"Night" by Elie Wissel and "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck

When you find yourself in an obstacle that you can not escape or at your lowest point, your soul and mind become dark and you feel that have no way out, you begin to see life very differently. You now are able to analyze the world, and shift through all the bells and whistles in it and see the truth, which was once hidden from you. I think that is exactly that Theodore Roethke meant when he wrote "In a dark time, the eye begins to see,..." Personally, I agree fully with Roethke's statement. Roethke's ideology is found in both "Night" by Elie Wiesel and "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck.…