How Does Elie Wiesel Change

The Holocaust was a tough time for many people, and about close to six million people had lost their lives from it, including many children and women. In the memoir, Night, by Elie Wiesel, who is the main character, faces many hardships in internment camps along with his family. Elie and his family struggle to get through there time at the internment camp, but manage to help and survive with each others support. Elie had changed periodically throughout the novel spiritually, mentally, and physically. Elie changes spiritually because of the way he chooses his faith and religion. He changes mentally by his mindset, and the choices he makes. Physically, he changes by the actions he decides to take. Elie Wiesel and his family manage to get through tough times of living through the holocaust together, and Elie had changed greatly throughout it. Before the Holocaust had affected Elie, he had a personality that was different from others. An example where he shows this is when he states that, “ And Moishe the Beadle, the …show more content…
An example of when we see how he starts to change is, “ I turned that act into a symbol of rebellion, of protest against him.” (page 69) This is important because it shows how Elie slowly begins losing his faith in his culture and religion, and he is losing feelings and is becoming silent. Also this is showing how Elie is getting ashamed, but worried for his father. This leads to another example of how Elie physically changes. “ I tried to find a very large shoe. In vain. I tore my blanket and wrapped it around my foot.” (page 83) This is important because it shows how physically Elie changes. He had changed by becoming injured and not being able to do much since he was sent to the hospital. This shows how bad his foot had gotten. In conclusion, we see that towards the middle and while he is in this situation, he experienced new things in camp, and a lot had changed for