I spent my days in total idleness. With only one desire, a desire. To eat. Elie Wiesel uses these words in his book, Night, to explain his horrendous experience in Auschwitz, a concentration camp in World War II, to show the vile things that happened while he was there. Elie gives us a first-person view of his experiences that affected him forever. As a result, Elie is a dynamic character because he begins to question his faith, his attitude for his father changes, and his innocence and view of the world around him changes. First, Elie begins to question his faith in God. During Rosh Hashanah, he feels like a complete stranger when everyone else is praying in silence together. When another holiday, Yom Kipper, happens, he decides not to fast in order to rebel against God. He wouldn't debate and not fast if he wasn't questioning his faith now would he? Speaking of questioning, he questions where God is while he sees a kid die slowly as the kid was being hanged. In addition, while the kids were being thrown into the crematorium, he asks the same question and wonders why God would allow this. …show more content…
He wanted to stay with his father at all times, and even traded bread to sleep next to him. Elie later in the book says that he doesn't even want to find his father when he goes out looking for him. After his father was hit by Idek, Elie gets mad that his father didn't try to avoid the hit. Furthermore, when his father gets taken and Elie thinks he's dead, he feels relieved to not have to care for him
Firstly, Elie questions his faith. Before, he was a dedicated Jew, but life in a concentration camp changed him. On Rosh Hashanah, Elie says he feels like a stranger as he watches the men gather and pray. Next, Elie decides not to fast
The book “Night” by Elie Wiesel, contains the story of Elie Wiesel himself. In this bo
The novel “Night” is based on the atrocities of German cruelty towards the Jewish race, through Elie Wiesel’s perspective. Living in Sighet, Transylvania, Elie and Moishe the Beadle studied the talmud and kabbalah together. They also prayed in the synagogue. Elie was very observant and intrigued by Jewish mysticism. After a while, Moishe and all the other foreign Jews were deported by the Hungarian police and hermetically crammed into cattle cars.
n Night, by Elie Wiesel, the protagonist, Elie, is an admirable person. The Nazis place Elie and his family in a inhumane concentration camp. Elie heavily struggles to survive in the camp, yet he never abandons his father. Cholomo, his father, deteriorates with time, however, Elie never leaves Cholomo because he is Elie’s only reason to live. The only thing that matters to Elie is protecting and keeping his father. After three days upon arriving at Gleiwitz, Elie and Cholomo go through a selection, a process in which the weak are sent to die and the strong to live. The doctor sends Cholomo to the left side with the weak prisoners, however, Elie follows his father and creates a disturbance. This confusion allows Elie and Chlomo to flit to right
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‘Night’ by Elie Wiesel Analysis There were six large extermination camps put into operation by Hitler in the 1930’s and 1940’s to try and annihilate the 11 million Jewish people. In the memoir by Elie Wiesel called ‘Night’, he recounts his experience of the concentration camps Auschwitz and Buchenwald, where his family and friends are taken from their homes. According to Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, the prisoners were deprived of basic necessities during this time. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs is a tier set of human needs. These needs are listed from the basic needs such as food and shelter, to relationships and accomplishments.
Look at that Moshe just ran through screaming like a maniac. He yelled telling us to do something before what has happened to him and the other foreign Jews.5. Listen to what he said and how he explained when he was taken out of the town and make to go on to a train with the other foreigner Jews. He also told us that they were all unloaded and the terrible part to dig their own graves. He also told us how they were all shot and the reason for him living was he was shot in the leg, elder Jew, we must listen or take into consideration for what he has said for our own safety and for all of our friends and families sake and hide. Elder Jew asks,” Why should we trust what Moshe the beadle has to say and believe him, what reason.”
