Night Elie Wiesel Analysis

Night is an autobiography by a man named Elie Wiesel. It’s a story about what Elie, his family, and millions of other Jews endured while the rest of the world turned their backs. Elie grew up in a small town Transylvania, Sighet and tells his story in what would be the boy version of when he was only fifteen. He has a conversation with Moishe the Beadle and is asked why he prays and Eliezer reply’s with “I don’t know.” He prays every day and night yet he cannot explain why he prays. He asks Moishe why he prays and replies with “I pray to the God within me for the strength to ask Him the real questions.” (Wiesel 23) In the beginning of the book, life for young Eliezer seemed pretty decent. He was very religious and curios about his faith. In fact he was so into his beliefs that he would study the Talmud during the day, and by night he would run the synagogue and cry over the destruction of the temple. Something that caught my attention was when he was talking to his friend Moishe the Beadle; and he asks Elizer why he prays. He so passionate about his faith, yet he cannot answer this question. At this point, I think this is where he begins to question his own faith. …show more content…
He tried warning the Jews of what he had seen and been through, but they thought he had wanted pity. God helped him escaped so he could go back and warn the Jews of where they were actually going. The Jews were so oblivious about what was going on that they just assumed he had gone mad. “Jews, listen to me! That’s all I ask of you. No money. No pity. Just listen to me!” (Wiesel 25) Moishe the Beadle can be portrayed as a prophet; in whom the Jews completely ignored. When the Germans areested the leaders of the Jewish community, Moishe ran over to Eliezers house and shouted “I warned you” (Wiesel