Examples Of Anger In Night By Elie Wiesel

Our minds are a vast network of unfiltered neural process that control our train of thought and actions. So far beyond our control, are these thoughts that they sometimes feel foreign and out of synch? The emotions that we feel are the by-products of these thoughts, through which we connect with the world and all its misfortunes. Anger and hate are two such emotions, anger is an intense emotional response that involves a strong and hostile response to a perceived provocation, hurt or threat. While, hate is a deep and extreme emotional dislike that can directed towards individuals, groups or objects etc. Both these intense emotions feel alien, as they should not belong. Individuals can rarely control these responses but, they can make a conscious …show more content…
In fact, the incessant need for control of emotion is what gives rise to pain and dread. However, if individuals learn to accept them for what it is, they can better grasp their predicament without falling into a state of hopelessness. Elie Wiesel is the perfect example of someone who let his anger get the best of him even though in time he came to terms with it. “Eight words spoken quietly, indifferently, without emotion” is what Elie describes, as his mother and sisters were separated and would be the last moment where he would see them. It is evident that he starts to develop emotional responses towards the situation but, the worst is yet come. Throughout this chapter as the narrator describes the atrocities; “babies! Yes, I did see this, with my own eyes…children thrown into the flames”, readers can catch glimpses into his state of mind filled with shock and awe. These events invoke negative emotions into the reader as well because the events are being witnessed through a first-person point of view. It is evident throughout the chapter, through the writer’s purposeful use of quotations tied in with the unfolding events that he can no longer stand this. His conflicting emotions become the set piece which contributes to him losing faith in his god and humanity; “The student of Talmud, the child I was, had been consumed by the flames. All that was left was a shape that …show more content…
The almighty gives humanity the most valuable gifts, the ability to think and act under the most precarious circumstance. Individuals in times of great suffering lose their faith in god but, that is neither virtuous nor wicked. As, they made their way through the camp Elie’s father said “Yisgadal, veyiskadash, shmey, raba… May his name be celebrated and sanctified…” whispered my father”. Hearing this comment made him angry. Unfortunately, this same mindset will soon befall Elie as well. Before his resettlement, Eli was a devout follower of Judaism, he studied Talmud by day and was devoted to learn about Kabballah. Through his conversations with the destitute Moishe the Beadle, Wiesel becomes more aware of his spirituality and teachings of god. Readers, digest early that he is a god faring soul but, when his perspective takes a new direction, individuals can correlate and are invited to take a keener look into Elie’s new state of mind. So far, Elie’s journey has taken readers to the depth of human suffering, from the burning of the children to the horrific actions of the elusive Dr, Mengele and so much more… that he begins to go through a new change of heart and mind; “as for me, I had ceased to pray, I concurred with job! I was not denying his existence, but, I doubted his absolute