Night by Elie Wiesel, allows readers to find themselves trapped within the life of Elie himself. In both the 1954 and 1958 versions, we find many devices such as tone, syntax, diction, and personal references being used. As the twists and turns of the Holocaust unfold from the Jewish perspective, the true meaning of remembrance is tested. The purpose of the 1954 ending is to inform the reader of his perspective and his reason for writing this infectious novel. The purpose of the 1958 ending was to portray a sense of deep infliction that the Holocaust left upon Elie. The novel’s endings differ in the uses of their rhetorical devices, but are quite similar, in that they use almost the same rhetorical devices.

Wiesel’s shorter sentences convey a deeper feeling of seriousness in the 1958 publishing. Wiesel allows the reader the opportunity to experience the emotion being expressed when he writes, “From the depths of the mirror, a corpse gazed back at......

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Title: Elie Wiesel's Night
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