He had “one thought- not to lose him. Not to be left alone” (Wiesel 27). This was proven through his actions and answers toward the guards. For instance, when Franek was talking to him, he replied by saying, “... I would have liked to be by my father” (Wiesel 48). This situation proves exactly how he wanted to stick by his father. He claimed that his father’s presence was the only reason that kept him going and stopped him from giving up. He said, “What would he do without me? I was his only support” (Wiesel 82). This shows how Elie and his father only had each other after being separated from his mother and siblings. This meant that they have to depend on and support each other. In addition, this made them realize how important they are to one
Elie Wiesel's had multiple purposes for writing ‘Night’ a memoir about how young elie managed to survive World War II at two concentration camps and witnesses the death of his family, innocence and his god. An Example Of one purpose in the story is even under the severe conditions of the camp people still managed to have kindness and compassion in their heart , like how a violinist named Juliek kept his violin and plays beautifully for everyone when they are exhausted and dying. In addition, another purpose is when Elie wrote about what the cruel Nazis did to them, he started to develop a theme of man's inhumanity towards man, a main example is the nazis themselves taking it upon themselves to kill all people who were different from then
In “Night” the setting creates an anticipating mood which often makes the reader want to keep reading and see how the story develops. When Wiesel describes the Germans appearance he does so as the Jews are gaining optimism and think that the Germans would not come to their town while the author is still hesitant to believe they won’t come to Sighet making the reader want to know if the people or the author is correct. Whenever Wiesel says “The trees were in bloom . It was a year like so many others, with its spring, its engagements, it’s weddings,and it’s births.”(8) Things like this would make the Jews happy and think that nothing could rain on their parade. He continues to say later “The news spread through Sighet like wildfire. Soon
Before, Elie concentrated on both his and his father’s well being. For example, when an assistant asked if he wanted a good unit, Elie said “I certainly do. But on one condition: I want to stay with my father” (56). This indicated that Elie wanted his father to also end up in a unit where he would not be horribly mistreated; thus, Elie had shown sincere concern for his father. However, as time passed, Elie started to view his father as a liability. To illustrate, during an air raid, Elie said “If only I could get rid of this dead weight, so that I could use...my strength...for my own survival...”(111). Despite his father being his kin, Elie referred to him as ‘dead weight.’ This is the first act where his selfishness is obvious since Eliezer starts to think of his survival over his father’s. Also, after Eliezer’s head advised him to not waste food and energy on his sick father; Eliezer said to himself, “He was right, I thought in the most secret region of my heart…”(115). Deep down, Eliezer knew how pointless it was to feed his father; thus, he prioritize his survival and started to consume his father’s rations of food as well. This is the climax where Eliezer acknowledged how self-centered he became. The fact that Eliezer quickly forgot about his father’s life showed that his caring personality turned
Throughout a lifetime, people undergo many different identities to discover their true self. Elie Wiesel, the author of the memoir Night, suffered a major event that changed his identity forever. In his experience at the concentration camps during the Holocaust, Elie had to fight to stay alive even during the most resilient moments. This event shaped his life and brought Elie to endure different perspectives in his time in the camps. Eliezer’s identity changed throughout the memoir from faithful, to fearful, to hopeless.
I would recommend this memoir to others for several reasons. I believe that many people don’t know as much about the holocaust as they should, even people whose ancestors had to experience it. Before we read the saw section from Night, I had never actually read a real story from the holocaust, i had only seen movies and read realistic fiction stories that depicted stories that were similar to real events in one way or another. The first person point of view and literary elements that Wiesel uses really helps the reader understand how terrifying being in a concentration camp was, especially during selection. Throughout the passage Wiesel uses several literary elements, such as verbal irony, repetition, and parallelism. On page 310 Wiesel uses
It is finally Halloween, and the pageant will be happening this evenin’. The night is still and pitch black, the perfect setting for what I have planned for tonight. I'll show that no good niggerlovin’ bastard what happens when you mess with a Ewell. I'll show him what happens when someone has the nerve to make me and my daughter look like damn fools. If he won't be man enough to fight me when I go lookin' for one, I'll have to do it the hard way. I'll catch him while he's walking his kids home, and make sure he'll never ruin my family's reputation again. I'll leave the kids to deliver my message to this county, letting ‘em all know that Ewells mean business and we don't back down from a fight. I grabbed my kitchen knife and made sure it was
Another time Elie questions God and his faith is around Rosh Hashana, the new year. All the Jews gathered together to say prayers to God. He questions God for allowing all these terrible things to happen to them when they live their lives for Him.