Some take life for granted, while others suffer. The novel Night by Elie Wiesel contains heartbreaking and traumatic themes. The novel unfolds through the eyes of a Jewish boy named Eliezer, who discovers the true satanic nature of the Nazis. As the Nazis continue to commit inhumane acts of discrimination, three powerful themes emerge: religion, night, and memory. As the novel begins to unfold, anti-Semitism also rears its ugly head. As Wiesel demonstrates in the novel: “Three days later, a new decree: every Jew had to wear the yellow star.” (Wiesel, 11) The yellow star was a piece of cloth intended to mark a person as Jewish. It was a badge of shame associated with anti-Semitism or discrimination against Jews. This showed that in public they were to be mistreated simply because of their religion. However, these were only the first steps of their plan. The Holocaust began to surface after months of slow progress. Eliezer's strong faith began to waver when Moishe the Beadle, a pious old Jew, explained: "I pray to the God within me to give me the strength to ask Him the right questions." » (Wiesel, 5) Moishe's words frame the conflict of Eliezer's struggle for faith. It conveys two key concepts of Eliezer's struggle: the idea that God is everywhere, even within each individual, and the idea that faith is based on questions, not answers. Eliezer's struggle with faith is, for the most part, a struggle with questions. He continually wonders where God has gone and wonders how such evil could exist in the world, after witnessing the massacre of millions in concentration camps. Moishe's statement tells us that these moments do not reflect Eliezer's loss of faith; instead, they demonstrate his continued spiritual commitment...... middle of paper...... from the callous hearts of the Nazis. Of the three, memory has the greatest impact on the depiction of a theme through evil in the novel Night, as the author's intention was to preserve the memory of the ordeal, as it should never repeat yourself. This powerful novel demonstrates how evil is an immovable and unpredictable concept, which will always lurk in the hearts of man and in nature. Work cited “Analysis of major characters”. SPARKNOTES. SparkNotes LLC, 2011. Web. November 19, 2011. .Wiesel, Élie. Night. 1st ed. New York: Hill and Wang, 2006. Print.Work cited “Major Character Analysis.” SPARKNOTES. SparkNotes LLC, 2011. Web. November 19, 2011. .Wiesel, Élie. Night. 1st ed. New York: Hill and Wang, 2006. Print.