Elie Wiesel wrote “Night” as a memoir, from his perspective of living as a child in the Holocaust. After reading this work, I felt like I could see everything through his eyes, as a child. There are many psychoanalytic approaches in which this novel could be seen, especially considering how Wiesel came to write such a weighty book after ten years of silence. Whenever I read a book, I try to read it as if I were the author, looking beyond a final copy. This is the way I believe literature should be read, through the lens of the author and when reading, you have to think through the author's memories and thoughts as you write. The author wrote this book after taking a decade-long oath of silence, never to speak again about his experiences in the Holocaust or to his family. This may stem from the idea: “Instead of an attenuation with increasing temporal distance from the event, we have witnessed an increase in memory activities during the last two decades” (Assmann, 262). Something has changed in him, as an adult instead of a child, and that change is an important thing to incorporate into your thoughts when reading Night. Because this book is written in the first person, as a fifteen year old himself, that's how I read it, as a child. A lot of research has been conducted on the development of children regarding their psychological manners. A psychoanalytic critic is Sigmund Freud and his structural model of the psyche. After reading and understanding his model on growing children's sense of self, I saw the impact on Elie's story at different stages of his life. While reading Night there are many things to focus on, but from a psychoanalytic point of view the effects of observing psychological types and principles are present through... the center of the paper... through the gates of Buchenwald. This reference offers a youthful and hopeful perspective to the lucky few who will live to see another day outside the walls of hell. “Children” is a word to describe a young person who has not lived long. This word can also refer to a person's ability and mental level, for example to say "that was a childish thing to do". This word has an extremely important meaning and reference for this work, Night. The connection that was made between the real children, boys and girls brought there, who were immediately sent to their deaths, and the negative connotation it took on for all the men who worked in the concentration camps. The use of this word anywhere is often used to take away any confidence or manliness from the souls in the camps. Viewing these men as “children” made them humiliating outcasts and success made them feel inferior to their leaders.