Analysis Of The Book Night By Elie Wiesel

It’s in these moments that Eliezer has lost all faith he had in humanity and religion, which he

Elie was deeply devoted to his faith at the beginning but as the story progresses he loses that devotion and barely believes that there is a God that exists. The first signs of him losing his faith was when he arrived at the first camp and saw the horrible things people were doing to the Jews. Other people around him had already lost faith in God and Elie was beginning to doubt God due to Him allowing people to do this to others. “His

Another important event that Eliezer went through was the death of his father. “I climbed into my bunk, above my father, who was still alive…” (Even if he was, he would be dead soon) “His last word had been my name. He had called out to me and I had not answered.” (Weisel 112) He pretty much watched his father die, and later, he thought: “Free at last!” (Weisel 112) He felt free from responsibility, rather than mournful of his father’s death. This is when it is revealed that he will lose his father without grieving, if it means he didn’t have to drag him around and have the responsibility. This is not as much a change as it is a realization of change. He also sees change in others at the camp, which has a pretty big impact on him.

The first event that occurred causing Elie to become more skeptical, was when the Germans established the ghettos in Sighet. They were able to live in their own house with the exception of their other relatives, which was in the first ghetto; but then the Jews got forced to move and live in another ghetto. Consequently, he lost all of their possessions and a bit of their freedom. Elie started to slowly lose his faith slowly, life for him was still good regardless of the germans using the Jews as slaves for the things they needed to get done. “Little by little life returned to normal”. This quote explains there were times where Elie got false hope about living situations and life would get better, that this currently was just a nightmare and only a nightmare;

Eliezer's faith fades away by seeing horrible conditions of his surroundings. Many Jews were forced out of their homes without their belongings, and without knowing where they were being transferred to. This can be seen when Eliezer says, “The next morning, we marched to

Eliezer spent all him time with his religion and strengthen it, everyday he seeks knowledge of what he wanted the most to understand his religion and God. He wanted and deepest connection he could get by “ We would read , over and over again, the same page,” the reason he would do this is to understand and “discover the very essence of divinity”. HIs religion , his relationship with God taught him the way to live life ; by that it helped to escape from reality and just focus on one thing.

As a 12-year-old boy living with his family in the town of Sighet, Eliezer was a devout and studious Orthodox Jew studying both the Talmud and the Kabbalah and faithfully following Jewish law. When asked why did he pray, he thought it was such a strange question, his faith is shown when he thinks to himself, “Why did I pray? Why did I live? Why did I breathe?” (Wiesel 4). He believes that God is everywhere and since God is everywhere and we are all a reflection of God that good must be everywhere and within everyone. Unfortunately, once the Germans move into his town

In his fleeting thoughts of abandoning his father to deal with the beating alone, Eliezer is beginning to betray the bonds of family; he is losing the original compassion and willingness to sacrifice his own well-being to help others that he entered the camp with. Although a suggestion of worry and compassion remains in Eliezer's tone, these senses are inadequate for Eliezer to forgo his own safety and well-being. In this, Eliezer has become selfish. He has begun to lose his altruism. However, even in the face of the ever-present self-interest seen in other prisoners of the camp, Eliezer fails to lose this important side of himself completely.

Elie Wiesel’s book “ Night “ takes place during the crucial events of the Holocaust. Elie and his family are taken to a ghetto and later on taken to a concentration camp called Auschwitz. They were taken there for one reason and one reason only, they were jews. Elie witnessed murder and soulless acts at his stay in Auschwitz, death was in the air. Elie and his father only had each other. One theme that is seen throughout the novel is that times like this can bring two people together to build a better relationship.

The memoir Night by Elie Wiesel, tells the story of a young boy surviving through the Holocaust. The story conveys the effects of this barbaric event on the boy emotionally, physically, and mentally. This crude, genocidal imperial impacted millions of people. This story focuses mainly on Elie Wiesel's perspective on the Holocaust; considering his many years of labor, servitude, and transportation through multiple concentration camps. At such a young age, he was put through torturous anguish. Throughout this story, he explains the effect of the Holocaust on him as a boy along with how he handled it.

He ends up surviving after all the sadness and torture. Everything that happened during the Holocaust changed Eliezer greatly. Eliezer’s faith weakens, he becomes desensitized to violence, and his self-preservation is affected. In addition, after weeks of

Not to remain alone.” This was when he was first separated from his mother and sister and he feared future separation from his father. This quotation demonstrates how important Eliezer’s father was to him. Eliezer knew that if he were to survive the

Wiesel uses the strong connection of Eliezer and his father to portray the importance of family. He illustrates Eliezer as a caring son who displays responsibility over his father. As parents age and begin to have disabilities, it is a child's duty to look after them. In this case, Eliezer's father is old, but his disabilities come from the terrible conditions of the concentration camps. Nevertheless, Eliezer shows solicitude towards him.

Eliezer’s nightmare first began when he and his family were sent to ghettos before being sent to the concentration camps. Overtime, Eliezer became less caring of his father and more caring of himself. Everything he had ever known in the past, meaning his faith

A prime example of Eliezer’s commitment to himself is exhibited during the celebration of Yom Kippur, a day that is traditionally respected by fasting. “Should we fast? The question was hotly debated. To fast would mean a surer, swifter death.” (76) Ultimately, Eliezer makes the decision not to fast, in response to both his anger at God, and the pleads of his father, but I also believe that the fundamental reason Eliezer decides not to fast can be represented by the fact that he, too, realizes his health should be his primary care.