Elie's experiences during the Holocaust changed him as a person in some ways. It changed his personality. The way it changed his personality was that Wiesel stopped caring for others. In the beginning Elie and his sister help out the Jewish police bring water to the little kids. According to Wiesel “Water! Mummy! Water” The Jewish police from the ghetto were able to go and fill a few jugs secretly. Since my sister and I were destined for the last convoy and we were still allowed to move about, we helped them as well as we could” (Page 14). Showing how in the beginning Elie helps others because of his kindness and trust. But then later on in the book Elie doesn't even offer to help the other Jews that were with him. Such as when an old man was killed by his own son for a piece of bread. Elie watched but he didn't do anything to help the old man. According to the book Night by Elie Wiesel it says "Meir. Meir, my boy! Don't you recognize me? I'm your father . . . you're hurting me . . . you're killing your father! I've got some bread . . . For you too . . . For you too . . . He collapsed" (Page 96). This shows how Wiesel's personality has changed because he did nothing to help the poor man. He just watched without feeling sorry for him. Without caring that the man would die. He stopped caring and trusting others and became silent and shut down.
It also changed the way Elie is with his father throughout the book. In the beginning Elie was with his dad and wanted to be with him. He didn't want to lose him. According to Wiesel “My hand shifted on my father’s arm. I had one thought - not to lose him. Not to be left alone” (27). Showing how Elie didn't want to lose his father and be alone. Wiesel still cared for his father when they had been taken to the concentration camp. Later on in the book Elie doesn't care about his father. He does want his father to be alive anymore. He wanted him dead so that he wouldn't have to struggle to care for him.According to Wiesel “I went to look for him. But at the same moment this thought came into my mind: “Don’t let me find him! If only I could get rid of this dead weight, so that I could use all my strength to struggle for my own survival, and worry about myself” (101). As you can see Elie changed the way he was with his father. He went from caring and loving his father to wishing death upon him.
Eliezer’s beliefs changed as well. Before he got out into the concentration camps he believed in God. But then once he is in the concentration camps he stops believing in him. According to Wiesel “One day I asked my father to find me a master who could guide me in my studies of Kabbalah” (Page 3 online book). This shows how in the beginning Elie believed in God and loved him. That he was interested in learning more about God and the Kabbalah. He even asked his father to find a master who would guide him with his studies. But then later on in the book when Elie is at the concentration camps he stops believing in God. According to Wiesel“Why should I bless his name? The Eternal Lord of the universe, the All-Powerful and Terrible, was silent. What had I to thank Him for?” (Page 31). This shows how Elie slowly stops believing in God because God didn't help him and let the Nazis hurt him and the others.
Making Elie struggle to maintain his faith and continue living. As Elie is entering the camp and sees the furnace. He loses faith. According to Wiesel “Never shall I forget those flames which consumed my faith forever. Never shall I forget those moments which murdered my God and my soul …” (Page 32). Elie admits it himself. He says that he will never forget to see how his faith was consumed by the flames and the moments that murdered his god. He lost faith and stopped believed in god. When they are running in the cold snow to get away from the Russians he wants to die. According to Wiesel “The idea of dying, of ceasing to be, began to fascinate me. To no longer exist. To no longer feel the excruciating pain of my foot. To no longer feel anything, neither fatigue nor cold, nothing. To break rank, to let myself slide to the side of the road… My father's presence was the only thing that stopped me” (Page 87 online book). Elie wishes to die. It was a struggle for Elie to mantis his faith because if it wouldn't of been for his father and the idea of soon being free, then Eliezer would of given up and died. These are some of the ways Elie’s experiences during the Holocaust changed him as a person.
It also changed the way Elie is with his father throughout the book. In the beginning Elie was with his dad and wanted to be with him. He didn't want to lose him. According to Wiesel “My hand shifted on my father’s arm. I had one thought - not to lose him. Not to be left alone” (27). Showing how Elie didn't want to lose his father and be alone. Wiesel still cared for his father when they had been taken to the concentration camp. Later on in the book Elie doesn't care about his father. He does want his father to be alive anymore. He wanted him dead so that he wouldn't have to struggle to care for him.According to Wiesel “I went to look for him. But at the same moment this thought came into my mind: “Don’t let me find him! If only I could get rid of this dead weight, so that I could use all my strength to struggle for my own survival, and worry about myself” (101). As you can see Elie changed the way he was with his father. He went from caring and loving his father to wishing death upon him.
Eliezer’s beliefs changed as well. Before he got out into the concentration camps he believed in God. But then once he is in the concentration camps he stops believing in him. According to Wiesel “One day I asked my father to find me a master who could guide me in my studies of Kabbalah” (Page 3 online book). This shows how in the beginning Elie believed in God and loved him. That he was interested in learning more about God and the Kabbalah. He even asked his father to find a master who would guide him with his studies. But then later on in the book when Elie is at the concentration camps he stops believing in God. According to Wiesel“Why should I bless his name? The Eternal Lord of the universe, the All-Powerful and Terrible, was silent. What had I to thank Him for?” (Page 31). This shows how Elie slowly stops believing in God because God didn't help him and let the Nazis hurt him and the others.
Making Elie struggle to maintain his faith and continue living. As Elie is entering the camp and sees the furnace. He loses faith. According to Wiesel “Never shall I forget those flames which consumed my faith forever. Never shall I forget those moments which murdered my God and my soul …” (Page 32). Elie admits it himself. He says that he will never forget to see how his faith was consumed by the flames and the moments that murdered his god. He lost faith and stopped believed in god. When they are running in the cold snow to get away from the Russians he wants to die. According to Wiesel “The idea of dying, of ceasing to be, began to fascinate me. To no longer exist. To no longer feel the excruciating pain of my foot. To no longer feel anything, neither fatigue nor cold, nothing. To break rank, to let myself slide to the side of the road… My father's presence was the only thing that stopped me” (Page 87 online book). Elie wishes to die. It was a struggle for Elie to mantis his faith because if it wouldn't of been for his father and the idea of soon being free, then Eliezer would of given up and died. These are some of the ways Elie’s experiences during the Holocaust changed him as a person.
Wiesel, Elie. Night. New York, NY: Bantam , 1982 . Print.
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