Elie Reflection

To begin with, Elie Wiesel did not have a normal childhood because of the holocaust. When Elie Wiesel was only 15 years old, he and his family were captured by Nazi soldiers and sent to the infamous concentration camps. After being separated from his mother and sisters, Elie was stationed with his father at Auschwitz where they were forced into slave labor and made to work in horrible conditions (“Elie

In the first chapter Elie’s faith is strong. He believes that God is there too protect him. He got asked a question by Moishe the Beadle “why do you pray”. Elie answered “why do I pray? Why did I live? Why did I Breathe.” The quote is on chapter 1, page 4, quote 4. He is comparing life to prayer. He thinks his prayer is as important than life. He likes god that much to think that. He has the most faith in the beginning. But it starts to change.

Elie experienced many changes, as a person while he was in Auschwitz. Before Elie was sent to Auschwitz, he was just a small naive child that new very little

Originally, Eliezer was a young teenager who was devoted to his religion and was pious. According to the text, Elie explains, “Why did I pray? Strange question. Why did I live? Why did I breathe?” (4). Religion was Elie’s way of life and brought him a sense of completeness. Praying and understanding his religion was like breathing, he couldn’t live without it. He dedicated himself to his faith and wanted to follow the same acts as his father who was a known man in their town of Sighet and put other people and his religion before himself. At a young age, Elie wanted to study Kabbalah, which is the deepest insights into God and the purpose of creation. He found his master in a man named Moishe the Beadle. Moishe the Beadle was a master in everything he has done and was an influential person in Elie’s life. For instance, “Man comes closer to God through the questions he asks Him...Man asks and God replies...The real answers, Eliezer, you will find only within yourself,”(5). Moshe proved that God is always there to guide you no matter what happens, but sometimes you also have to rely on yourself. Elie was astounded with the way Moishe viewed God and the lessons he was taught. It became a routine for Elie to converse with him. But after Moishe was transported from Sighet for being a foreign Jew, Elie started to have a change of thought. Weisel points out, “One day… I saw Moishe the Beadle… told me what had happened to him and his companions… were forced to dig huge trenches… they [the Gestapo] shot their prisoners… Infants were tossed… and used as targets for the machine guns,” (6). Moishe’s experiences sounded so horrifying that nobody believed him- he was called a fool and liar. Although

Elie has lots of character traits that helped him get through Auschwitz, such as resourceful, traitor, and determined. In Night, Elie states “I went back a week later. With the same excuse: I still was not feeling better” (52). Elie came up with excuses to get out of getting his gold crown out. He got resourceful and came up with the idea to keep making an excuse that he was not feeling well, until they got a new doctor and he got to keep his gold crown. He used what he already had to get more out of people later and use his tooth as an advantage. Not only was he resourceful but he was also a traitor. Elie just let his father die and his father was still breathing yet he didn’t move.“My father groaned once more, I heard: ‘Eliezer…’ I could see that he was still breathing- in gaps. I didn’t move” (Wisel 111). He just let his father died and didn’t even try to help him and he died and his last words were “Eliezer…”, but he is thinking for his own future and if he will live or not. He betrayed and was a traitor to his father and didn’t even say goodbye. He was also very determined on living as said by Elie in the expert from his book, “‘Listen to me, kid. Don’t forget you are in a

Elie, the narrator, is a deeply spiritual and passionate child growing up in Eastern Europe. He studies the Torah and the Cabala. He goes to the synagogue and weeps. He actually weeps when he prays, that is how deep and passionate is his faith in God.

Eliezer's life revolves around the Jewish faith, he studies the Talmud, and prays in synagogues. Elie wanted to study Kabbalah, but his father tried to steer him away from it. His father would often tell him “there are no Kabbalists in Sighet”(4). Elie found Moishe the Beadle, a master who

Elie lived to be the perfect Jew he could and dedicated all of his time to studying Jewish scripture for a chance to become closer with God. In chapter one, Moishe the Beadle asks Elie why he prays and Elie thinks in his head, "Why did I pray? Strange question. Why did I live? Why did I breathe?"

Everything went from good to bad when his family was transported to Auschwitz, where his mother and Tzipora were killed. Eliezer even thought of committing suicide here, but soon

In the beginning, Elie believes that God is everywhere, that nothing can exist without God. When Moshe the Beadle asked him why he prayed, he thinks to himself, “Why did I pray? … Why did I live? Why did I breathe?” (2), this thought reveals that Elie believes in God with

Upon his arrival Elie witnessed the horror of watching a truck full of children being thrown into the flames. This was such a traumatic vision that Elie found himself questioning God and becoming angry at his lack of presence. “For the first time, I felt anger rising within me. 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?” (33). Elie was so distraught by the situation that he began to question what he was once entirely devoted to. He questioned it so much that he began to distance himself from the base of his

Before Elie went to the concentration camp, Auschwitz, he had many character traits such as innocents , fearful, and unknowing. Elie wrote in the book ¨Night¨ on page (xix), ¨I shall never forget that night the first night at camp...¨ Elie was very afraid as soon as he got to the camp. He didn't know what was in store for him and didn't understand what was going on. His innocents showed threw making it easy to see he didn't know

Wiesel had a typical childhood until 1939, the year when Germany invaded Poland and Jews were forced under Nazi rule. Elie Wiesel was born on September thirtieth 1928, in Sighet, Romania. He wanted to grow in his relationship with God as a young man and even had a spiritual mentor. However, during this time Jews were being prosecuted. His family was forced into Jewish Ghettos under the Nazi regime. The ghettos were a part of a city, especially a slum area occupied by a minority group. The family was not able to escape in time and had to deal with the loss of their home and possessions. Elie and his father were prisoners at Auschwitz, the main concentration camp, here, Wiesel witnessed the death of newly born babies and the killing of hundreds

During the holocaust many things pile on top of each other and God worse and worse. As Elie witnessed this he began to wonder if God was real and wondered why God would do such a thing. He realized this as everyone told their opinions about the crematorium, "oh god, master of the universe, I'm your infinite compassion have mercy on us" (pg.20). Elie prays aloud to God for aloud and tells him why would God do such a thing to people who had no reason to be treated a certain way. Eventually Elie had ups and downs with his

Elie and his father were both Jewish poisoners at concentration camps where they faced unbearable situations. When life was normal Elie believed strongly in god but as the conditions became unbearable he questioned his faith and lost all his faith. ​ In the beginning of the novel, Elie believes strongly in God. While living in Sighet, Elie wanted a master to guide him through the studies of Kabbalah.