To begin, interactions define us when we lose faith in others. After the first night in the concentration camp, “I too had become a different person. The student of Talmud, the child I was, had been consumed by the flames”(Wiesel 39). This quote shows us that after one night in a concentration camp, people can be changed by their interactions with others. Elie experienced and witnessed mistreatment of men, women, and children during his first night. When Elie was thinking back to his concentration camp days, he states, “Never shall I forget the nocturnal silence that deprived me for all eternity of the desire to live” (Wiesel 37). This quote shows how Elie was affected after he was kidnapped and was enslaved by the Nazis. In doing so, he lost
After facing a few years of trials and tribulations, Elie Wiesel was able to survive those hard times and live to speak about it in Night; his autobiography, which described his life over a time of nearly two years in concentration camps and life on his very own hell on earth. Night goes into depth about Elie’s experience in the concentration camps; Auschwitz and Buna where not only does he lose his family, but figuratively himself, God, and hope for humanity. Miraculously, Elie survived the persecution and genocide of the Jews during the Holocaust, but sadly his conscious and faith did not. Elie had to witness and faced obstacles that were never meant or suitable for a boy his age and that drastically changed his mindset and outlook on life.
Night is a book where a baby was used as a shooting target. This was one of the first things that started to change Elie Wiesel. Eile Wiesel is the writer and the main character of the book Night. Eile was one of the lucky people who survived the traumatic hardships of the holocaust and who could educate the world about it. Overall, Eile is a dynamic character because his faith, feelings, and mindset changed throughout the book.
Elie states on page 109, “From the depths of the mirror, a corpse gazed back at me. The look in his eyes, as they stared into mine, has never left me.” Every person before they entered a concentration camp had a full life ahead of them. They were young with a bright future and many exciting
The book Night by Elie Wiesel teaches many different lessons about the human nature, human condition, and society. Elie is a boy who grew up in Sighet, Transylvania (present day Romania) during the time that the Nazis and Adolf Hitler came to power. After being placed in ghettos, the Jews of Sighet eventually got shipped off to the concentration camps, the first being Auschwitz/Birkenau. When the Jews first arrived at these camps, they made sure to keep their friends and family close, and they looked out for each other. After months passed by, many began to grow weak due to the lack of food and harsh conditions that they faced.
Elie witnesses the breaking apart of families, including his own, as well as the brutality of the guards, witnessing individuals being beaten and shot. The Nazi guards used this initial impression of the camps to establish their superiority on the prisoners by treating them as though they were nothing. This dehumanization, along with the traumatizing sights seen by Elie, leaves him with a permanent scar, stating that “since then, sleep tend[s] to elude [him]” (Wiesel 32). Apart from Elie, the other Jews were weeping and praying in order to cope with the horrendous events that they had seen. After witnessing the diabolical treatment of Jews in the concentration camps, the Jews’ perspective on the world has drastically altered and it only gets worse as their time in the camps
Due to the horrific circumstances, Elie changed both physically and emotionally. He started to not care about anyone or anything, he thought his father was a burden, an he became very skinny and he thought that his body was holding him back. At the beginning of the story, Night, Elie cared about his father and everyone he knew. He was always making sure that him and his father were doing the right thing.
Experiences that Change Us Elie Wiesel grew up in the Transylvanian town of Sighet. Everyday Elie would study Talmud, as Elie’s father, who was highly respected in the Jewish Community in Sighet, told him to, but Elie yearned to study Kabbalah. To Elie’s dismay, his father would not approve and said, “There are not Kabbalists in Sighet”. This led to Elie asking the town beggar, Moishe the Beadle, to teach him Kabbalah. Moishe represents an earnest commitment to Judaism, as Elie goes on to lose faith in God.
Timeline: What are the most important events that occur in the novel? 1. A short time after Elie met Moishe the Beadle and starts learning the Kabbalah from him, Moishe, and all the other foreign Jews, were expelled for their homes in Sighet. Several months later Moshe returns to the town to inform the people that the foreign Jews were not only deported but executed by the Gestapo (German soldiers).
We had forgotten everything-death, fatigue, and our natural needs. Stronger than the cold or hunger, stronger than the shots and the desire to die, condemned and wandering, mere numbers, we were the only men on earth.” (Wiesel, pg. 83) This quote explains the heinous conditions that Elie
Throughout the novel Night, Elie Wiesel reveals how in just a few moments his life dramatically changes in ways he never imagines. The title “Night” is a metaphor that refers to the evils and darkness of life, symbolizing death, the darkness of the soul, and loss of faith. Elie is innocent and devoted 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.
At the start, Elie was young, free, and innocent of anything. He did nothing wrong and just lived his life through Judaism. This changed quickly as he began spending his days in Auschwitz. Each day he grew more and more cold and empty. He lost family, religion, hope, or any self pride he had.
The book Night by Elie Wiesel teaches many different lessons about the human nature, human condition, and society. Elie is a boy that grew up in Sighet, Transylvania (present day Romania) during the time that the Nazi’s and Adolf Hitler came to power. After being placed in ghettos, the Jews of Sighet eventually got shipped off to the concentration camps, the first being Auschwitz/Birkenau. When the Jews first arrived at these camps, they made sure to keep their friends and family close, as well as they looked out for eachother. After months passed by, many began to grow weak due to the lack of food and the harsh conditions that they faced.
However, Elie tells the reader that “I soon forgot about him. I began to think of myself again. ”(86). This event shows how accustomed Elie has gotten with death after experiencing thousands of murders in the camp, as well as showing how the camps were forcing people to
Never shall [he] forget those things, even were [he] condemned to live as long as God Himself” (Wiesel 75). This quote leads me to believe that the suffering endured in the camps lead Elie to become lost with who he was. Elie and the other members of the Jewish community try to keep their faith as much as they can even though it is being tested. As shown in Night enduring suffering forces people to become much different versions of themselves.
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).