Change In The Book Night By Elie Wiesel

It is a common assumption among numerous people in the world that the Holocaust never existed. In fact about half of the world’s population never even heard of the Holocaust. Through the creation of a book called “Night”, Elie Wiesel successfully helped people around the world learn about the Holocaust. Elie Wiesel wanted to show the courage, bravery and guilt of the Jews through this book. Night graphically portrays the malicious and horrific acts in German concentration camps during the Holocaust. Instead of just stating the horrific acts that the Germans did, Elie developed a book with a clever plot consisting of introspection, dialogue and dynamic characters to communicate his experience in a deeper level. Eliezer an observant Jewish youngster,

One of the most noticeable change in Eliezer is that his perspective and beliefs in God has changed dramatically. Eliezer started off as a Jewish youngster who wanted to delve and dig more deeply into his religion. Eliezer even asked his father to find him a master to guide Eliezer in his studies of Kabbalah, which is an esoteric method or discipline that originated in Judaism. This can be found on page 4 when he says, “One day I asked my father to find me a master who could guide me in my studies of Kabbalah” Instead of just describing Eliezer as a determined Jewish child, Wiesel shows the reader that Eliezer wanted to learn more about his religion. However, as Eliezer is stripped from his identity and abused by the Germans, he starts to blame God for not helping the Jews. This is illustrated on page 33 when Eliezer states, “Why should I sanctify His name? The Almighty, the eternal and terrible Master of the Universe, chose to be silent. What was there to thank Him for?” Not only does this show that Eliezer is agitated by God’s actions, it shows that he is blaming God rather than the Germans for the malicious and abusive acts in the concentration camp. Elie moved from being deeply devoted to abandoning all belief in God. He refused to accept that God was deserved of any praise, blessing, or thanks; his faith was destroyed by the horrors he was experiencing. Altogether, Eliezer changes from a Jewish