Night by Eli Weisle (Analysis)

Now throughout the whole story many human rights symbols appear. The first one that I would like to point out is the mentioning of coming back from work. It struck me personally as slavery considering they were in a concentration camp and did not want to be there in the first place. The many people that were there were forced to work every day and were not paid anything at all for being there, therefore enslaving them against their wishes.

Also a few times throughout the piece it mentions objects that they call “the black gallows.” When I first read that it seemed something to be fearful of. The gallows were what the SS soldiers used to execute or hang their so called prisoners, or as I see them, slav

After everything was secure and in place, both Jesus and the boy were silent. When at the same time the others being put to death spoke out with talk of liberty and justice. Being that both were silent, that alone was symbolic of what they believed in. To be silent when being put to death is a great deal considering that they were put to death, or the fact that they were innocent, but they knew they were going to die for a cause.

An excerpt from this passage points out that the guards feared the prisoners. I felt that not only did they fear them but same time they themselves were feared. While the guards were scared that the prisoners would try to retaliate and flee, the prisoners were scared that is they made on simple mistake that they would be put to death. It was almost like a catch 22. In one way if you tried to escape you were going to be put to death for trying to leave. Then if you stayed without trying to escape you were going to be put to death at some point anyways. While on the other hand if you slipped up and most likely did something that they did not like they were still going to put you to death. I think that the main thing that the guards were scared of was that the prisoners were going to figure out a way to obtain weapons and out number them. As far as the religious innuendos pertaining to the death of Jesus, one particular execution in the story stood out. A child, even though a servant, was sentenced to death for something someone else did. Leading up to the execution,

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