Elie Wiesel’s Night and George Orwell’s 1984 took place during different times. Orwell’s novel was based in the futuristic year of 1984 while Wiesel’s Night was fixated during the 1930’s. There were many similarities between the novels Night and 1984. The Novel 1984 was also quite similar to our present lifestyles. However, all three readings also differed in a variety of manners. In the following paragraphs, I will draw out the very similarities and differences read in these three readings. The two novels Night and 1984 were quite different. For starters, Wiesel’s novel Night was based on his own experiences during the holocaust. However, Orwell created a science fiction world, which was based on his idea of the future. In 1984 the citizens of Oceania had some, although very little, rights. In contrast, the Jews in Night were given no rights. They were told what to do and if they disobeyed, they were killed or tortured. Furthermore, the two novels took place during different settings. Wiesel’s Night took place during World War II, in Europe. On the contrary, Orwell’s novel took place in Oceania, year 1984. Finally, the two novels contained …show more content…
Although the two worlds are similar, they also differentiate in many ways. For instance, in 1984 the world was broken up into only three nations, Oceania, Eastasia, and Eurasia. However, today we have seven continents, and 196 countries. Our present world is more diverse, and broken down. Also, in our present world, the past is preserved and studied. While in 1984 the government erases and changes history so people forget the past. The government party of Oceania in 1984, also created a new language called Newspeak, which is not spoken anywhere in today’s societies. In the novel 1984, the nation Oceania has no type of democracy. The citizens are given no voting rights. On the contrary, we have many nations today that have democracies and citizen
In the book “Night” by Elie Wiesel, he shares his story of his experience through World War Two. Through his experiences, he experiences both internal and external conflicts. The conflicts he experienced include ideas of dehumanization, loss, and physical changes.
The first similarity is the rules and regulations that these people are living with. In Fahrenheit 451 there were rules that any person who had any type of book in their possession were to be imprisoned or even killed in some circumstances. These rules were to protect the government from being overthrown by the fantasies that these books create and give some type of a better life for the people. Night was a story about a Holocaust survivor. Elie and his father had been brighten to a concentration camp where they had lived under a harsh environment. The Nazi government had created strict rules that the ss officers had to enforce. Some of these rules were to treat the
To begin with, both novels show very strong themes of prejudice throughout. Night begins with the Elie Wiesel’s account of what it was like to live through Hitler’s final solution to rid Europe of the Jewish population. He remembers what it was like to be a young man living in Sighet, Transylvania when the Nazis moved in, and forced him out of his home to concentration camps where many people were killed in the crematoria upon arrival. Throughout Wiesel’s time in Auschwitz and Buchenwald, he had been separated from his mother and sisters, watched his friends die, and lived everyday in fear of death. The prisoners of these concentrations camps were stripped of their identity by only being referred to as their tattooed number, they were
Over 11 million people were killed during the Holocaust, 1.1 million were children and 6 million were Jewish. In the novel titled Night by Elie Wiesel, it tells about a kid name Elie Wiesel and his experience during the Holocaust. This novel will will also explain his thoughts/feelings during this tragic event. During the tragic event, Elie Wiesel lost his mother when the Holocaust started and lost his father at the end of the Holocaust. Three qualities that contributed to Wiesel’s survival was his intelligence, when he hid his left arm, his bravery, when he refused to separate from his father during the selection, and his determination, when he decided to not stop running during the flee.
Elie Wiesel was born in the Romanian town of Sighet. His parents came from Orthodox and Hasidic Jewish families. Both of hi parents died in the Nazi concentration camps, as did his younger sister; his two elder sister survived. After the war, Wiesel went an Orphanage in France, studies at the Sorbonne, and became a journalist. The name of the book is call the Night. It were written in the 1955-1958. It also were written from South America, France. The book was published in Argentina, France. The genre of the book is a memoir. The setting of the book were during WWll in Europe. The climax of the book were Eliezer’s father’s death. The Antagonist of Night is the German SS guards and officers; the Kapos. The point of view this book were
Elie Wiesel uses many prime literary elements and devices throughout his memoir “Night”. Such as diction, he throws metaphors in there, he also foreshadows in this book to prove that Elie and his father are fighting for their humanity even though everything in their life is trying to strip that of them. The book Night is a book by Elie Wiesel about him and his father’s involvement in different concentration camps during the Holocaust toward the end of WW2. In the beginning of Night, Elie uses significant diction to describe imagery.
