Throughout the book Night, Elie has different thoughts and beliefs on his religion and God. With his beliefs the author gives a tone from the way he thinks and believes his religion. The author communicates many different tones throughout chapter 5. One tone from the beginning of the chapter was anger. On page 66 the author says, “What are You, my God? I thought angrily.” He then asks, “Why do you go on troubling these poor people’s wounded minds, their ailing bodies?” This shows that the author is communicating an angry mood because God isn't doing what he wants him to do and the author is angry about it. On page 67 the author says, “Why, but why would I bless him? Every fiber in me rebbled. Because He caused thousands of children to burn
In the novel Night, Elie undergoes changes within himself, and his thoughts, as his father finally succumbs to the maltreatment of the Nazis. During the later days of their interment, Elie assumes the role as caretaker for his father, as he suggests that “[he] was his [father’s] sole support” (87). Elie transforms from an innocent child in need of care to the care taker. Without Elie, his father would surely die, thus Elie chooses to continue his agonizing life. Elie and his father were kept alive by hope, hope that one day, one of them would be able to survive these horrid times.
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.
Before the soldiers come to attack at another concentration camp, Eliezer’s father dies. Even though Elie goes through multiple difficult and heartbreaking times, these tragedies have helped shape who he really is and how he has radically changed. In the beginning of the novel Night, Eliezer is trying his hardest to be concentrated on his religion and relationship with God. He had an extremely deep connection with God, and he
Anna Hoppe Night Essay- Question 4 3-20-15 In the book Night, Elie Wiesel describes his life and his experiences during the duration of the Nazi rule. Throughout the book, Elie Weisel experiences many horrors which leave him in this state of disgrace. Many experiences such as being uprooted from his home, witnessing countless people die, and seeing his dear father wither and deteriorate strip him of his humanity and faith in God, leaving him a shell of his former self.
In the text Night by Elie Wiesel, Eliezer suffered a full dreadful year in a concentration camp. This allows for lots of changes to him, and his thoughts. Throughout this novel Elie experienced a lot of significant alterations. A couple of main changes include his loss of religion, his reactions to traumatic situations, and his feelings towards his father. Although there are many shifts in Wiesel throughout his time in the concentration camp system, there are three notable quotes where change is present.
Eliezer Changes for the Worse Nelson Mandela once said, “It always seems impossible until it’s done.” This quote applies to Eliezer because everything that he experienced during the Holocaust seemed impossible. Elie Wiesel’s Night tells the story of a young boy named Eliezer who arrives at Auschwitz and goes through many tough challenges. Eliezer changed for the worse because he lost his faith, saw many horrifying things at a young age, and lost his whole family. Early on in Night, Eliezer lost his mother and his sister, Tzipora.
There were over 23 concentration camps that killed Jews over the course of the Holocaust, Over 6 million Jews died. In the book “Night” by Elie Wiesel he shares his traumatic experience during the holocaust and how he and his dad navigated concentration camps. In comparison Anne Frank's “The diary of a young girl” talks about how she and her family had a safe place to hide while others were dying. In both books we can see that the main character's environment shapes their behaviors and beliefs, Even though both characters went through the holocaust differently they were still both highly affected.
A dark traumatic event can cause permanent changes in a person. The is quite evident in the Holocaust during WW II. Eliezer Wiesel was a jew in the Holocaust and wrote a book titled Night about his experiences. Wiesel’s torturous experience changed his outlook on his attitude towards others. When Eliezer's book begins he is a very compassionate person.
In the book Night, the first night in camp is the worst experience that happened to Elie. For example, the author knew that the camp is where his nightmare began, “Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, which has turned my life into one long night...” (page 34) This illustrates that Wiesel’s life completely changed since he separated from his mother and sister, the camp is where Nazis wanted all faiths and hopes of prisoners are gone to be able to survive in the camp you have to believe, pray and help others. Furthermore, when the narrator said one long night it’s shows that he never see the sun again, which mean Elie thought he couldn’t survive through this camp, it brought all his dreams and his family away.
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.
Imagine you were living at the time of the holocaust and you were selected to be killed whether by your age, gender, or beliefs. Well, this actually happened to a survivor who gone through a difficult life. In the book Night by Elie Wiesel quoted, “A young Jewish boy discovered the kingdom of Night. I remember his bewilderment, I remember his anguish. It all happened so fast.
They were becoming more strict and demanding. They were also getting lower rations of bread and soup. We also saw people’s moods change in the beginning. They were optimistic and in the middle, they were giving up hope, and they knew that the Red Army would be invading some camps soon so they had a change of leaving. People also started doubting their religion asking if there was such a god why would he do such a thing.
The road to a relationship with God is not straight, it is ever changing with challenges and curves and ups and downs. This is a main theme in the memoir Night, by Elie Wiesel, where Elie has a struggling relationship with God. He thinks that God has abandoned him and his dad so he does not feel the need to continue his relationship with God. Elie was excited about his faith but the holocaust makes him feel angry and confused with God. Elie 's faith excites him from a young age and he wants to learn more about God.
The fortieth page of Night, written by Elie Wiesel, was laced with such a peculiar syntax and diction that it conveys a bizarre mood. In the quote, “My feet were running on their own. I tried to protect myself from the blows by hiding behind others,” Wiesel was stating the occurrences of his abuse; then he includes “It was spring. The sun was shining.” (40)
In a situation where your body is surviving on a thread, your stomach is inflated due to starvation and all the strength you had before is gone, you have to rely on mental and religious strength to carry you through your hardships. In Elie Wiesel’s “Night”, Elie talks about his personal experiences and hardships he faced during WWII and his life at Auschwitz as a young boy. Throughout the story Elie pushes through losing his mother and sister, lashings, seeing babies burned alive and the fear of death but also the hope for it in some situations. No amount of physical strength can help someone survive in the brutal place Auschwitz. Everywhere in the story Elie and other characters show that with mental and religious/spiritual strength, you can push through any hardship you have to face.