Elie Wiesel has experienced unthinkable atrocities throughout his lifetime. These atrocities have shaped him into a very different person than he was in his younger years. When he was young, he was really religious and had a happy family. He lived with his parents and sisters. Because of the Nazis, he lost his family, he lost his faith in Auschwitz, he felt hopeless. After he was rescued, he writes down the book “Night” to let people in the world know that horrible history. He spends his lifetime to help those people who died in Auschwitz talk about their anguish experiments. When Wiesel first discusses his perspective at the start of the novel he says he is deeply observant. He even cries for the destruction of the Temple. Although his father doesn’t allow him to learn Kabbalah, he found himself a master for teaching him Kabbalah. He discusses religious with Moishe the Beadle. He was really believed with God. …show more content…
When he first saw children thrown into the flames, he started pinching himself, “ Was I still alive? Was I awake? How was it possible that men, women, and children were being burned and that the world kept silent?” (32) He was confused why the world doesn’t care about them, care about the Nazis rascality. He felt anger about the god, he thought the god abandoned them. Wiesel publishes this book in his early twenties when he is possibly feeling anguished. He writes down his experience and thoughts in Auschwitz before his father died. He wants everyone in the world know this history, know the anguish that Jews had experienced. There are two sentences in his speech for the Nobel Peace Prize that shocked me, “ That I have tried to keep the memory alive, that I have tried to fight those who would forget. Because if we forget who the guilty are, we are