Manifestation In Elie Wiesel's Night

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Manifestation
Often, those who’ve become comfortable with their situations very seldom stop to consider what life would be like if, for even a moment, they lost the pleasures and luxuries that their hard work or fortune afforded them with. Life’s greatest pain is, all things considered, to lose what one holds dear. This truth is extremely evident in Elie Wiesel's Night, a piece that recounts the authors struggles during Germany's Nazi occupation. During this time frame, the Jews were robbed of everything they had cherished, and tortured at the hands of the German Nazi’s. The pain and hardships that the Jews endured appear in many forms, and Wiesel's masterful use of symbolism is critical in conveying to readers the horrors of his experience