Night And Dawn The End And The Beginning Of A Day

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The imagery of time of day and seasons in Night and Dawn enriches Wiesel’s storytelling and serves as a mode of reflection for the chara cters, allowing them to analyze their choices through the lens of the passage of time. The first seasonal reference appears in Night, in the spring of 1944, and echoes the sentiments of Sighet, Wiesel’s hometown, at the time. Although at this point in the war, the Nazis have invaded Germany, Poland and most of Central and Eastern Europe, Hungary remains unoccupied. 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