It would seize upon some sleeping being, enter into him, and consume him bit by bit” (Wiesel, 89). This line shows how quiet death was. How eagerly the men awaited death to come and take them away, and how they didn't fight it, and instead welcomed it with opened arms. There was no triumph, no noise. The entire ordeal of the Holocaust happened in a hushed whisper, under covers, much like the book's title, Night. “Total silence in the camp. On the horizon, the sun was setting”(Wiesel, 64). In this moment, three men are hanged for their crimes, and the prisoners are forced to watch. They say nothing, and watch with sullen eyes as more and more of them are put to death like animals. It's the terror put into them from watching these constant hangings, shootings, and burnings that make the prisoners sit still and watch. Anyone worthy of calling themselves human would say something about the horrifying things happening in the camps, but these men were stripped of their humanity and simply
It would seize upon some sleeping being, enter into him, and consume him bit by bit” (Wiesel, 89). This line shows how quiet death was. How eagerly the men awaited death to come and take them away, and how they didn't fight it, and instead welcomed it with opened arms. There was no triumph, no noise. The entire ordeal of the Holocaust happened in a hushed whisper, under covers, much like the book's title, Night. “Total silence in the camp. On the horizon, the sun was setting”(Wiesel, 64). In this moment, three men are hanged for their crimes, and the prisoners are forced to watch. They say nothing, and watch with sullen eyes as more and more of them are put to death like animals. It's the terror put into them from watching these constant hangings, shootings, and burnings that make the prisoners sit still and watch. Anyone worthy of calling themselves human would say something about the horrifying things happening in the camps, but these men were stripped of their humanity and simply