Night by Elie Wiesel - Themes and Struggles

He feels that God has left him and the other Jews and doesn't understand why God would allow such dehumanization to take place.

It's easier to blame God because there will not be any direct consequences, unlike with the Nazis.

It reveals that Elie still believes in God, but his expectations have changed.

<p>He has seen terrible suffering and evil, which have scarred him and made him question his faith.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He believes Hitler has kept all his promises to the Jews, but nobody else has.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Elie is afraid of saying this because he didn't believe there would be a new year.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Elie took his father's hand, kissed it, and a tear fell. Neither said anything.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The suffering they have both gone through together has helped them understand each other.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It is where all the men remove their clothes and are inspected by Dr. Mengele. If their name is written down, they are chosen to leave, meaning they are of no use anymore and will be killed.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He thinks that the burden of his father's lack of strength will finally be lifted from him.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He hates that he thinks this might be a good thing for his father (that he won't have to suffer anymore).</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He is glad.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The knife and spoon are the most valuable things his father has to leave him.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The knife and spoon meant dignity because the prisoners normally ate in an undignified way in Auschwitz.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Elie is his father's strength. His father is the only thing Elie has left.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They are each other's will to live.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They can leave with everyone else, or they can stay in the infirmary.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Elie decided he would go wherever his father went, but his father didn't answer.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Elie decides for them both to evacuate with the others.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He loses faith in God, the lack of will to live, and he is chosen for the selection.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They promised they would say Kaddish for him.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>No, they do not keep their promise because terrible days followed, and they forgot.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He told them to try to move their limbs, give themselves some color, to not walk but to run, to not look at the SS, and to not be afraid.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>His foot gets infected and begins to swell from the cold.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The doctor decided to operate because he said if they waited, the toes, foot, and possibly his leg might have to be amputated.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Yes, the operation was successful. Elie would be able to walk like others in just two weeks.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He dreamed of a world without bells.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He wants the Russians, who are liberating them, to think that men, not animals, lived there.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>'Thousands of lips repeated the benediction, bent over like trees in a storm.'</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>'In the midst of these men assembled for prayer, I felt like an observer, a stranger.'</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>'The SS offered us a beautiful present for the new year...selection...good for the crematorium.'</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>'Back then, Buna was a veritable hell. Today, this is a little paradise.'</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>'The old men stayed in their corner, silent, motionless, hunted-down creatures.'</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>'Run as if you had the devil at your heels! And most important, don't be afraid.'</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>'The race seemed endless; I felt as though I had been running for years.'</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The bell symbolizes the lack of control prisoners had over their own lives.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>'The bell gave me orders and I executed them blindly.'</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>'I felt sick at heart. How kindly they treated me. Like an orphan.'</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>'His eyes would suddenly go blank, leaving two gaping wounds, two wells of terror.'</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>'...prophets announced to us: peace in the world, the Red Cross negotiating our liberation...It was like an injection of morphine.'</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>'After the war, I learned the fate of those who had remained at the infirmary. They were liberated by the Russians.'</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>'Through the frosty window panes we could see flashes of red. Cannon shots broke the silence of night...'</p> Signup and view all the answers