Night

This picture represents the symbol of night in the book because many of Elie's memories from the concentration camps took place during the night. The symbol makes a statement along with fire because Elie begins to lose his faith in God and in the bible darkness and night represents a world without God, which is what Elie begins to think is happening. He also says that a black flame has come into his soul, which is a representation of the darkness.

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Fire

Photo from Indian Health Service

This photo represents the symbol fire in the book because even if their homes weren't on fire like the one in the picture, it was as if they were.  Not only did they lose everything they had inside their homes, many also lost their lives.  Fire is an important symbol in the book because it is seen in many different settings.  Madame Schacter sees a vision of fire, and when they arrive at the concentration camp Elie and the other prisoners see people being thrown into fires and crematoriums.

Importance of Father-Son Bonds

Photo from Sheer Luxe

Father-son bonds in this story are an important theme, because Elie makes it an important point that he needs to stay with his father wherever they go.  The father and son in this picture are happy and you can see that they like to be around each other, and so did Elie and his father.  This picture relates to the theme because you see that the father and son seem as though they would do anything for each other, and you see that in the beginning.  But as the story progresses you see that the sons begin to turn on their fathers and vice-versa.

Inhumanity Toward Other Humans

 Photo from The Daily Maverick

This image shows the inhumanity toward other humans because during the Holocaust, many children were without their parents and they had to find food themselves.  The boy in this picture looks a bit confused like he doesn't know what to do and he looks like he had to get that bread somewhere by himself.  Besides the inhumanity of the Nazis to the Jews, the families turned on each other.  If the parent had food, they probably wouldn't share it with their child just because they wanted to survive.

Silence

 Photo from last.fm

This picture represents the Silence theme, because the situation seems similar to Elie's.  Even though this picture is a band and may be set up, you can still see that there is a silence in the room and they feel as though they can't do anything to stop what's happening.  This may be the same feeling Elie and the other Jews had during the Holocaust, because they just kept silent and didn't do anything to stop what was happening.  To me, the theme has two different parts.  The first is when Elie wonders why God is silent and why he isn't doing anything to help them, and the second part is when Elie doesn't do anything to help his father when he is beaten.

Eliezer's Struggle to Maintain Faith in a Benevolent God

 Photo from Saving Advice

This picture represents the theme because like Elie, this man seems as though he is losing his faith in God too.  At first Elie may have been loyal to his God, but he soon starts to give up.

To me, the theme of Eliezer's struggle with his faith changes throughout the story.  In the beginning he could not imagine his life without God, which could have been the same situation for the man in the picture.  They both might have had strong faith in God, but something has happened to them both that made them weak and caused a struggle.  This theme shows me that different things happened to Elie and he gradually loses his faith.

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Beautiful!

Photo from Teach English In Asia