Pain Makes People Change In Night By Elie Wiesel

Someone once said, “Pain makes people change but it also makes them stronger.” In other words, one can be deeply inflicted by an event, but it can strengthen them in a way. In the book, Night, by Elie Wiesel, a thirteen year old boy named Eliezer faced many tragedies with his father, when he was captured by the Holocausts. All these gruesome events shaped Elie for the better and has made him stronger. Throughout Eliezer's capture his faith in religion, family, and his sensitivity to violence was impacted greatly. Early in the book, Eliezer had his whole life built on his religion. As he went through the horrors of the Holocausts, he started to question god’s actions. He was slowly losing his faith in god for letting him kill innocent people, without handing out punishments to the Germans. For example, Eliezer says”...you have …show more content…
The Holocaust's have burned people in the crematorium, beat innocent Jews, and shot numerous children, and hung the “guilty”. For instance, “...hanged boy and stared at his extinguished eyes, the tongue hanging from his gaping mouth...the soup tasted better than ever”(Weisel 63). This quote is basically explaining that none of the Jews were shocked and acted as if they were used to this everyday. In fact when he says “the soup tasted better” he means to emphasize that the Jews were constantly dying, which made Eliezer see death everyday; therefore he stopped being affected. To summarize, ELiezer is no longer sensitive about violence as he was during the beginning of camp. In conclusion, the concentration camp impacted Eliezer’s belief in god, love for his family, and his sensitivity to murder. As he went through torture, his faith in god slowly diminished as well as his reaction to death, Also, he became more cautious for his own survival rather than others, once his father died. These events all shaped Eliezer and made him a better person