How Does Elie Wiesel Change In The Book Night

The memoir, Night, exhibits a story that represents the adversity of millions of Jews during the Holocaust, while following the narrative of a young boy who works through the harsh marginalization of the people of his religion. Elie Wiesel writes from a passionate and raw place, resulting in the harsh, but true reality of his experiences as a child. Eliezer, in the book, describes his exposure to Nazi leadership during the Holocaust from before the ghetto system was installed, to the liberation of concentration camps. In the memoir Night, Elie Wiesel utilizes misfortune and tribulations in various people’s lives to illustrate the changes in faith that a person endures throughout life, in order to demonstrate how self-motivation can carry a

In the beginning of this novel, Elie visits his Synagogue more than twice a day. Which is quite a contrast to the end when he loses all faith he has. “Yet the comparison with that biblical figure undermines the tendency to conclude that Eliezer lost his faith(Plank).” This quote, although seemingly contradictory, it proves that Elie sees what is going on around him, all of the death, cruelty, and prejudice, and comes to terms that, if there were a god, he wouldn’t allow man to tear each other apart like they are. “Never shall I forget those flames which consumed my faith forever. Never shall I forget that nocturnal silence which deprived me, for all eternity, of the desire to live. Never shall I forget those moments which murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to dust(Wiesel 28).” Elie sees flames coming from the graves of young children and infants. Seeing the young shoveling their soon to be eternity home then throw themselves into it is something he can not fully fathom. “In the depths of my heart, I felt a great void(110).” As he continues live through the Holocaust, he witnesses his father die right in front of him. This is something he lives with engraved onto the back of his eye

Night Night is a memoir written by Eliezer Wiesel, a teenager and a Jew. Eliezer is narrating his time and the events that took place in the concentration camp. Wiesel’s had a great relationship with God, but throughout the experiences his understanding and relationship of God changed drastically.

Once introduced to the camps, he begins to understand the horror of the camp. He witnesses a death of young ones who didn't get to live. Elie begins to question God why are you staying silent. He wonders why do I praise him if he does nothing. "For the first time, I felt anger rising within me, why should I sanctify his name? The almighty, the eternal and terrible master, chose to be silent" (33). Once the Jewish boy entered the concentration camps he had a big change of heart he discovered that God was horrible and did not care for us. This is the moment that he begins to question God due to seeing the atrocity in the camps. He begins to question the faith because of how God was

Elie loses complete faith in god in many points where god let him down. He struggles physically and mentally for life and no longer believes there is a god. Elie worked hard to save himself and asks god many times to help him and take him out of the misery he was facing. "Why should I sanctify his name? The Almighty, the eternal, and terrible Master of the Universe, chose to be silent..."(page 33). Elie was confused, because he doesn’t know why the Germans would kill his race amongst many others, and he does not know why god could let such thing happen to innocent people. "I did not deny god's existence, but I doubted his absolute justice..."(page 42). These conditions gave him confidence, and a courage to

Experiencing trauma causes a person to change their view in God. Elie Wiesel, a survivor of the Holocaust, went through substantial confusion as to how God could abandon his people. His experiences in the concentration camp challenged his view in a good and just God. The journey, in his walk of faith, questioned a loving God.

”Why did I pray? Strange question. Why did I live? Why did I breathe?” page 4. This quote describes how at the beginning of the book, Elie felt as if praying was as natural as living and breathing. It shows how his faith was so strong, that he didn't even need to think to practice it. He believed in his religion so much that it melted into his day to day life. After Moishe the beadle asked him why he prayed, he and Moishe studied the Kabbalah and other Jewish texts. This strengthened his beliefs. Elie’s faith was very strong at the beginning of Night, and his description of how he believed profoundly was very accurate at this point in the book.

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 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?"

This shows Elie’s change in his thoughts on God and having faith. At the beginning of the story, Elie strives to be a spiritual kid and is fascinated by learning about God. He goes behind his father's back to learn about God with Moishe the Beadle, and has intense prayers everyday which he cries during. However, he becomes bitter towards God, angry about all the pain he has inflicted on the Jewish race. This change in perspective was brought on by the torture, abuse, and inhumane treatment by the Nazis. It causes Elie to question how God, who is supposed to be helpful and good, could ever allow such horror. This connects to loss, and how the traumatic

He cried while praying everyday. When asked why he prayed, he thought, “Why did I pray? Strange question. Why did I live? Why did I breathe?” (Wiesel 5). The idea of not praying seemed unordinary and bizarre to Wiesel, who prayed everyday. He connected praying to living and breathing, which are actions that are done in order to survive. Praying to God seemed to be a daily task to Elie. It wasn’t something he had to do in order to follow his faith, but something he had to do in order to be himself. Elie’s devotion to god was unquestionable. When he and the other Jews reached the ghetto, he asked God, who had “infinite compassion,” to have mercy on them. After having experiencing their first torment by their oppressors, Elie grew angry towards the Germans, but not towards God. Instead of standing up to the officials, the people relied on their faith in God to save them from evil. Elie and the Jews’ faiths were so strong, that they let god choose their own fates and battles, rather than making their own choices. He was faithful to God, which resulted in him being hopeful and determined, yet ignorant to the real

He was a studious boy of strong faith who began to lose his religion when he was deported from his home. He looked back at his house and remembered how long he sought God there, but as he looked back, he felt nothing. “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?” (Wiesel 33). Like Moishe, one of the things that was a large part of Elie’s humanity was religion. When he and his father marched towards the crematorium, towards certain death, Elie’s father began to recite a Jewish prayer for the dead. Upon hearing this, Elie became angry and questioned God. Elie had relied on God all of his life, but when terrible things began to happen to him and his loved ones and He was silent, his faith was lost. Elie’s dehumanization began earlier as he was deported from his home and crammed with other Jews in a cattle car, but it really took place as he was tortured in

After arriving in Auschwitz and seeing the horrors that is beyond Elie's control, he starts to question his faith. His faith tells him to have hope and believe in their God the almighty but that seems impossible. How can Elie believe in God if he was the one to let all of this demonic accusations happen to his followers and children. Faith is a complicated thing. How can we believe in something or someone that we can't see? That is a good question, however there is no definite answer. There are so many questions which need answers. So we put our faith in a higher power. People need this higher power so there is something to lean back on. People need to believe and have hope so that there might be a change in the future. Without this hope and

Elie Wiesel is a young, teenage, Jewish boy involuntarily placed in Nazi concentration camps. The concentration camps tested Elie’s sincerity of his faith. All of the inhumane events, destruction, and absent childhood, forced a method of non-belief on Elie and his fellow beings. In Elie Wiesel's Night, faith is seen as a controversial topic, and challenged throughout the beginning, middle, and end of the story.

Even before and during the Holocaust Elie thought of God as the protector and punisher of the people. In the beginning he really never questioned God about anything. He could accept God’s answers just the way they were said and given. The book states that,“Nothing will happen to us, for God needs us.”(Legends pg.124). “ And we, the Jews of Sighet, were waiting for better days, which would not be long in coming.” (Night). When dealing or going through tough times and struggles Elie and the Jews of Sighet relied and always called on God for help. God was their protector; they expected him to be there during the good and the bad that they went through. Even when things got bad they knew who to call on. So when the Holocaust first started Elie and the Jews really wasn’t worried about it and they did not pay much attention because they felt in their heart that God was going to come fast and change everything back to good. That is how strong their faith was. Faith was the very substance of life to the