Throughout Night, Eliezer passes through various intensities in his senses of compassion and altruism. In an evolution–or devolution—from complete compassion and altruism to a loss of the two, Eliezer slowly transforms due to being infected by the plague that turns innocent men into beings resembling beasts. In the absence of Eliezer's father, Eliezer loses his shield that protects him from this plague. By losing his father, Eliezer lost all connection to the words compassion and altruism. Like the words fire, smoke, faith, and others, compassion and altruism have changed. However, after some time, not all emotions, senses, and principles stay lost; people have a certain elasticity that allows them to recover. In the creation of Night, Eliezer
