Night Blog Week of 3.30.15

Prompt:  How do Elie's experiences during the Holocaust change him as a person?

   In the beginning, Elie had a lot of faith in God and in himself. He didn't lose faith until he arrived at the concentration camp and realized how hard this was going to be for everyone. He starts to question everything. Some things he questions are why his God would allow him to do this and why this was happening to him. He never understood why and was losing this faith in God. Elie also put his family before himself. As the memoir goes on and we go with Elie through his journey, we can see him changing. Instead of putting his father before himself, Elie cares more about his well being than his fathers. Towards the end, his faith is restored.

     Ellie loses his faith in god due to the fact  he is in this concentration camp. Elie asks why god is doing this to them and why they are here. He says "why god, why are you doing this to us?" Elie wants to know why this happening. By him asking these questions, it's the first sign of him losing his faith. Wiesel was very religious and always had so much faith in god. That was all the way up until now when he is in the camp. Elie is questioning god and his choices. As he does this, Wiesel is slowly losing his faith in God and God's decisions. 

     Elie Wiesel loses faith but gains it back in the end. One of the reason I think Rlie starts to gain faith, is because he probably remembered what Moishe the Beadle told him. He said "Man raises himself toward God by the questions he asks him." This quote was from the beginning of Night. I think that although he never explicitly said that he thought of this, I think it stuck with him. Wiesel is begging to gain hope again when asking questions to his God. He soon finds "answers" and rejoices with God in a way. At the end of Night Wiesel gained all of his faith back and didn't question God anymore.

     Faith wasn't the only thing Wiesel lost through his journey in the concentration camp. Wiesel's morals were shaken. In the beginning Elie wanted to make sure he wouldn't be split up from his father. He said "“I first wanted to see where they send my father. Were he to have gone to the right, I would run after him." This was showing the strength in their relationship and showing how he cared for his father. As time at the concentration camp goes on, Elie begins to blame his father for doing things that cause him to get beat up. He stands and watches his father get beaten without helping or asking if he is ok. Elie starts putting himself first before his father. This shows that the bond between the two is becoming weaker. Eventually it is repaired when his father is dying and becoming I'll.

     Overall, Elie Wiesel changed a lot during his time through the concentration camp. He started off with so much faith in God and was very religious. He cared for his family and wanted to make sure his dater was with him during this journey. As Elie stays there, he begins questioning everything and asking God why they were here and why this was happening. He starts to become focused on himself instead of his father first. Elie becomes selfish in a way. Once things at the camp are coming to an end, Wiesel changes again. He starts to gain his faith back and fix his relationship with his father. When his father becomes ill, Elie makes it his job to make sure his father stays alive and safe. He begins to put his father befor himself and cares more for him than himself. Elie's relationship with his fathers is now fixed. In the end, he was changing back to himself. With all the ups and downs along the way, Elie was able to leave the concentration camp with faith and a stronger bond with his father.