In Night, Eliezer shows his shift in personality by utilizing indirect characterization. In the beginning of the memoir, Eliezer can be seen as very pious and learning-geared. Once Eliezer met and began discussing religion with Moshe the Beadle, he “became convinced that Moishe would help him enter eternity, into that time when question and answer would become ONE” (Wiesel 5). This thought highly emphasizes Eliezer’s desire to learn, and the happiness he feels when he finally can. Despite what his father said about learning these religious texts so early in his life, Eliezer pushed through and was able to find a way to learn these texts himself. Eliezer’s knowledge of his religion would begin to flourish, which served as his motivation at the