Reflection Questions #152-156

152. Why do you think Elie Wiesel wrote this book?
I believe that Elie Wiesel wrote this book for many reasons. Throughout his story, he mentions people who have had these experiences and when they once tell their story, others wouldn’t believe him. This book is meant to people who would not believe in this terrible episode of their time. I think that another reason why Wiesel might have written this book is to inform, as well as to narrate. He writes about every fact of the life in concentration camps, but with this goes his own words of description that have too been through his eyes. Importantly, it is to give a message to the people, that this is an awful thing to do to the human race.

153. Why do you think he chose Night as its title?
Wiesel chose Night as its title because it is this time, where every scene becomes real to Elie. As he closes his eyes, every moment he has gone through comes to his mind. Moments that he has gone through each day. It is also the point where not even at this time of day, everything still runs. Like the crematories, they run day and night. Wiesel can retell everything in Night.

154. How does Elie change as a result of his experiences in the concentration camps? Elie has deep changes as a result of his experiences in the concentration camps. The first heavy change on him was his belief in God. In every cruel thing that was done to the very good people and children, there was no sign of God’s love. God, who he thought was all powerful, wasn’t there to stop the people from killing the children. Where there was suppose to be His world of peace, there wasn’t. Instead there was one of cruelty and hell. Another change happened within him. He had nothing more to live for. Elie felt very hollow from the inside. A part of him was dead.

155. How does Elie finally come to terms with his ordeal? (What does he finally do?) Elie finally comes to terms with his ordeal. When he is liberated he decides to keep on living like the rest would. He doesn’t think about anything else other than what he has been through. He will keep on living with hollowness in him. This is also done by not feeling any sign of revenge towards the people who tortured his family. Elie thinks only about gaining strength that he had lost during these years.

156. Give examples of issues in Night that still arise today and what do you think should be done about Genocide? Examples of issues in Night that still arise to this day are that of Genocide. One example would be the fact that millions of people were killed depending on their ethnicity. Gypsies, Poles, Jews were among these people. They are placed in camps were there are stages to follow. There are many strategies available to kill these hundreds of people. Today, Genocide is still present in many countries. I think that everyone should start taking action. First of all, I think that countries that are free from Genocide should strongly join together so that we may help these people. Countries can help these victims out secretly. A plan should start to be used. If not, more and millions of people are going to die. It will include men, women, and children at a young age who don’t even deserve this type of maltreatment.