sam

What Does Night Mean?? night can be interpretated in many different ways. night is generally known as a time when the sun is below the horizon. it is a time where is it dark and the stars are in the dark sky. nights are shorter than day on average. throughout history for humans nighttime is a time for sleeping and rest. night is often associated with danger and evil, because bandits and dangerous animals can be concealed by darkness. to me in the beginning of the book night is a time for security and comfort for elie. this is a time where rest is needed and the SS and armies are ignored. but towards the end of the book day and night are hardly recognised. prisoners are treated the same all day long and and the need for rest is strong. but every moment a person closes their eyes they are at risk of not waking up.
 * __1. night and darkness!!__**
 * the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
 * the time between sunset and midnight; "he watched television every night"
 * the period spent sleeping; "I had a restless night"
 * the dark part of the diurnal cycle considered a time unit; "three nights later he collapsed"
 * darkness; "it vanished into the night"
 * a shortening of nightfall; "they worked from morning to night"
 * a period of ignorance or backwardness or gloom.

__night__ Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, that turned my life into one long night seven times sealed. Never shall I forget that smoke. Never shall I forget the small faces of the children whose bodies I saw transformed into smoke under a silent sky. Never shall I forget those flames that consumed my faith for ever. Never shall I forget the nocturnal silence that deprived me for all eternity of the desire to live. Never shall I forget those moments that murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to ashes. Never shall I forget those things, even were I condemned to live as long as God Himself. Never. pg 34

http://www.swisseduc.ch/english/readinglist/wiesel_elie/icons/buchenwald.jpg(apparently a pic of elie weisel

when had we left our homes? and the Ghetto?, and the train? only a week ago? one night? one single night? pg 37.
 * __2.faith__**