How Does Elie Wiesel Change

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Jack Ma says “Never give up. Today is hard, tomorrow will be worse, but the day after will be sunshine”. Elie Wiesel tells us about his life in concentration camps during World War II in the book Night. The book states how Eliezer transforms physically and mentally. He faces trauma and suffering. Eliezer has to fight to survive another day in the concentration camps. Throughout the book Eliezer changes his thoughts and feelings about life.
Before Eliezer and his family were taken to the concentration camps you notice that he is very strong in his faith. “I was up at dawn. I wanted to have time to pray before leaving” (Wiesel 18). In the passage Eliezer and his family are about to leave their home and will most likely never see it again. Eliezer

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