Effects Of Conflict In Night By Elie Wiesel

Protagonist Elie recalls the inhumane torture, indifference, and discrimination that he faced throughout the Holocaust: “Bread, soup - these were my whole life. I was a body. Perhaps less than that even: a starved stomach. The stomach alone was aware of the passage of time”(Goodreads). This is evident in the book Night; Elie Wiesel and his father along with the other Jews were a part of the life-taking Holocaust. They had to fight continuously, not knowing who would make it past this troubling experience while suffering and starving. In the end, Elie is physically, mentally, and emotionally affected by the conflict that occurred throughout the Holocaust.

Firstly, Elie is affected physically by the conflict occurring in the Holocaust. To begin,

They had to live off of the fallen snow after, “...[being] given no food..”(Wiesel 67). Elie is affected by this conflict because he is getting

Firstly, affecting Elie emotionally is when Elie’s father is facing the brink of death as Elie, his father and the other Jews are in the wagon being transported to a different camp. Elie was upset as he couldn’t imagine his life without his father. Elie then laid over his father trying to get him to get up as he “... cried and said .‘“No!”... “He isn’t dead! Not yet!”(Wiesel 67). This evidence contributes to the book because it shows how Elie is emotionally effected while his dad is coming close to death, trying to escape. Another example of Elie being affected emotinally at the camp would be when one of the assistants told Elie that he had to give up his shoes. Elie’s shoes held a great deal of meaning as they were the only thing of Elies left from before the camp. Elie had to face a hard choice, and with Elie's shoes being so important to him he“...refused to give him [his] shoes.”(Night 31). This affects Elie emotionally because the officers are trying to take the only thing he has left from before the concentration camp. Elie could face repercussions if he doesn’t give up his shoes, but he is emotionally attached to these shoes as they are all he has left. Lastly, the Jews in the camp had a fear of the morning to come, effecting Elie emotionally. None of the Jews from the camo including Elie and his father knew if they would be taken away to a new camp or be killed the next morning. They were all worried and didn’t