Night: Quote Analysis

“To forget the dead would be akin to killing them a second time.”

“Human suffering anywhere concerns men and women everywhere.”

These two quotes from the story show the sympathy that Weisel has for his fellow prisoners before his morals are broken by the system. The first of the two quotes show intense empathy as he knows that the torture these innocents went through should never be forgotten. The second of these two quotes shows his hope in the rest of humanity, as he knows that the atrocities he's faced would not be tolerated by the rest of the world if only they knew and had the power to prevent it.

Night: Author's Perspective Chapters 6-9

Author's Perspective: Chapters 6 - 9

Throughout the rest of Weisel's experiences in the concentration camps he finds the bond between him and his father to be tested immensely. Several notable symbolic event show the shattering of this bond among the other prisoners. Weisel barely has the strength to prevent himself from letting his own survival overshadow the importance of his father's. Going so far as to turn back to his abandoned faith, he shows true desire and guilt in keeping with his father regardless of the instinct and impulse he has built for himself in his morbid situation. The setting does get to him though, and his shame is realized when he feels no grief for his father's death, but rather...relief. He is truly broken beyond repair at this point in the story, and in realizing this, he does whatever he can to fix himself and become a better person, as shown by his flash forwards

Night: Author's Perspective Chapters 3-5

Authors perspective: Chapters 3 - 5

As Ellie Weisel's story moves progressively into to horrors of the concentration camp, his view gets severely less optimistic. His innocence is shattered by the events he suffers through. The more torture he undergoes, the more he seems to lose hope, and survival becomes his only focus. His faith in God waivers more and more, as he finds less and less reason to belive and praise him. He becomes morally broken and no loses all empathy for his fellow prisoners