Elie Wiesel's Life In The Book Night

The novel Night by Elie Wiesel is a novel about a little boy growing up during the Holocaust. There are many historic and significant situations that developed Elie and thousands of other Holocaust survivors into the way they are today. Three life changing situations Elie witnessed first hand are the way Jews were treated in the camps, how his religion was left behind, and how he handled the death of his father.

One experience that impacted Elie was the way Jews were treated in the camps. The Nazi’s and Hitler took away all their homes, food, education, religion, rights, etc. Hitler and the Nazi’s basically treated the Jews like slaves. They would put Jews to work for hours and hours a day, and give them very little to eat. Most Jews were suffering

Elie and his father’s relationship were extremely important in the novel because they went through a great deal of events together. Even when Elie’s father became sick, Elie never left his side and tried everything possible to make him better again. For instance, Elie found out a group of prisoners were beating his father, so Elie confronted the men. He ended up promising them a ration of soup and bread for leaving his father alone in return. The men still continued with the beatings. Towards the end of the novel, Elie’s father ends up passing away. This hits Elie hard because of the strong bond the two of them had. Elie slowly begins losing hope in any sort of a future and also starts developing negative, yet depressing attitudes.. “I shall not describe my life during that period. It no longer mattered. Since my father’s death, nothing mattered to me anymore” (113). Elie lost the only family member he had left and at that point, gave up on everything. Months went by and nothing had changed; his attitude stayed the same, and the work became harder. Finally, the Holocaust came to an end and Elie’s attitude started to rise and settle back at normal