Night analytical essay
Out of the 37% of Jewish people who survived the holocaust, Elie Wiesel is one of the survivors. Elie Wiesel’s novel ‘Night’ is about Elie being taken to many Concentration camps and the hardships he faced there. In the beginning Elie is studying to become a Jewish Rabbi, but quickly loses faith after entering Auschwitz concentration camp. Elie is an author who also wrote Dawn and Day. In the novel ‘Night’ by Elie Wiesel, the main character, Elie, was effected by the events in the book because of the cruelty, losing hope in humanity, and losing his faith in God. Elie faced a lot of cruelty in concentration camps. For example, as Elie states, “He(Idek) exploded... The victim… was my father… he(Idek) began beating him(Elie’s father) with an iron bar”(page 54). Elie witness his father beat and this was cruel because no one wants to see someone they love beat with an iron bar. On page 34, Elie explains first getting to …show more content…
The evidence is strewn throughout the book, on page 76, Elie is writing that a very religious Rabbi had lost his faith. “He was not alone in having lost his faith during those days of selection… ‘It’s over. God is no longer with us.’”. Whereas on page 67 Elie is questioning his own faith, “Why would I bless Him(God)? Every fiber in me rebelled. Because He(God) kept the six crematoria working day and night, including Sabbath and the Holy days?”. He is angry at God for putting him through this, for putting everyone through it. He didn’t want to bless God because of the torture and horrors he was put through. One of Elie’s ‘friends’, was a boy named Juliek.On page 95 all the Jews are thrown into a massive pile, hardly able to breathe. When he hears violin music and looks to see it’s Juliek. In the morning he wakes up and the music had ceased and looks to see his sad dead body left. “When I awoke at daybreak, I saw Juliek facing me, an eerily poignant little
Out of the 37% of Jewish people who survived the holocaust, Elie Wiesel is one of the survivors. Elie Wiesel’s novel ‘Night’ is about Elie being taken to many Concentration camps and the hardships he faced there. In the beginning Elie is studying to become a Jewish Rabbi, but quickly loses faith after entering Auschwitz concentration camp. Elie is an author who also wrote Dawn and Day. In the novel ‘Night’ by Elie Wiesel, the main character, Elie, was effected by the events in the book because of the cruelty, losing hope in humanity, and losing his faith in God. Elie faced a lot of cruelty in concentration camps. For example, as Elie states, “He(Idek) exploded... The victim… was my father… he(Idek) began beating him(Elie’s father) with an iron bar”(page 54). Elie witness his father beat and this was cruel because no one wants to see someone they love beat with an iron bar. On page 34, Elie explains first getting to …show more content…
The evidence is strewn throughout the book, on page 76, Elie is writing that a very religious Rabbi had lost his faith. “He was not alone in having lost his faith during those days of selection… ‘It’s over. God is no longer with us.’”. Whereas on page 67 Elie is questioning his own faith, “Why would I bless Him(God)? Every fiber in me rebelled. Because He(God) kept the six crematoria working day and night, including Sabbath and the Holy days?”. He is angry at God for putting him through this, for putting everyone through it. He didn’t want to bless God because of the torture and horrors he was put through. One of Elie’s ‘friends’, was a boy named Juliek.On page 95 all the Jews are thrown into a massive pile, hardly able to breathe. When he hears violin music and looks to see it’s Juliek. In the morning he wakes up and the music had ceased and looks to see his sad dead body left. “When I awoke at daybreak, I saw Juliek facing me, an eerily poignant little