The Only Way To Escape Darkness Is By Turning On the Light

I do not understand Elie Wiesel.  I would be ecstatic f I were to survive the Holocaust and a traumatic accident.  Wiesel, on the other hand, only wants to die.  Everything he sees and thinks about relates to death or suffering.  Everything in the novel is dark and cold.  One evening he is on a balcony looking at the sea during a celebration.  A man finds him and asks him what the sea reminds him of.  "The sea makes me think of death", he replies to the man.  The man tells him that "the sea has a power of attraction." He tells Wiesel that "one must not look at the waves for too long.  Especially at night.  Especially alone." (37)

Later on in the memoir, Wiesel expresses his fear of day.  "At night" he finds "all faces familiar, every noise sounds like something already heard." (39) It is quite opposite for him during the day.  This is ironic since his memoir has the title Day.  Could this mean that Wiesel will overcome his fear of day? Will he finally decide to live his life as a happy man? Will the doctor help him make this decision? It's difficult to believe so due to his obsession with death and suffering.  I mean, he writes a whole paragraph about it on page 41.

If I were him, I would skipping around like an idiot.  I would be so happy to be alive! How can one only focus on death? How does he have friends? How does Kathleen love him? I would not be able to be around someone like that. How depressing! I can't even be around people who aren't happy for one day! Then again, all of my friends deal with me on my bad days.  The point is, will he finally become a happy man? The only way a person can escape darkness is by going to the light.  However, the person must find the light inside of him and turn it on.  As cheesy as it may sound, I like to think that the light in us would be our happy memories.  Light, in my opinion, is when we smile, laugh, are optimistic, etc.  Hopefully Wiesel will finally understand it because if not, he may end up with no friends.  I'm surprised he even has his coworkers and Kathleen to visit him!