How Does Elie Wiesel Change In Night

Eliezer’s Loss Throughout Night Elie transforms from an innocent young boy into a mentally and physically crippled man. He saw more than everything anyone should. Moreover one of the key differences before and after is presence of faith, he lost his faith after a traumatizing experience that took everything from him. Therefore a loss of faith is the major difference and cause of Elie’s transformation. Today Wiesel has rediscovered his faith after time away from his trauma. However during the Holocaust his faith was invisible. Before, Eliezer a curious young Jewish boy, asked Moishe the Beadle about Jewish customs and mysticism. “...I told him how unhappy I was not to be able to find in Sighet a master to teach me the Zohar…” Wiesel asked questions and explored his faith. Nothing would stop him, even when his father told him not to find a master, but Eliezer did anyway. Truly, Moishe’s return can be interpreted as almost a foreshadowing of Elie’s journey. Although Moishe still made it out, he had lost his faith. He no longer mentioned faith, ony the now mattered. However still Wiesel dove into his studies, nothing could deter him, not yet. …show more content…
His faith quickly waivered, Elie questioned God’s omnibenevolence after witnessing the acts of pure evil committed by Nazis. Elie began to think, “...I felt anger rising within me. Why should I sanctify His name?The Almighty, the eternal and terrible Master of the Universe, chose to be silent. What was there to thank him for…”. As living Children were being thrown into fire to just burn. While the Jews around him prayed the Kaddish, he simply mulled his anger. Elie took a complete left turn on his faith once he saw what Moishe described. Faith almost disappears when a situation like this arises. HIs journey has begun towards a crippled and beaten