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How Does Elie Wiesel Change In Night

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The holocaust caused the death of millions of people. It has shaped our history and our world. Elie Wiesel’s Night tells the story of the Holocaust through his perspective. He goes through his life as a child trapped in the terrors of war and describes the life long changes of his physical, spiritual, and emotional state. During his journey he has lost his once strong belief in god and hope for his father. Tragedy can have both its vices and its virtues and they shape us. Elie Wiesel changed dramatically throughout his horrific experience. Elie has been through so much trauma and it has affected him in many ways both negative and positive. One way he has changed is by his faith. He believed that god turned his back on them in their time of need, “Why, but why would I bless Him? Every fiber in me rebelled. Because He caused thousands of children to burn in His mass graves” (Wiesel 67). He has learned to rely less on God and more on himself and his focus has gone to his survival instead of praying. In his moment of despair, he turned his back on god instead of strengthening his faith and that is shown in his “What does Your grandeur mean, Master of the Universe, in the face of all this cowardice, this decay, and this misery?” (Wiesel 66). He felt betrayed and hurt because he has been told about this …show more content…

The concentration camp forced him to learn to think about himself “I had watched it all happening without moving I kept silent… that was what life in a concentration camp has made of me” (Wiesel 54). He became self-centered and determined to survive. He survived because he had to for his father, but it was only after his father died that he truly lived. He only thought of food and surviving “I spent my day in total idleness… I no longer thought of my father, or my mother” (Wiesel 113). When people go through any trauma they change, life changes people for either the better or for the

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