Night Elie Wiesel Night Analysis

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Consuming other experiences further builds a sense of belonging and a better understanding of suffering due to one’s identity or individuality. Towards the end of Night after learning of the tragedy he experienced, Elie sums up the courage to look in the mirror for the first time in years. He “hadn’t seen himself since the ghetto”. After walking to the hanging mirror he is shocked at the reflection “From the depths of the mirror, a corpse gazed back at me” (Wiesel 116). The personal account of his silent suffering could be questioned without hearing the nightmare of experiences he endured leading up to that moment. The reader can understand that surviving experiences, no matter the severity, can leave a person intact physically but dead on