How Does Elie Wiesel Change In Night

In his memoir, Night, by Elie Wiesel, the author shares his experiences during the holocaust and uses these experiences to show how he has changed as a person. The story is from the perspective of Elie Wiesel and mostly takes place in Auschwitz concentration camp. He writes of the harsh conditions that he and his father must experience and how they, both, try to remain united with each other, and still survive the life threatening events. This terrible persecution he is forced to endure, changes his relationship with God, his relationship with his father, and even changes his personality. The author's experiences during the holocaust weaken his faith in God and ultimately leads to an act of rebellion against Him.As a young child, the author had a strong desire to learn about God, His ways, and how He influences mankind. However, life in the camp begins to make the author question his faith. “Some of the

On one occasion, Wiesel witnesses his father experiencing a harsh act of injustice. His father, after asking to use the restroom, was hit hard enough to knock him off his feet. “My father had just been struck, in front of me, and I had not even blinked. I had watched and kept silent. Only yesterday I would have dug my nails into this criminal's flesh.”(Wiesel 39) Seeing the brutality that the SS officers are capable of imposing, strikes fear into Wiesel, and this fear results in him no longer being fed. Wiesel shares his soup with his father, but without his integrity. “I gave him what was left of my soup. But my heart was heavy. I was aware that I was doing it grudgingly. Just like Rabbi Eliahu's son, I had not passed the test.”(Wiesel 107) Wiesel's expressions, “my heart was heavy” and “grudgingly”, imply that his relationship with his father has grown weak. He no longer cares for his father out of love but out of compulsion. His relationship with his father has certainly