Character Analysis On Night By Elie Wiesel

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Throughout the narrative Night, the author Elie Wiesel a young teen who was very confident in his faith experiences multiple hardships that cause him to question what he once believed to be true. His religion stayed strong up until it became obvious to him that God was causing his people to suffer.

When Eliezer was just a young boy at fifteen years old, he was extremely interested in Judaism, he wanted to learn everything he possibly could. However, his father did not want him to study the Cabbala until he was thirty years old. Eliezer could not wait this long so he sought wisdom from a man named Moshe Beadle. Moshe was not just known for being an old homeless man, he was a fun loving, humble, and sympathetic man who just happened to live outside. Some time after, Moshe was taken along with the rest of the

Upon their arrival of Birkenau, Elie was stuck like glue to his father “I felt the pressure of my father’s hand: we were alone.” (pg. 27) He would do anything to make sure his father did not feel a burden for him “ I bit my lips so that my father did not hear my teeth chattering.” (pg. 31) For some reason, Eliezer felt that it was his responsibility to care for his father and make him as relaxed as possible. Despite that, he eventually started to drift away from his original intentions. While his father was on his deathbed he begged for water, and frequently Eliezer would deliver him some, except for one time. During this one time, his father yelled out and was told several times to be quiet. Eliezer lay on the top bunk of the bed and watched the SS men deal him a violent blow on the head. Even after, he begged again for water and Ellie just lay there until the morning when he discovered his father was taken away to the crematories. If this were to happen in the very beginning, Eliezer would have gone right to his father's side with some water to hush him