Emotional Truth in Wiesel’s Night

In Night, Elie Wiesel created a narrator named Eliezer who isn't quite himself.

Wiesel actually wounded his knee in the camps, but Eliezer wounds his foot.

This tiny change gave Wiesel emotional distance from unbearable trauma. The memoir isn't

about documenting facts, it's about emotional truth. Through Eliezer's

eyes, we watch faith shatter, humanity crumble, and a father-son bond become the

only thing keeping someone alive. Characters like Moishe the Beadle teach that faith

lives in questions, not answers. When Eliezer stops questioning and starts having answers,

that's when he's truly lost his faith. The most haunting part is how survival depended on belief