The most tragic events in our lives can also be the most transformative. The memoir Night, by Elie Wiesel, describes the time Weisel spent in the Auschwitz concentration camp during the Holocaust. Elie begins the memoir as a fifteen-year-old boy, full of hope and innocence. By the end of the memoir, he underwent a transmutation into a cynical man, full of enmity, physically like a corpse, but forever changed mentally. He witnesses terrible acts of genocide and inhumane by the Nazis towards himself, and his fellow Jews. Despite everything that Weisel went through, he carried on, managing to survive. The experience of the Holocaust leaves a profound mark on Weisel. In Night, he tries to make sense of what he has seen and experienced. In doing so, he raises important questions about the nature of evil, the meaning of suffering, and the possibility of hope. Two specific ways Elie Weisel changes during his time in the concentration camps are that he lost his faith in God, and that he ultimately lost his old self. …show more content…
As the memoir progresses, he witnesses terrible acts of genocide and inhumane by the Nazis towards himself, and his fellow Jews, during the Holocaust. By the end of Night, Eli is a shell of his former self; physically a corpse, and forever mentally scarred. Two specific ways Elie Weisel changes during his time in the concentration camps are that he lost his faith in God, and that he ultimately lost his old self. Elie's loss of faith in god is important because of all the events he went through, he seeked God's help, praying that he could get hope of freedom from the chains of the holocaust, but there was no response. The holocaust was a harsh time for Elie. The corpse that Elie saw in the mirror was like a ghost of his former self. Elie makes multiple remarks throught the memoir about his mental and psychological state, and how it slowly becomes in