Night By Elie Wiesel Analysis

What moral inside everyone makes us human? Does the loss of this moral somehow change our fundamental nature? There is no doubt that the victims of the Holocaust were asking these types of questions during their experience. When everything was taken away from them, they discovered what morals they had to hold onto in order to survive. The top two of these ideas included love and religion. If you had love, it was easier to doubt your religion. It was easier to grieve over the ones you loved after they died if you believed in God. The give and take of these morals show us today how the victims learned to cope with their trying situations. What happened when both their religion and love were taken away? The simple answer is that their morals collapsed. They were no longer “human” and they returned to a primitive, barbaric way of life. This is similar to what Elie Wiesel experienced. Elie grew up in the small …show more content…
The Jewish people are known for being a pious group. They tend to be incredibly devout. This is shown in the camps when the Jews celebrate Rosh Hashanah despite their situation. Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year’s Eve. “In days gone by, Rosh Hashanah had dominated my life…I fully believed that the salvation of the world depended on every one of my deeds, on every one of my prayers.” (Wiesel, Pg. 68). Elie used authorial intrusion to speak out to the reader and have them sympathize with how he felt about Rosh Hashanah, even if they didn't know what the holiday was. Not only did the Jewish people respect their traditions during the Holocaust, they followed them piously. Elie kept and respected his traditions as well. Before he was taken to Auschwitz, Elie studied the Tanak and prayed at the synagogue everyday. The Tanak is the holy scripture of the Jews and the synagogue is their church. He believed that God was