The novel starts of with Elie Wiesel meeting Moishe the Beadle. Moishe is a poor Jew in the town of Sighet, where Elie Wiesel lives. As I read I can figure out that Elie is a Jew and is very religious, because he studies the Talmud and goes to the temple every night. I can interpret that Elie’s father and family is highly regarded in the Jewish community of his town. Elie’s family contains his parents and 4 children, including himself. Out of those four, he is the only son and the third oldest. Moishe noticed that every time Elie prayed, he cried. After he asked Elie why he did that, he answered, “I cried… because something inside me felt the reason to cry.” The innocence of this little boy just touches my heart, and it is so astonishing how Elie has such a deep connection with his religion and God. I think Elie's evolving relationship with God and what Moishe is teaching him is going to be a major source of character development in the novel.
One day, the Hungarian police expel all the foreign Jews from Sighet, including Moishe. To me, This incident foreshadows what will
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When he returned from the meeting, he told everyone that all the Jews are going to be deported to an unknown destination, and that they will only be allowed one bag per person. If someone told me this news, I would be torn and lose all hope. I would be devastated if I had to leave the house I grew up in and go to a place no one knew about. Surprisingly, Elie’s family and other Jews did not take it that way. The Jews did not believe anything bad could happen to them, they did not despair, and they quietly passed up on opportunities to escape. For example, Elie had an opportunity to escape but decided to stay back with his family. Rather they took it as a sign of God. This was probably because no one knew what inhumane torture was coming their way. If they knew I'm sure everybody would have tried their best to