In Night, by Elie Wiesel, a rather prevalent theme of the novel is the idea of ​​silence in place of justice. This is shown numerous times in the book, usually following a tragic incident where, in a modern society, one would respond with punishment of the wrongdoer, but instead respond with nothing. This theme was actually noted by Elie Wiesel, who in his Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, stated that "silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented." crematorium, Elie states that he would never “…forget the nocturnal silence that deprived me for all eternity of the desire to live” (34). Now, while this doesn't necessarily come after a tragic incident, it serves as a foreshadowing of the utter lack of humanity and justice in Auschwitz and the Holocaust in general. It goes to show that the silence was the worst part; the part that, to the prisoners, demonstrated that a good part of them would have died so that no one would have noticed. Even Elie and his family didn't recognize him...