Night Analysis for section 5-6

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                      "This day I ceased to plead. I was no longer capable of lamentation.... I felt very strong. I was the accuser, God the accused. My eyes were open and I was alone- terribly alone in the world without God and without man" (Wiesel 75).

Analysis

The Nazis succeed in their plan, as shown in this excerpt. Elie lost all faith and believes he is lost and alone. He feels angry towards God for causing the Jews to have to go threw this evil, horrific time. He stopped mourning and stopped caring about everything. In saying his "eyes were open", he is saying that he had realized the fact that God wasn't going to help them and that the Jews were on their own.

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                    "A hundred of us had got into the wagon. A dozen of us got out" (Wiesel 108).

Analysis

I am reminded of two things when i hear anything like this. One is a quote something like, that night 12 sea monkeys fell into the sea, none came out alive. What is means is the challenge was so great the monkeys or Jews were not able to survive it. The fact that a dozen Jews survived is astonishing, that they had the willpower and the motivation to fight through that is out-standing. The other thing it reminds me of is a story that members of my church have been taught since they were children, Heavenly Father needed someone to go down to earth and be the savior. He asked out of every soul in heaven, who shall be this savior? Two personages spoke up. Jehovah (Jesus) and Lucifer (Satin) and then Lucifer said, I will bring everyone back, they wont have agency, and all the glory shall be mine. Then Jehovah spoke and said I will insure agency, the glory shall be yours; however, not everyone will come back. Then Heavenly Father decided Jehovah would be the Messiah. Then a 2/3 part of the heavens chose Lucifer's plan and they were not allowed to come to earth with a flesh body and were sent to outer darkness. The rest of the heavens chose Jehovah as their Messiah and we are here today trying to get back home to Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ. The quote reminds me of this because, the Jews had some idea, even if it was suppressed, that they wouldn't be returning back home and living normal lives. The dozen Jews that got of the train had the faith to keep fighting and not give up. This shows that even with their wills broken and having no reason to keep fighting forward and no sign of escape or relief, they kept fighting for their lives.

Night Analysis For Section 3

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"Through the blue-tinged skylights I could see darkness gradually fading. I had ceased to feel fear. And then I was overcome by an inhuman weariness" Elie ( Wiesel 45).

Analysis

I think the Nazis were cold hearted, just as the dark night sky descripted, which is symbolism. The sentence "I ceased to feel fear," shows that the Nazis had perfected the ability to break the hope of the Jews and all that opposed. The next sentence shows that the Nazis worked them so hard that they felt unrelenting weakness and tiredness. And in doing this the Jews had already been defeated and were only robots or "tools" for the Nazis.

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"So much had happened within such a few hours that I had lost all sense time. When had we left our houses? And the Ghetto? And the train? Was it only a week? One night- one single night?

Analysis

The Nazis wasted no time, as shown in this passage. They used their time so efficiently that the Jews had no clue if it had been Monday or Tuesday and even if the earth was flat or round! They had no time to react to any of the tactics used or the tortures induced. The Nazis had perfected the act of killing, and it all has to start somewhere.

Quote Analysis of night sections 1&2

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"A little Jewish republic.... We appointed a Jewish council, a Jewish police, an office for social assistance, a labor committee, a hygiene department - --a whole government machinery" -Elie (Wiesel 21 m).

In saying this, I believe Elie is saying it wasn't to bad living in the ghetto. He's saying that even though they were being forced around and corralled that the life wasn't that bad for the kids and not much changed. He's also saying that there were many people in the ghetto, considering that there was a Council, police force, etc... This also shows that in the worst of times people can still work through.

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"A piercing cry split the silence: 'Fire! I can see a fire! I can see a fire!'...She pointed her arm at the window, screaming: ' Look! Look at it! Fire! A terrible fire! Mercy! Oh, that fire! '" -Elie (Wiesel 33-34)

Elie explains the terror in everyone's heart. This also foreshadows the burning the Nazis did to the Jews, the mass burnings and the insinerations in the cremetorium. It is also hyperbole, she doesn't really see fire but she knows that the trip isn't going to end well.