Title: Night
Author: Elie Wiesel
Pages:0-finished
Prompt: How do Elie's experiences during the holocaust change him as a person?
The book Night by: Elie Wiesel is about Elie's experience through the holocaust. He touches upon most of his experiences that truly left in impact on him. If you were to look at him from the beginning of the book, you would notice that he was very religious. Elie was a very religious as a child he would spend his time praying to God "one day as I prayed at dusk". This shows that he would pray everyday to prove himself to God. Another example is that Elie would try to find a person to teach him the Kabbalah which he should not learn till he is around 30 years old. His father would always tell him he was to young when he would ask for a master to teach him, until Elie found one on his own. This also tells us that he was very religious as a young boy. Later in the book you notice that he starts to loss his faith in God drastically when he says "Why do I pray?", "Why do I breath?", and "Why should I bless his name?" This not only tells us he is losing faith but it shows he wonders why should he even live. He thinks living while he is being tortured is a waste.
Elie Wiesel does a good job staying alive in the concentration camps, but he still changes drastically in appearance. In the beginning he is a young health boy, but after he is a skinny teenager. Elie is also very changed mentally from the loss of his father and from all the deaths he witnessed. One that scared him was of his father dyeing slowly with no help from the other Jews or guards. The last words his father told him were "Eliezer.." and Elie had not answered him or even helped him. After the day his father was taken to the crematory. The only words he could think of was "free at last!"
This brings another change into the book because more then half of the book there were mentions of sons leaving fathers to die.Each time Elie heard one of these stories he would only hope that he would never do that to his father. He mentioned several times about how his father is the only thing that keeps him going. There were little parts were he would regret it though, he would hope his father would die so he could be free. Then when that day came that his father died he wouldn't even pray for his father. He wouldn't even weep, but it was because he couldn't. There were no more tears for him to shed for his father and "it pained" him. This shows us that in the end he didn't feel much for his father just pain and relief at the same time. Overall Elie changed physically, mentally, and religiously.
Author: Elie Wiesel
Pages:0-finished
Prompt: How do Elie's experiences during the holocaust change him as a person?
The book Night by: Elie Wiesel is about Elie's experience through the holocaust. He touches upon most of his experiences that truly left in impact on him. If you were to look at him from the beginning of the book, you would notice that he was very religious. Elie was a very religious as a child he would spend his time praying to God "one day as I prayed at dusk". This shows that he would pray everyday to prove himself to God. Another example is that Elie would try to find a person to teach him the Kabbalah which he should not learn till he is around 30 years old. His father would always tell him he was to young when he would ask for a master to teach him, until Elie found one on his own. This also tells us that he was very religious as a young boy. Later in the book you notice that he starts to loss his faith in God drastically when he says "Why do I pray?", "Why do I breath?", and "Why should I bless his name?" This not only tells us he is losing faith but it shows he wonders why should he even live. He thinks living while he is being tortured is a waste.Elie Wiesel does a good job staying alive in the concentration camps, but he still changes drastically in appearance. In the beginning he is a young health boy, but after he is a skinny teenager. Elie is also very changed mentally from the loss of his father and from all the deaths he witnessed. One that scared him was of his father dyeing slowly with no help from the other Jews or guards. The last words his father told him were "Eliezer.." and Elie had not answered him or even helped him. After the day his father was taken to the crematory. The only words he could think of was "free at last!"
This brings another change into the book because more then half of the book there were mentions of sons leaving fathers to die.Each time Elie heard one of these stories he would only hope that he would never do that to his father. He mentioned several times about how his father is the only thing that keeps him going. There were little parts were he would regret it though, he would hope his father would die so he could be free. Then when that day came that his father died he wouldn't even pray for his father. He wouldn't even weep, but it was because he couldn't. There were no more tears for him to shed for his father and "it pained" him. This shows us that in the end he didn't feel much for his father just pain and relief at the same time. Overall Elie changed physically, mentally, and religiously.
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