Night By Elie Wiesel Reflection

“Wherever men and women are persecuted because of their race, religion, or political views, that place must - at that moment - become the center of the universe” a quote by Elie Wiesel. Read and receive knowledge in the book “Night” by Elie Wiesel about how the main character Elie survived and experienced the crucial torture the holocaust had put them through. While reading the book you will learn how Elie went through his very own journey through the holocaust as a survivor and how he witnessed the nightmare himself. In the novel “Night” by Elie Wiesel, the main character Elie, was effected by the events in the book including emotional changes, loss of attachment to faith, and how he lost himself while in the concentration camps. Throughout the book “Night” the main character Elie, went through a tremendous emotional rollercoaster during his time in the forties. As Elie Wiesel points out “Suddenly, the evidence overwhelmed me: there was no longer any reason to live, and

As stated in the text “Since my father’s death nothing mattered to me anymore” (page 113). This shows Elie’s apathy for anyone and for anything, at this point Elie has given up on God and himself. For instance after a recent vicious beating Elie states “That was what life in a concentration camp had made of me…” (page 54). After all of the abuse and pain the Nazi’s had caused, nothing has hit Elie the way the text explains “Even today, when I hear that particular piece by Beethoven, my eyes close and out of darkness emerges the pale and melancholy face of my Polish comrade bidding farewell to an audience of dying men” (page 95). Subsequently, Elie has to face the passing of all of the polish men, women, and children who passed. Additionally, it gives you an idea on how Elie has changed as a person, as a man through God, and a man who abandoned his own