Was I Still Alive By Elie Wisel Sparknotes

Over the period of time of suffering it was a young 12 year old boy who had been driven to limit his fault for four years of loss of life or the nazi’s plan to destroy all Jews. The book written by Elie Wisel was told for the untold dark true stories given from the perspective of himself telling the story of a holocaust survivor from day one though the very last Wisel Written the book in , Elie changes more than anyone by losing his innocence, faith, and trust in humanity in concentration camps over four years forcefully and as well being targeted taking place 1944-1945 at the height from the holocaust. Innocence in a death camp was incoming on multiple occasions shown through the book Elie a young boy began to see a harder life. In the text, “I pinched myself: Was I still alive? Was I awake? How was it possible that men, women, and children were being burned and that the world kept silent? No. All this could not be real. A nightmare perhaps…” (32). Namely, the text Elie describes the burning of hundreds of thousands of people getting chosen by a soldier left (Burned) right (Survived). Eventually, the readers need to understand how punishment leads to death. During camp, he faked his age to 18. He lost innocence without knowing he needed only himself to survive to live for one day to be saved. Leaving himself

To highlight the downfall, “Never shall I forget those moments that murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to ashes. Never shall I forget those things, even were I condemned to live as long as God Himself” (34). It’s important to remember for readers that with all faith, he has no security with himself to say God is helpful and all- powerful. Now, his mindset shifted to question more the reality of what was happening trying to find a meaning. Nevertheless, Elie felt pain, and loss. His prayers were not answered. Even though he cared, he did not feel