Throughout the novel, Night, there is a very clear change of tone from the start to the end. It talks about the life as a jew before and after the Holocaust. The Holocaust was a very difficult thing for the jews to deal with, resulting in millions of deaths and removal of families across Europe. Throughout the story, Elie Wiesel adapts to the many changes that occur, resulting in him transforming from a free man to a prisoner, a dedicated jew to a faithless person, and an innocent young boy to a raucous, void shell.
Right off the bat, Elie starts off as a free man with a relatively happy life. He stated “A calm. Reassuring wind blew threw our homes. The shopkeepers were doing good business, the students lived among their books, and the children played in the streets” (Wiesel 31). This quote shows how everything was going well and the people were working and earning money for their families. Kids were happy and playing as much as they could. Nothing has causing Elie’s life to be ruined. Shorty after all this in the novel, Elie’s lifestyle completely messed up by the holocaust and his happy, free life
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At the start, Elie was young, free, and innocent of anything. He did nothing wrong and just lived his life through Judaism. This changed quickly as he began spending his days in Auschwitz. Each day he grew more and more cold and empty. He lost family, religion, hope, or any self pride he had. By the end, He was the walking dead. Skinny, Malnourished, Sick, Hopeless, And just total void. He even stated in the novel,” I spent my days in total idleness. With only one desire: to eat. I no longer thought of my father, or my mother” (Wiesel 94). It got to the point where he has to sew his eyes shut just to sleep, and Elie had to use every bit of his body and mind to remain alive and pushing on. By the end, Elie was empty shell of what once was a free, innocent young boy who was a faithful