Night as a Symbol BY: ERIK HYNES, DANIEL REEBER, AARON CASTLETON, AND MICHAEL DELGADO

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

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