Some take life for granted, while others suffer. Elie Wiesel's novel Night contains heartbreaking and traumatic themes. The novel takes place through the eyes of a Jewish boy named Eliezer, who manifests 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 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 cloth patch to mark a person as Jewish. It was supposed to be a sign of shame associated with anti-Semitism or discrimination against Jews. It showed that while in public they had to be mistreated simply because of their religion. However, these were only the first steps of their plan. The Holocaust began to emerge after months of slow progress. Eliezer's strong faith began to waver when Moishe the Priest, a pious old Jew, explains, "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 in Eliezer's struggle: the idea that God is everywhere, even in every individual, and the idea that faith is based on questions, not answers. Eliezer's struggle with faith is, for the most part, a struggle of questions. He continually wonders where God went and questions how such evil could exist in the world, after witnessing the massacre of millions of people 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 competence... middle of paper... issued from the callous heart of the Nazis. Of the three, memory has the greatest impact in depicting a theme through evil in the novel, Night, as the author's intent was to preserve the record of the ordeal, because it should never be repeated. This powerful novel demonstrates how evil is an immovable and unpredictable concept, which will always be lurking in the heart of man and in nature. Work cited "Analysis of the main characters". SPARKLING NOTES. SparkNotes LLC, 2011. Web. November 19, 2011. .Wiesel, Elie. Night. 1st ed. New York City: Hill and Wang, 2006. Print. Work cited "Analysis of the main characters". NOTES. SparkNotes LLC, 2011. Web. November 19, 2011. .Wiesel, Elie. Night. 1st ed. New York City: Hill and Wang, 2006. Print.