In elie wiesel's night, juliek carries his violin all through the evacuation, then struggles to play it the night before he dies. the next morning eliezer sees juliek, dead, next to the violin, which wiesel describes as “smashed, trampled, a strange overwhelming little corpse.” what effect does the image of the broken violin have in the memoir? it shows that beauty and hope are forces so strong that they cannot be destroyed. it shows that those killed were individuals who had their own talents, hopes, and dreams. it shows that the human spirit is weak and it can be easily broken, like juliek’s violin. it shows that prisoners were able to keep some possessions, which calls into question wiesel’s reliability.