Elie Wiesel Character Development In Night

Elie Wiesel is the main character and narrator of the memoir Night, which recounts his experiences as a Jewish boy during the Holocaust. Through his harrowing testimony, we witness Elie's transformation from a devout and innocent young boy to a disillusioned and traumatized survivor. Elie's character can be analyzed in terms of his faith, his relationship with his father, and his internal struggles with guilt and shame. One of the defining features of Elie's character is his deep faith in God, which is challenged by the atrocities he witnesses during the Holocaust. In the early part of the memoir, Elie describes himself as a devout student of the Kabbalah, a Jewish mystical text, and aspires to become a master of Jewish theology.

Under Adolph Hitler´s rule, the Nazi German Army took anyone what was different from them. Whether it was because of their religion or culture. This lead to what we call the Holocaust. Elie Wiesel and his family were Jewish they were just one of the many families that were taken to the concentra camps. Elie Wiesel talks about his experiences in the book Night.

Throughout the novel Night Elie Wiesel reveals how in just a few moments his life changed dramatically in ways he never expected. The title “Night” is a metaphor that refers to the darkness of life, and symbolizes death, the darkness of the soul, and loss of faith. In the beginning of the novel, Elie is innocent and dedicated to becoming closer to God, but once witnessing the cruelties of humankind he questions his faith as well as his strength. The Great Depression in Germany provided the political opportunity for Adolf Hitler.

Elie Wiesel’s novel “Night” is the story of what Eliezer and millions of other Jews experienced during the Holocaust. Eliezer, the narrator and main character, changed throughout the novel physically, emotionally, and spiritually. Eliezer was sent to a labor camp, therefore his physical state changed. The novel, “Night” has shown the readers the physical changes that Eliezer has gone through. For example, Eliezer became malnourished due to the lack of food being provided.

Elie was a extremely smart person and was immensely observative and hopeful,yet,“The magic fades too fast, the scent of summer never lasts ,the nights turn hollow and vast ,but nothing remains...nothing

Elie emphasizes dedication throughout the book by using his father and God as models for what to aspire to and live for. Elie would have let them down and leave his father alone if he had given up on them. Elie's main objective was to stay alive and be with his father. “Suddenly, a cry rose in the wagon, the cry of a wounded animal. Someone had just died”(Wiesel 103).

In the book Night, we the readers witness the hardships and struggles in Elie’s life during the traumatic holocaust. The events that take place in this story are unbearable and are thought to be demented in modern times. In the beginning Elie is shown as a normal teenage Jewish boy, but the events are so drastic that we the readers forget how he was like in the beginning. Changes were made to Elie during the book, whether they were minor or major. The changes generated from himself, the journey, and other people.

Moshood Kassim Mrs.Pavlenko ENG3C0 January 11th 2023 How Elie develops thought his experiences and his new perspectives In Elie Wiesel’s Night, Elie changes drastically throughout the entire timeline of the Holocaust. He faces many struggles such as leaving his homeland, separation from family, concentration camps and losing many loved ones.

At this point in the story, his own father started to get sick and weak, and all Elie could do was walk him. Elie sees no point in continuing to live when there

The heart wrenching and powerful memoir “Night” by Elie Wiesel depicts Elie’s struggle through the holocaust. It shows the challenges and struggles Elie and people like him faced during this mournful time, the dehumanization; being forced out of their homes, their towns and sent to nazi concentration camps, being stripped of their belongings and valuables, being forced to endure and witness the horrific events during one of history’s most ghastly tales. In “Night” Elie does not only endure a physical journey but also a spiritual journey as well, this makes him question his determination, faith and strength. This spiritual journey is a journey of self discovery and is shown through Elie’s struggle with himself and his beliefs, his father

(Page 67) At the time, Elie is getting to be exasperated with Him. After everything that Elie has done; working industriously to keep up with his studies, God hasn’t returned anything or done anything to help to the situation. Elie starts to really lose his faith at the Yom Kippur gathering. Yom Kippur is the Day of Atonement. Traditionally, they are supposed to fast.

Elie’s hope quickly changed into depression. Being with him all of the way, Elie’s father was the most important thing to him while he was in the camps. After his father’s death, Elie saw the rest of life as useless, as stated in the book, “Since my father’s death, nothing mattered to me

Near the beginning of the novel, Elie wanted to be in the same camp with his father more than anything else. The work given to both his father and himself was bearable, but as time passed by, “. . . his father was getting weaker” (107). The weaker Elie’s father got, the more sacrifices Elie made. After realizing the many treatments Elie was giving his father compared to himself, each additional sacrifice made Elie feel as if his “. . .

Elie Wiesel successfully created a clever plot consisting of dialogue, introspection and dynamic characters to make his story realistic and compelling. Elie WIesel changed the protagonist Eliezer, an observant Jewish youngster, that strived to delve deeper into the mythical traditions of his religion, changed to a person that questions God’s greatness, a disloyal son and a person that only seeks personal gain. The protagonist, Eliezer, proves to be a very dynamic character. One of the most noticeable change in Eliezer is that his perspective and beliefs of God has changed dramatically.

Night by Elie Wiesel shows when humans are put in horrible situations, the acts of selfishness greatly increase. The book shows that when humans are in crisis like the Holocaust everyone is desperate to survive, so they will do anything they can to get their basic needs. The people forgot who they are as human, and how it made Elie and others act differently towards each other. Elie Wiesel, and everyone who he meets along the way want to survive this, at times they forget why they want to live. But no one wants to get defeated by the Germans.