“I figure, sometimes, bad things happen to us so we can achieve a higher purpose and attain greater happiness and fulfillment in life” - Omoakhuana Anthonia. Sometimes, bad things have to happen to people for them to realize their true potential and purpose in life. This proves true for the survivors of the holocaust, they now have the power to stop things like this from happening ever again. For Elie Wiesel, this is especially true, after he survived he went on to write the book “Night”, this book has really helped people to understand what truly happened and to gain respect for the survivors; he also went on to win a number of awards, including the nobel peace prize. In the book “Night” by Elie Wiesel, our main character, Elie, …show more content…
Elie trusts that there is someone watching over him and keeping him safe. All things considered, before Elie was revealed the horrors of the holocaust, he had a large sum of positive character traits. Furthermore, while still in Auschwitz and after he was liberated, Elie started to reveal the side of him that acclaimed many negative character traits. First of all, toward the end of the book, Elie was nonchalant and numb toward all the terrible things that happened at Auschwitz, “Very close to us stood the tall chimney of the crematorium’s furnace. It no longer impressed us. It barely drew our attention” (Wiesel 104). After moving to a new camp, Elie was unphased by seeing the new crematoriums. Now that Elie and his father were transported to the new camp, they are unfazed by everything that they see. The things they witness would shock most people, but Elie and his father are used to it. This proves that Elie changed after experiencing Auschwitz, he went from being shocked every time he saw something new at the camp, to barely even noticing those things. In addition, Elie also becomes very disinterested and apathetic after he arrived to Auschwitz, “Suddenly the evidence overwhelmed me: there was no longer any reason to live, any reason to fight” (Wiesel 99). Based on the evidence he had, Elie believed his father was dead. Throughout the whole book, Elie has been staying with his father and keeping them
The concentration camp made Elie have to readjust to all of the transformations for his own survival. His first priority was for him to make it through the selection. He wanted his father to be with him, but at the same time he didn’t because he didn’t want to see his dad suffer or his dad to see him suffer. When His dad died and he said Elie’s name as his last word, Elie did not go to find him. He knew there was nothing he could do so he payed no attention to him. He thought it was a refreshment that he did not have to endure the pain of witnessing his father
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
First and foremost, family is important when things get rough. In the beginning of the book the Nazis were rounding up Jews in the Ghettos. The families in the Ghettos did their best to stick together but some families were broken apart. When Elie and his father get to the concentration camp they do their best to stay together. Elie says he’s 18 and his dad says that he is 40. It keeps them alive and together. Elie does everything he can to keep his dad going. He makes sure he keeps walking and that he stays awake. He takes beatings for his dad, and he even tried to keep him alive when
Another factor is that Elie will now carry such awful memories with him for the rest of his life. He is now forced to live with such awful memories in his head. He cannot ever forget or change what he saw. For the rest of his life, he will live with memories of people being burned, thrown in gas chambers, shot, brutally tortured, shot, stabbed, and beaten. Carrying these memories for the remainder of Elie’s life must have been
“An estimated 1/3 of all Jewish people alive at that time were murdered in the Holocaust” (Lehnardt 11). Many people died and struggled to live in a terrible way during the Holocaust and Elie Wiesel was one of them. Elie, the author of the book Night, wrote about his and his family’s life during the Holocaust and the struggles of everyone's lives. Throughout the book, Elie Wiesel states the idea many times that dehumanization is an awful thing and can take over any person, but pushing through it shows strength.
The advance of Hitler and his soldiers were daunting. Although, the German citizens had nothing to fear and went on with their daily routines and lived life as nothing had happened. Fortunately, the Germans were not disrupted nearly as much as the unfortunate Jewish population facing mass genocides. Wrenched out of their homes, forced into the ghettos, and losing all of their civil rights, the Jews were punished and they were no longer being treated like citizens or people by the Nazis. As the Jews were decried, the majority of German citizens did not lend a helping hand. The German townspeople in the novel Night, by Elie Wiesel, remained satisfied, despite the detention of the Jews because they neglected the appalling actions against the Jews,
When Elie first arrives at Auschwitz, his main concern is staying with his father and making sure his father stays safe. The longer they are held prisoners, the more resentful Elie is becoming to his father. He feels like his father is getting weaker, therefore bringing the chances for them to be called out even greater. When his father lays dying, Elie is struggling with the fact that he feels almost relief. He thinks that he will
The Holocaust was a time of endless suffering, death, and despair. Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and Holocaust survivor, Elie Wiesel, recalls his own journey during the most dreadful and devastating time of the century. Through this massive tragedy, Elie learns that humanity isn’t as beautiful as it seems. In his tragic memoir, Night, author Elie Wiesel demonstrates that no matter how hard we work for something it sometimes doesn’t pay off.
