When the Germans came and started imprisoning Jews, he was separated from the women of his family and left only with his father. The Holocaust permanently changed who he was and when he was liberated by the resistance he came out a brand new person. Such as, “I’ve got more faith in Hitler than in everyone else. He’s the only one who’s kept his promise, all his promises, to the Jewish people” (Wiesel 77). Before, people saw him as an average Jew who wasn’t worried about the world and believed that Hitler was helping. However, they were lied to and betrayed by the one leader they counted on for protection. Hitler was playing them the entire time because the Jews were oblivious to the fact that Hitler was trying to obliterate this social class. It took Elie many years to move past what had happened to him in the concentration camps, but once he did, he was able to stop concerning himself with the pain and suffering that he had to experience within the concentration camps and continue on with his life in a happier mindset. For instance, Elie says, “That I survived the Holocaust and went on to love beautiful girls, to talk, to write, to have toast and tea and live my life - that is what is abnormal (Wiesel, Life). This special quote shines light on the fact that with time even through the worst conditions and situations, Elie had the capabilities to push …show more content…
The nightmares of the past will stay with people wherever they go. But they are given the title “survivors” for a particular reason. They were the ones who endured such a monstrous environment while also encouraging other people to still live through thick and thin. They were the ones who were inputting hope into the Jewish prisoners who didn’t even look toward God for hope and assistance. Once survivors had recovered from witnessing such a horrible make-believe world, they were able to document and publish such a brilliant narrative that would shock humanity forever. In the end, Germans had very little remorse for the Jews and this affected them in a terrible way. However, the survivors were among the Jews who were able to save themselves because they were basically a ticking time bomb. Plus, this was a life that they were not comfortable mustering. In conclusion, people react in their own unique ways about certain situations. What matters is that these ways could hurt people temporarily, but it allows for others to gain the motivation to keep moving forward continuously in the