Throughout the story Eliezer struggles with the person he is because of the person the camp is making him into be. He was a very religious child when he was brought into the camp but throughout the horrors of the concentration camp it has challenged his beliefs. Eliezer’s journey throughout the 4 concentration camps he had been in, has changed him into a different person. It made him realize many things about people, religion, and society. Throughout the story Eliezer struggle with this aspect of his life as well as many others. Eliezer's faith has been an influential part of his journey causing him to lose sight of his religious self, childhood, and his innocence.
Throughout Eliezer’s journey he fought with his religion. When he first came …show more content…
In the ghettos they didn’t have much freedom to do whatever they wanted to, they had to do as the people told them and that was it. After being in the ghettos they were moved into the concentration camp. At the age of 15, Eliezer and his family were put into these horrific camp where the were starved, beaten, worked, and taken advantage of. Eliezer had no time to have a childhood, he had no time to be a kid. He just had to try to not get beaten and hope he would get his ration of food for that day. Everyday he was trying to get to the next. He had only his father since his mother and 3 sisters were split up when they first got there. He saw many things that he should not have seen as a child and had to endure many things that were not fit for children to have to go through.Elie says in his book “ Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, wich has turned my life into one long night, seven times cursed and seven times sealed.” ( page 68). He was just a child and had to go through many things that kids think in today's society weren’t possible. He lost many people, he lost his mother ,youngest sister, and his father in the holocaust. The holocaust took away his childhood and the things he should be doing and seeing as a child. He could never go back and not see those things,hear the things he heard, or feel the things he felt. He had to live with the things he had to go through in his
Throughout Eliezer’s journey he fought with his religion. When he first came …show more content…
In the ghettos they didn’t have much freedom to do whatever they wanted to, they had to do as the people told them and that was it. After being in the ghettos they were moved into the concentration camp. At the age of 15, Eliezer and his family were put into these horrific camp where the were starved, beaten, worked, and taken advantage of. Eliezer had no time to have a childhood, he had no time to be a kid. He just had to try to not get beaten and hope he would get his ration of food for that day. Everyday he was trying to get to the next. He had only his father since his mother and 3 sisters were split up when they first got there. He saw many things that he should not have seen as a child and had to endure many things that were not fit for children to have to go through.Elie says in his book “ Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, wich has turned my life into one long night, seven times cursed and seven times sealed.” ( page 68). He was just a child and had to go through many things that kids think in today's society weren’t possible. He lost many people, he lost his mother ,youngest sister, and his father in the holocaust. The holocaust took away his childhood and the things he should be doing and seeing as a child. He could never go back and not see those things,hear the things he heard, or feel the things he felt. He had to live with the things he had to go through in his