"Night" Blog

Night by Elie Wiesel

Prompt:

- Explain how you have been surprised by what you are reading.

- How has the main character changed from the beginning of the story to the point you are at now?

        I have been surprised by what I am reading because of the crazy things the author describes that happened to him and the people around him in the camp. Yes, I already know how horrible the Holocaust is from learning git in school. Honestly, it is totally different from a survivors point of view. They tell you what happened to them, what they had to go through. Elie and the other people in the camp had to watch the three hangings that were taken place. Especially the child that was hung was horrible, it took him about an hour to die. All the people in the camp were forced to watch, that really could hurt someone emotionally.

        In the beginning of the story Elie was very religious. He would follow Moishe the Beadle and listen to what he had to say, "Man comes closer to God through the questions he asks Him, he liked to say." He really believed in everything Moishe the Beadle had to say because his father was very religious. To become closer to God he listened to Moishe the Beadle all the time. They would pray and talk about god. Then that one day Moishe the Beadle came back to town and tried to warn everyone about what was going to happen. Sadly, no one believe him, even Elie didn't believe him.

        Elie in this point of the story isn't very religious anymore. He doesn't believe in God, he is drifting away from God. Elie stated, “For the first time, I felt anger rising within me. Why should I sanctify His name? The Almighty, the eternal and terrible Master of the Universe, chose to be silent. What was there to thank Him for?” After all he had seen and been through in the camps he cannot believe in God. He questions him because if their was a God then why would he let all this horrible stuff happen? He slowly continues to not believe in God, and so do the others.