Change In Night By Elie Wiesel

In Night, Elie Wiesel describes how indifference changed his life. The main idea of this essay would be how Eliezer changed throughout the book. Eliezer at the beginning of the book was a young religious boy then as the book progresses he is hopeless. In the beginning of the book Eliezer can be described as religious. To illustrate his religious devotion Eliezer says “by day I studied Talmud and by night I would run to the synagogue …” (3). This shows that Eliezer is very religious this is clear because he studies Jewish law all day. According to the text Eliezer says “Why did I pray? Strange question. Why did I live? Why did I breathe?”(4). Prayer and religion to Eliezer is like life and breath, natural and involuntary. In conclusion the novel Night shows how Eliezer is religious. As the narrator continues to relate events to the reader, the reader can infer that Eliezer is starting to show hatred and hopelessness. To illustrate this he says “that was when I began to hate them, and my hatred remains our only link today.” Eliezer is beginning to change; He feels hate for the first time. Feeling hopeless Eliezer says “the almighty …choose to be silent. What was there to thank him for?” (33) Eliezer is angry towards

His indifference is shown when he says “he was right, I thought deep down, not daring to admit it to myself. Too late to save your old father…you could have two rations of bread, two rations of soup…” (111). His thought was when his dad dies maybe he will have a better chance of surviving. The responsibility of his dad would be gone and he could take care of himself. Eliezer’s starting to feel empty. He and his father were being forced to run in the snow. While running he said “the idea of dying, of ceasing to be, began to fascinate me.”(86). He wanted to die because of all the running in the snow. While he was running his foot was busted open from