The Use of Emotion in Elie Wiesel's "Night"

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This paper explains that Elie Wiesel's "Night" is emotional and moving, although Wiesel does not use emotional words or phrases. Instead, his simple language and matter-of-fact approach remind the reader of just how ordinary the horrible things he and his family went through were. The author points out that the story reflects Elie Wiesel's personal journey, as well as all the events that take place. The paper reveals that, although most of the story is very unemotional, at one point Elie cannot stay separated from what he?s saying; the topic is the death of his father.

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"Some time later, however, Moshe returns telling a horrible story. He says they were forced off the train, made to dig a big pit, and then stood at the edge and shot. Moshe' escapes by pretending to be dead. Perhaps the Jews in Singhet would have believed him if his story had not been so awful, but he describes babies thrown up into the air and shot as they fall back to Earth and other awful sights. Elie says, "there was no longer any light in his eyes" (p. 17), but no one believes Moshe's story. In addition, Moshe believes that his life has been saved by divine providence to come back and warn the Jews of Singhet, but Moshe was not a respected member of the community, and people disregard his story and his concerns."

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