Elie’s spiritual and emotional journey during his transformation throughout the Holocaust made him a stronger person.
During his time at the concentration camp, Elie started losing faith in God, family, and humanity which gave him challenges on his spiritual and emotional journey. On page 34, Elie was thinking, “Why should I sanctify His name? The Almighty, the eternal and terrible Master of the Universe, chose to be silent. What was there to thank him for?” This is when Elie first starts to question his faith. He wants to know why God is letting them go through this pain and suffering. In this instance, Elie loses faith in his family. On page 29, the SS commanded, “Men to the left! Women to the right!” Elie started to lose faith in his family once his mother and sister were parted at the beginning of camp because he thought he would never see them again. He then
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In the beginning, Elie’s father was stuck right in front of him and Elie just stood there, this can be found on page 39. He did not do anything because he was scared that the Gypsy would hurt him too. An example of his development would be on page 100 when he said “please don’t throw any more coins.” This shows that he changed because it reminded him of a negative experience he had with the bread in the cattle car, and he wanted the lady to not repeat that experience. As a result, Elie developed mentally from the beginning to now. Also, Elie’s body physically changed. On page 17, Elie went a day without food, and the hunger did not set in just yet. This showed that he was still well nourished. Elie went from being well fed to small rations. He noticed this change in the end when he looked at himself in the mirror. On page 115, Elie looked in the mirror, and he saw a corpse contemplating him. He could barely recognize himself. These examples show Elie’s physical and mental