How Does Elie Wiesel Change Throughout The Book Night

During the book, Elie becomes numb to the horror around him and becomes a different person. From the first time he stepped into a concentration camp he saw terrible things, like children being thrown into pits. He saw many people be killed by officers or by other causes. The

Elie’s experience in Nazi’s camps transformed him totally. Elie had lost a great deal through the war and this changed him dramatically. The wickedness and brutality he witnessed had depressing psychological effect on him that haunted him throughout his life. From being a happy child he had become a sullen young man. The most important change in Elie was the value system that he developed through the

When Elie Wiesel was taken from his home and placed in a concentration camp, his entire life was changed. Everything from his life to his faith in God was altered. This affected him on a personal level, which made him rethink his position in life and what he believes in. This caused short and long term effects on what he thinks of himself. Elie Wiesel was a 15-year-old boy from Sighetu Marmatiei in Transylvania.

During all of the struggles Elie gains a bit of life knowledge, and learns more emotions about himself. If this journey never happened Elie would still be focussing about his studies and not about his family. A fact Elie acquires during the holocaust is always to stay positive in hard times. An example of this is when Elie is running for miles and notices men giving up just makes Elie think about when he can sleep and eat at the next camp. When news comes that the Russians will save the prisoners, Elie keeps this as a positive and keeps thinking this horrifying journey will be over.

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.

Elie Wiesel experienced a reformation of brokenness in character through external conflicts during his imprisonment at Auschwitz. This brokenness can be seen when he was beaten to the bone for an offense he wasn’t responsible for, evidential on page 55 when Elie said, “It was over, but I didn't realize it for I had fainted.” Although Elie tried to withstand the 25 beatings of the SS soldier, Idek, Elie’s strength couldn’t withhold Idek’s wrath. Elie’s solemn tone and realization that he physically didn’t have enough power to overcome hardships that the camp would bring, begins to settle into Elie’s mindset, even though it was natural for him to revolt against what was inevitable to come. Considering Elie’s young age, the hardships he is already facing and his innocent will to fight against the traumatic experiences that are already coming to him shake his character and morale since he can’t overcome them.

This describes Elie’s thoughts after witnessing the bodies of innocent Jewish children being cremated in front of him. He also doubted why he had been chosen to be alive but not others, and felt a sense of guilt. This horrific experience left Elie in shock and scarred him. It made him lose the faith in God that he once had because how could God let such inhumane events occur? Not only did he lose faith but also became dehumanized and would never be able to go back to the person he once was before.

The concentration camps changed Elie emotionally, physically, and spiritually. Concentration camps changed Elie emotionally. The males and females are separated, mom and sister are leaving. Elie said “I saw them disappear into the distance; my mother stroking sisters fair hair” (27). Elie is feeling left aside from his mother and sister.

The almighty the eternal and terrible master of the universe,chose to be silent” (Wiesel 33). Elie is unable to understand how his God can be silent in a time like this, a time where his family and friends needed him the most. This only led Elie to start to question his belief in God. On the the other hand, after

The most tragic events in our lives can also be the most transformative. The memoir Night, by Elie Wiesel, describes the time Weisel spent in the Auschwitz concentration camp during the Holocaust. Elie begins the memoir as a fifteen-year-old boy, full of hope and innocence. By the end of the memoir, he underwent a transmutation into a cynical man, full of enmity, physically like a corpse, but forever changed mentally. He witnesses terrible acts of genocide and inhumane by the Nazis towards himself, and his fellow Jews.

In this book Elie speaks of his hardships and how he survived the concentration camps. Elie quickly changed into a sorrowful person, but despite that he was determined to stay alive no matter the cost. For instance, during the death

Elie is losing faith in God because he has been able to create Auschwitz, Birkenau, and Buna, which kills many. He says, “But now, I no longer pleaded for anything. I was no longer able to lament,” (68) demonstrating Elie’s full move-away from God. Elie’s identity is left insecure and he is now alone. Elie was not “terrible alone in a world without God, without men.”

Elie went through extreme adversity within the camps of Auschwitz yet still managed to persevere. The experiences Elie went through in camp Auschwitz changed him as an individual spiritually; a boy who was once devoted to God ceased to believe in him. Elie also lost his sense of self identity, as his personality completely changes. During his internment at Auschwitz and Buchenwald Elie completely loses his innocence. As a result of the adversity Elie faces throughout his time at the Auschwitz camp, his identity is tarnished and eventually reformed.

“I ran off to look for my father. And at the same time I was afraid of having to wish him a Happy New Year when I no longer believed in it,” (Wiesel, 75). Earlier, Elie talks about how he felt powerful and stronger than God himself, now that he was free from the Almighty. He also talks about how he felt alone but strong. Later, he shows retaliation against God.

Elie was held captive in concentration camps from 1944-1945. During his time in the concentration camps, he became grateful for what he had, overcame countless obstacles, and more importantly kept fighting until he was free. [The Holocaust is very important to learn about because it can teach you some important life lessons.] You should always be grateful for what you have, no matter what the circumstances are. This lesson can be learned when Elie says, “After my father’s death, nothing could touch me any more”(109).