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Who Is The Dynamic Character In Night By Elie Wiesel

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“Never shall I forget that night in the camp, that turned my life into one long night seven times sealed.” Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel tells the true and terrifying story of life inside the concentration camps during War II. As the author and main character in his book Night, Elie gives a first hand account of many of his experiences, some of which change him and some which do not. Overall, Elie is a dynamic character because Elie begins to question his faith in God, Elie’s attitude towards his father changes for the worse, and Elie starts to get more used to violent acts since he witnessed so much of it. First and foremost Elie begins to question his faith in God. During Yom Kippur Elie chooses not to fast as a way of rebelling against God. When the men gather and pray for Rosh Hashanah he says he feels like a stranger. When Elie sees men hanged he asks, “Where is God?” Elie stops praying after that. …show more content…

While Elie’s father was suffering from Dysentery, in the back of his mind he hoped that his father would die. Elie from time to time would think of his father as a burden while he was sick since he couldn’t hold his own. When his father died he couldn’t shed any tears, he was actually kind of happy that he finally parished. Elie started to give his food to his father so he could keep his strength but felt like he should’ve gotten his and his father’s

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