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Shah 1
Ahan Shah
Ms. Patterson
Honors English II
5/10/2021
Prompt:
Explain the author’s purpose in developing your assigned motif throughout Night.
You
MUST
choose a different motif than the one completed for the mid-unit assessment.
Consider what significance is drawn from representing that particular concept, idea, or image
over and over again throughout the text.
Note: this will be a MAJOR ASSIGNMENT GRADE
after feedback from me and you submit a revised draft.
Motifs in
Night
Type your response here in paragraph form.
Indent the first line and follow the ACES format. Be
sure to use 12 point Times New Roman font and keep your response double-spaced.
The novel
Night
by Elie Wiesel is about the silence of a teenager as he is enduring the
holocaust. Weisel’s experiences in the novel reveal how important it is for humans to receive
verbal support and human interaction to maintain mental stability. For example, Wiesel describes
the “nocturnal silence” that he faced when he first reached the camps as one that “deprived [him]
for all eternity of the desire to live” (Wiesel 34). Upon his arrival at the camp, Wiesel’s
experience with silence disturbed him enough to permanently scar him. This illustrates how the
lack of human interaction and the lack of noise can cause you to lose mental stability.
Additionally, when Wiesel was confronted with the hanging of the child he wondered, “Where is
merciful God, where is He?” and was answered with “Total silence in the camp” (Wiesel 64).
Shah 2
Wiesel was reliant on God for his faith and hope before the concentration camp. After being
admitted into the concentration camp, he grew doubtful of his god and questioned God's
existence. What did he get in return? Silence. This silence caused Wiesel to lose mental stability
as he lost his will to continue with life. This theme jumps out at the reader and is a major
takeaway for the book. All things considered, Wiesel’s experiences help us understand how
silence can negatively affect mental stability.
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