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Analytical Essay On Night By Elie Wiesel

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One phenomenon, one dictator, and one country would change the life of a fifteen year old Jew forever. Stripped of his home in Transylvania and forced on copious deportation trains traveling to multiple concentration camps, Elie Wiesel’s memoir Night explores the treacherous and horrific life of a Jew during the Holocaust. Through the traumatizing punishments and lifestyle of concentration camps, a faithful and loyal boy metamorphosed into a selfish and unfaithful man. Early on in his childhood, Elie was immensely devoted to his faith, so far as “...finding a master... in the person of Moishe the Beadle”(Wiesel 4). To have a master meant that he would have a religious mentor to help him study Kabbalah, thus allowing him to interpret the Bible for himself. However, his father prohibited Eliezer from doing so because he was “...too young for that”(Wiesel 4). Although, Eliezer rebelled against his father’s wishes, it shows that he had a faithful heart because he was willing to risk getting trouble in order to advance in his faith. By finding a master on his own without permission, Elie shows tremendous devotion and faithfulness to God. …show more content…

This can be clearly seen when the Wiesel’s previous maid came to them as Elie explains: Sobbing, She begged us to come with her to the village where she had prepared a safe shelter. My father wouldn’t hear of it. He told me and my big sisters, ‘“If you wish,

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