Elie Wiesel Sparknotes

“Why did I pray? Strange question. Why did I live? Why did I breathe?” (4) This was his response to being asked why he prayed.

As well as the hanging of the Pipel, an angelic like creature. Wiesel also refused to fast for Yom Kippur along with his other Jewish friends. When the prisoners arrived at the concentration camps they were standing in the selection line, as they

The Almighty, the eternal and terrible Master of the Universe, chose to be silent. What was there to thank Him for?” (33). The design of the camps intentionally tested faith, forcing the Jewish prisoners to confront the dead and dying at all times. By straining this part of Elie’s identity, the process of dehumanization began.

Lastly, by choosing not to fast on the Jewish holiday Yom Kippur, Elie was able to maintain enough strength to continue working and stay alive. If it was not for these choices and staying with his dad the entire way through, Elie would not have made it out of the camps alive. His father guided him in his decisions and helped him remain safe in such a dangerous area. Even though it seemed impossible to make it out of the Holocaust alive as a Jewish person, Elie Wiesel did it. He was beaten, starved, forced under hard labor, watched many people die, and had to watch his own mother die, and yet Elie Wiesel accomplished the

However, after experiencing the trauma of the concentration camp, Elie began to lose his faith. In this scene, Elie is at the concentration camp when he hears Yom Kippur, a Jewish holiday, being discussed by fellow inmates at the camp. Although they typically fast on this holiday, Elie reveals to the reader that he refuses to fast in order to “protest” God for what he has allowed to happen at the camps. When Elie explains the reasons as to why he refuses to fast on Yom Kippur, he says, “...there was no longer any reason for me

In the book ‘Night’ by Elie Wiesel, the reader reads about his journey in a concentration camp. Also, how being in the camp changed who he was as a person, and changed how he thought about lots of things. Not eating well enough and having to fight for survival can change any person drastically. This is witnessed through the duration of the book. He learns a lot about the world, and has to grow up way too fast, only being 15 years old.

Elie and his father, however, realized how much they already fast in the camp, and decided not to fast. “In this place, we were always fasting. It was Yom Kippur year round,” Elie says (Wiesel 69). Not only did Elie decide to fast because of the lack of food already present in the camps, but also as a symbol of rebellion towards God. Elie scorns and says, “I no longer accepted God’s silence.”

Elie Wiesel was very important person, Elie was a survivor of the Holocaust. He was one of the few that wanted to share the story, to let the world know what happened. He has shared his experience of the tragedy in many ways, he given speech, met with world leaders, and wrote books that millions of people have read. He changes thoughts, the way things look to people.

Change in perspective can happen over a long period of time through cruel events which alters a person’s perspective on certain things. Night is a novel that takes you on a journey of emotions there were many tragedies that Elie had went through. The memoir showed how the author was going through many phases such as the incident where he witnessed his father being struck down by a kapo, and when he saw the children’s being burnt in the crematorium which is the first time he had lost his faith in god. All of these events had lead the change of his perspective.

The debate was whether or not they should fast. If they fasted, it would be dangerous because it could mean a quicker death. The people in camp who still had faith fasted. Elie did not fast. He was following his father’s request and he no longer felt the need to fast.

I’ll run into the electrified barbed wire. That would be easier than slow death in the flames.’” Already when Elie just got transported to the camp he is thinking about how he is going to die and thinking of other options on how he is going to die. Similar Elie said while he was in the train compressed to a bunch

Elie was faithful and did what he was supposed to do. He wonders why God would punish him and so many others by letting them suffer and be killed. In class we talked about people losing their faith in the Holocaust and that if you lose your faith you have nothing to hold on to and

Briar William Kentzel Ellie and his father have a different relationship than most during the Holocaust. Elie and his father try to stick together during their time in the camps. Meanwhile, many young boysthe other sons are trying to get away from their fathers as to lift the burden they create. During this time, the fathers are trying to stay with their kids and provide for them during the rough time. Elie tries to stay with his father even when he gets sick, but he sometimes wonders if he should just leave him behind.

Although it is not outwardly stated, it can be assumed that Elie was not the only Jew to eat during this particular Yom Kippur; whether their actions were due to practicality or anger will remain unknown. Other Jews hold on to their last pieces of hope. Even when surrounded by death, they praise God’s name and fast in His honor. But even the most religious of Jews are not immune to the world around them. Even the rabbi begins to

Author Bio Elie Wiesel, born September 30, 1928, is married to Marion Wiesel, who he has one son with. Elie Wiesel is a professor at Boston University in Boston, Massachusetts, he’s also taught at the City University of New York, and was a visiting scholar at Yale. Elie Wiesel is the Advisory Board chairman of the newspaper Algemeiner Journal. Elie Wiesel wrote Night based on his personal experience as a holocaust survivor. Elie Wiesel has received a Nobel Peace Prize, a Congressional Gold Medal, a Presidential Medal of Freedom awarded by George H. W. Bush, and many more awards.