Eliezer and his father were on the same team when they were in the concentration camp, constantly looking out for each other. Eliezer cared deeply for his father and strived to sustain his life. However, after a certain point during his stay in the camp, he began to feel burdened by his father. Eliezer fed him and nurtured him, yet he realized he had been doing so because it was his duty as a son; he had not been doing it all out of love for his father. In one instance, Eliezer’s father was suffering from dysentery and hungry, deprived of food because he “would die soon, and that it would be a waste of food” (107), according to camp officials. So, Eliezer gave his soup to his father. But his thoughts were not as benign: “I gave him what was
The Holocaust was the tragic killing of six million Jews and five million Gentiles. The memoir Night is written by Elie Wiesel, a celebrated survivor of the horrifying affair. The Holocaust scarred many lives, leaving the survivors cracked versions of who they used to be. Elie’s sense of identity and his faith in God changed throughout the events of his experiences. Elie Wiesel’s experiences in Auschwitz transformed his relationship with God.
Is changing your personality a good or bad thing? Many people gained new traits and evolved due to concentration camps. They did this to survive. One of the people that had to change their personality to survive was Elie Wiesel. In “Night” by Elie wiesel, the main character, Elie, changed as a person due to his experiences at Auschwitz.
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
Traumatic and scarring events occur on a daily basis; from house fires to war, these memories are almost impossible to forget. The Holocaust is only one of the millions of traumas that have occurred, yet it is known worldwide for sourcing millions of deaths. Elie Wiesel was among the many victims of the Holocaust, and one of the few survivors. In the memoir, “Night”, by Elie Wiesel, Elie, the main character, is forever changed because of his traumatic experiences in the Auschwitz concentration camps.
While Elie was in the concentration camp he changed the way he acted. This new behavior led him to develop new character traits. While Ellie was in the concentration camp he became angry at many things. For example “I would have dug my nails into the criminals flesh” (Wisel 39). Elie shows extreme anger when the Nazi officials are beating Elie’s father. Elie was angry because the Nazi soldiers were not treating them nicely and keeping them in poor conditions. Elie was usually not a person to display anger, but he shows this when his family members are being hurt. Elie wants to stand up for what is right and for his family members. Despite his studying, Elie wavered in his belief in Kabbalah while he was at the camp. Elie was a religious boy before he went to Auschwitz, but while in the camp, he became angry at God. In the book Elie says, “‘Where are You, my God?’” (66). Elie is wondering why God is not helping the Jews. Elie had complete faith in his religion until he experienced and witnessed such horrible suffering. He had been taught that God will punish evil and save the righteous. However, when Elie saw that God was not helping the Jews situation,
In the book, our narrator, Elie, is constantly going through changes, and almost all of them are due to his time spent in Auschwitz. Prior to the horrors of Auschwitz, Elie was a very different boy, he had a more optimistic outlook on life. During the first few pages of the book, Elie tells us a bit about how he viewed the world before deportation, “ I was almost thirteen and deeply observant. By day I studied Talmud and by night I would run to the synagogue to weep over the destruction of the temple.” ( 3). Elie was, as he says himself, deeply observant and devoted most of his time to his faith. He spent almost all of his time studying and worshiping. At this point, Elie’s faith is the center of his life. Elie is also shown to do a few other things and has a few more early character traits aside from being dedicated to what he believes in. Elie also sees the best of people, a few pages later he says, “The news is terrible,’ he said at last. And then one word: ‘transports’ The ghetto was to be liquidated entirely… ‘Where will they take us?” (Wiesel 14). This is one of the only time we hear about Elie being worried or scared because of the Germans before Auschwitz, and still, despite the warnings that were given and the rumors circulating, Elie doesn’t think that the Germans are actually going to do all of those terrible things. Around this time in the book, Wiesel starts to become more emotionally weighted, but none of what has happened takes full effect until much later. There are multiple instances in the book where Elie is given reason to distrust or even hate the Germans, he talks about how the Gestapo treated him and his family on page 19 “‘Faster! Faster! Move, you lazy good-for-nothings!’ the Hungarian police were screaming.”. Yet he then goes on to say, on that very same page, that “Still our first