1. What are some of the symbols in the story?
- There are three symbols in the story, Night, Fire, and Silence.
2. Are there any objects which seem to have a symbolic meaning? What are their meanings?
- Night is used throughout the book to symbolize death, darkness of the soul, and loss of faith. As an image, it comes up repeatedly. Fire or flames are used to symbolize hell. It has become a tool of the wicked to punish the righteous. It emphasizes Wiesel's belief that God has abandoned his people.
3. Do any people act as symbols in the story? What do they represent?
- Eliezer's father act as symbol in the story. He act not just as his father but spiritual prop. His father shows the importance of father-son bonds.
4. Do aspects of the story's setting seem symbolic? In what way?
- Aspects of the story's settings doesn't seem symbolic, but the in side of the story, when you read over and over again it give a moral and symbolic ideas.
5. Is one symbol used throughout the story or do the symbols change?
- Three symbols, night, fire, and silence, stays altogether. Fire appears throughout Night as a symbol of the Nazis’ cruel power. The Bible begins with God’s creation of the earth. When God first begins his creation, the earth was full of darkness. Darkness and night therefore symbolize a world without God’s presence.
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