How Is The Story Told In Night By Elie Wiesel

In Night, by Elie Wiesel, he changes from being confused and unaware, to weak mentally and physically, which conveys the message that trauma affects a person in more ways than one and motivates them to speak up for others experiencing similar events. Early on in the book, Elie is confused and unaware of what the future hold for him and the other Jews. When listening to the radio, he and the other Jews remain calm despite the message that the fascists are coming. He says, "we still were not worried. Of course we had heard of the Fascists, but it was all in abstract. It meant nothing more to us than a change of ministry" (9). Despite the threat of attack, the Jews remain calm and collected, thinking nothing serious of the messages. This helps to show how unaware Elie is of what his future holds because despite hearing teh threatening

Elie becomes weak both mentally and physically over the course of the book. His experiences and the death of his father affect him mentally so he believes that, “nothing matters [to me] anymore” (113). The holocaust affected him so much that Elie believes nothing mattered after his father died, what happened to him hurt him so much that he no longer wants to live, and he no longer has hope. Elie is also physically ill, in that he is pale and emaciated from the undernourishment in the camp, he compares himself to a corpse after he sees himself again. The holocaust changed Elie from an unaware child, to a weak young man who had never expected what he experienced. Elie, however, decided to grow from his change, he worked for years to push others to speak up for others in trouble or in pain. His mission to create change gave him a Nobel Peace Prize. In his speech accepting the award, he shared his message about helping others with the world: “the world did know and remained