Elie Wiesel, author of “Night”, and the author of “The Breakaway” display several similarities and differences throughout their stories. Each author’s use of imagery and the tones they convey allow the reader to understand how the protagonists felt during their respective tragic events.
In the novel “Night” by Elie Wiesel and the short story “The Breakaway”, the authors’ use of imagery is different, because while it’s very vivid in Night, it’s much more subtle in The Breakaway. An example of this difference is shown where Elie wrote “They passed me by, like beaten dogs, with never a glance in my direction” (17). This conveys the image of helplessness among the occupants of his hometown, and it’s much more powerful than imagery from “The Breakaway”,
