quotes #3 and #4 • ”She stayed like that all through the day, dumb, absent, isolated among us, as soon as night fell, she began to scream.” -pg. 24 “Night” • “The air, the smell of burning flesh, it must have been about midnight.” • –pg. 26 “Night”

  9. Explanation • -Symbolic Essence: • -Proclamation and Denial of Truth • -Death • -Feelings/ Emotion: • a. Horrified • b. Disgusted • c. Fearful • -Correlation to Theme: • -Inhumanity

  10. “Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.” -Albert Einstein

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