The idea of "night" comes from the idea that there is a
period of darkness that envelops Eliezer's life from the time he and his family are
deported to his liberation at Buchenwald. The "night" is a moment in time where he
became invisible to others, and to himself. It is in this instant where values were
inverted. The elements that should have defined reality were noticeably absent. The
concept of "night" can actually be seen in the poem that is written in the third
section. Examine the first line of the poem:
readability="8">Never shall I forget that night, the
first night in camp, that turned my life into one long night seven times
sealed.This
idea of Eliezer's experiences being enveloped or sealed in a period of life that he can
only refer to as "night" becomes extraordinarily powerful and a reason to title the work
as
such.
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