Night by Elie Wiesel is written in remembrance of the Jewish people and to remember the crimes where not only inflicted upon the Jews, but their religion, culture, and tradition (Wiesel). Night is a novel consisting of several themes. One of the major theme statements is risks of ignorance. Elie Wiesel shows the theme of risks of ignorance by the literary devices of ellipses, foreshadowing, and characterization.
The novel “Night” was written by Elie Wiesel and is a memoir of his life during World War II. The book starts with his life living in Hungary with his family. It then tells of how they were taken away to concentration camps throughout the war. During Elie’s stays at the various camps you see the sacrifices he makes and how the experience changes him.
“Everything will seem better in the light of day”, a phrase commonly told to those suffering from the crippling anxiety and over thinking that often accompanies the fall of night. Night by Elie Wiesel gives numerous examples of the complexities and range of emotions that can occur simply by the setting of the sun. The night is a heavily used theme in the book, inasmuch as it was even deemed important enough to be set as the title of the work. The reader is given such a detailed account of the many long and difficult nights that Elie endured, that it is as though one can feel the passage of years in only 115 pages. Throughout the novel, there are many instances where the length, amount of sleep, and feelings associated with night are inconsistent due to the psychological distress these men and women were under. Perhaps the only consistent thing about the night in Elie’s life is how inconsistent it is.
Wiesel wrote his novel for more than simply wanting to share his story with his reader, he wrote “Night” because he felt, “I needed to give some meaning to my survival” (Wiesel, 6), he believed he survived for a reason not simply by luck or chance. Although there are many controversy as to why he wrote his novel, in his interview with “The Paris Review” he address as to why, “I didn’t want to write those books. I wrote them against myself. But I realize that if we do not use words, the
Night by Elie Wiesel is about his experiences in the Nazi concentration camps of Auschwitz and Buchenwald in 1944 to 1945, at the height of the Holocaust and toward the end of the Second World War. It is
“Do you begin to see, then what kind of world we are creating? It is the exact opposite of the stupid hedonistic Utopias…” (Orwell 267). 1984 and Fahrenheit 451 are both dystopias, although in each society, the government tells the citizens that it is a utopia. A dystopia is, “An imaginary place or state in which the condition of life is extremely bad, as from deprivation, oppression or terror” (“dystopia”). On the other hand, a utopia is described as, “An ideally perfect place, especially in its social, political, and moral aspects” (“utopia”). There are many similarities between the society in 1984 and the society in Fahrenheit 451, as well as many differences.
1984 and Brave New World, written by George Orwell and Aldous Huxley, respectively, are both books that reflect the authors vision of how society would end up at the course it was going at the time of the writing of the book. Both books were written more than fifty years ago, but far enough apart that society was going in a totally different direction at the time. There are many ways to compare these two books and point out the similarities. On certain, deep levels they are very much the same, while at first glance, on the surface, they are very different. One point that in some parts is the same and some very different, is the governments in each of these books method’s of control.
1984 is an eye-opening novel written by George Orwell. Orwell wrote the novel in 1949 to outline how he projected society would be in 1984 if progress continued upon its current track. Orwell published the book as a warning that society must be careful about progress for progress’s sake, or conditions could end up similar to the way society is in his work 1984. The novel is divided into three chapters, or books, each with multiple subunits, and these sections tell the story in chronological order. The book ends with an appendix on the principles of newspeak, the new language of Oceania.
There are some differences between the two novels based mainly on the form of control used to mold society to the ideals put forth from the leaders of the society. Orwell focuses on the use of the media, fear and hate to control the masses while Huxley depicts the use of conditioning, sex and soma (drugs). The novel 1984 is rift with hate and violence. This is especially seen through the unending war between the three worldpowers and the use of the Two Minute Hate to bring the people to a state of frenzy. The telescreens are never allowed to be turned off and the people are constantly watched and can be punished for even a thoughtcrime. In contrast, Brave New World focuses on making people happy with their assigned place in life. They are conditioned from decanting through childhood with the prejudice and social values determined by the ten world leaders. This keeps everyone focused on shallow things like physical pleasure without looking for a deeper meaning in life. If everyone is already happy then there is no need to change the system because no one will ever have a cause to rebel. Both societies use a different form of control with the main difference lying in the use of punishment or reward as the stimulus.