Mya Nitsopoulos Mrs. Bitondo Woods ENG 2De March 24th 2023 The Construction of a New Person “A Change in bad habits leads to a change in life” stated Jenny Craig. The experiences people undergo throughout life determine their future. In the memoir Night, Elie Wiesel is a little boy who's taken from his family and put into two concentration camps, Auschwitz and Birkenau. Throughout these concentration camps, Elie undergoes a lot of suffering and adversity to make it out alive. It is impossible to comprehend the amount of distress and terror this little boy, along with the other Jews, had gone through. Elie, as a result of his experiences, changed in his humanity and, as a result, he developed an indifferent attitude toward the suffering of …show more content…
There were many incidences where Elie loses faith in God. At the beginning of the book Elie came under the wing of Moshe the beadle and learned as much as he could from his Jewish faith. In chapter one, when asked why he prays to God, he says, “Why did I pray?… Why did I live? Why did I breathe?” (Wiesel, 4). Elie can’t imagine living without the divine power of God. However, when Elie and his father arrived at the concentration camps, the first night they witness babies being thrown into the fire. “Never shall I forget those flames that consumed my faith forever… Never shall I forget those moments that murdered my God and my soul, and turned my dreams to ashes.” (Wiesel, 34). This is one of many firsts where his perception of God and his faith is being altered. If God was so merciful, where has he been, and what was he doing? These are some of many thoughts. Their faith in God has forever vanished, murdering their souls and turning dreams into ashes. This is a complete change in attitude from the heartfelt, loving, and caring Elie in the …show more content…
Elie is always standing up toward the guards and stating his opinion. Until his humanity is slowly ripped and torn away by the S.S. officers. After the gypsy ripped apart his father, he was completely shocked at how he couldn't get the courage to protect and defend his only living family member. At any other given moment, he would have got right in there and made a difference. He is consumed by his own shadow. “Yesterday, I should have sunk my nails into the criminal’s flesh. Had I changed so much since then? So quickly?”(…) This is evident through how these concentration camps have indeed altered Elie's humanity. He is consumed by his own shadow, staying in the dark instead of being the courageous, passionate, and altruistic little boy he