The Review of the Novel 'Night' by Elie Wiesel

“Night” by Elie Wiesel summary paper. The novel “Night” puts you in his shoes. The novel makes you be in his mind throughout the Holocaust. Night is not like other novels because it puts you through the emotions that the author felt while he was in the Holocaust. Wiesel’s family had a big impact on his style and the emotion that he puts in his writing. Elie Wiesel was in the Holocaust for almost all of his childhood. Elie Wiesel’s Night was affected by the events in his childhood, his family, and his career; these events changed his life and set a base for his style of writing.

Born as Eliezer Wiesel in 1928 in Sighet, Romania to his parents Shlomo and Sarah Wiesel. His parents were included in a Hasidic Jewish community and they influenced him to keep religion in the center of his life. The childhood experience that shaped his writing style was his experience in the Holocaust. In 1944, because of Hitler, Eliezer and his family were put into concentration camps. A few years after the war Elie was able to be reunited with the rest of his family which was only his two sisters. After finishing his teenage years in Normandy he was accepted into Sorbonne in Paris. His school had a big influence on his writing career because after finishing his years of studying he became a journalist because when he was studying he enjoyed writing. When Eliezer lived in Paris journalism was very popular which influenced him to become a journalist. Eliezer’s influence for writing the novel Night started in 1954, while he interviewed Nobel Laureate Francois Mauriac for a newspaper, the discussion became about the suffering of Jesus, and Eliezer got angry and asked him why no one speaks about the suffering in the Holocaust. Mauriac told Eliezer that he should break the silence and write about his experience. The first result of this was a work which an eight hundred page memoir in Yiddish, the final result of this was to be known as Night. His signifacant life experience of being a survivor of the Holocaust is reflected in Night because the novel is a personal-narrative that shows his experience in the Holocaust. The movement of journalism in France influenced his writing style to be more in depth. His friendship with Mauriac influenced his style to be emotional and suspenseful.

To end up the paper about “Night”, Elie Wiesel summary, this novel is filled with symbolism. “The yellow star? Oh well, what of it? You don’t die of it....'. In this quote Elie is saying that he is not dying from the yellow star, which represents the Star of David. He is saying that he is dying because of the evil people not because of what he believes in. I enjoy this quote from the book because it shows how Elie is dedicated to his religion.

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