How Does Elie Wiesel Change In Night

In Night by Elie Wiesel, Elie’s mentors change throughout the book. His faith at the beginning of the book was in God and he doesn’t have faith in his father. As the story goes on, he starts to lose faith in God and starts to believe in his father more. The theme of Loss of Faith also comes up in another book that we have read this year, To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. At the beginning of Night, Elie shows us that he feels like his father does not have emotions and if he is afraid to show them. “My father was crying. It was the first time I saw him cry. I had never thought it possible”(Wiesel 19). This passage shows how Elie feels about his father. He feels as if his father was just there without any emotion. This is why he was so surprised when his father started to cry.
As Night goes on we see that Elie starts to lose faith in God and sees his father as more of a mentor now. “For the first time, 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”(Wiesel 33)? This shows us that Elie is starting to lose faith in God. This surprised us all greatly because at the beginning of the book Elie acted as if God played …show more content…
He realizes that he should always cherish those who are closest to you and that care about you the most. One example of somebody changing their perspective was when Scout and Jem meets Boo Radley for the first time. They do not see him as everybody thinks he is (stereotypes) they see him as the person that he really is. “Scout, I think I'm beginning to understand something. I think I'm beginning to understand why Boo Radley's stayed shut up in the house all this time... it's because he wants to stay inside”(Lee 304). This shows how even if you feel one way at first, your opinion will almost always change itself to the