Night - Point of View
The point of view of a story is the position from which it is observed. The novel, Night, by Elie Wiesel, is written in first person point of view. For the reader, this point of view helps to create a more vivid story. Overall, first person point of view helps to better express the theme of Night, man's inhumanity towards man.*** So many aspects of the Holocaust are incomprehensible. The events and emotions that result can only be accurately portrayed through a first person point of . . .
Their tongues hung swollen, blue-tinged. What seems to trouble Elie the most is how the Nazis can so callously slaughter millions of innocent Jews everyday. 62)** Wiesel uses vivid detail and perfect wording to describe exactly how he felt throughout the events in the novel. That night the soup tasted of corpses. Through experiencing these traumatizing events, Wiesel communicates his feelings with delineation. While reading Night, the reader becomes more involved in the story because of the vivid details. Without actually experiencing the atroscities of the Holocaust, one would not be able to describe the terrible sight at the gallows like Wiesel:** "The two adults were no longer alive. A third person point of view would not be as effective because the images and events would not have such a poignant representation. *** The theme of Night is also better expressed with it's first person point of view. But, the third rope was still moving; being so light, the child was still alive.
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