Diction In Elie Wiesel's Night

In “Night”, Elie Wiesel uses diction in numerous ways in order to form an audience to connect with his contextual elements in his brief story, specifically when expressing his interpretations of the men, such as Idek, who worked to run the concentration camps. This made the text undemanding to appreciate for the audience. He also incorporated diction throughout the time of lynching men and adolescents, and occasionally using colloquialism, throughout the excerpt. For instance, towards the end of the text, Wiesel refers to the men who are about to go the way of all flesh into the great divide as “dried-up bodies who had forgotten the bitter taste of tears”, by using formal diction (Wiesel 572). This form of writing allows the audience to better grasp the intensity of the regime and how it has formed a severe emotional impact that has morphed the habitual emotions of the prisoners. An additional example of this is when
The “Night’s” tone is that of wretchedness and perpetual trepidation throughout most of the text, but there are a few moments that modify the tone of the story into something much more intense, like in the midst of Idek beating Elie’s father. Wiesel’s reaction changed the tone from despair to anger towards his father when he stated, “What is more, my anger I felt at the moment was directed, not against the Kapo, but against my father. I was angry with him, for not knowing how to avoid Idek’s outbreak. That is what concentration camp life had made of me” (Wiesel 565). This life of fear has engraved these demented and unlawful acts into the lives of the prisoners to the point of customariness and normality. He also better enhances his experiences with the use of realism to help the readers get a healthier assessment of the life he had to endure as a young