Night

night by Elie Wiesel

2b. Can you please explain what were Wiesel's reasons for choosing the title Night for the Novel.

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The holocaust was one extended nightmare for humanity. For the Jews involved it was always Night. On a figurative sense there was never anything bright to look forward to. On a literal sense the dark ashes from the ovens blocked the sun's light making the day look like night.

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