Night blog

The holocaust experience changed Elie's life and his personality because at the the beginning of the story he was oblivious and he also changed his perspective on life going through the story. Then continuing on through the story he was able to experience the nature of life and he no longer was oblivious of the world around him. Throughout the book he learned way more then he knew when he was in Romania. Then he learned how life can truly be, when he started entering those camps. He was shown the horrifying events that were happening in these death camps.


              Elie was oblivious because he wasn't aware of the stuff happening around him, and how quickly the Nazi’s were growing. At the beginning if the book everyone was ignorant to the events happening before them. Elie was to caught up in his religious studies to know what was going. The only person who warned the Jews was Mosche the Beadle, but everyone ignored his warnings. At the start of the book people often made remarks that in retrospect forever jinxed them . In the book it says” People said: ‘ The Russian army’s making gigantic strides forward… Hitler won't be able to do us any harm, even if he wants to” (6). This shows the ignorance to the fact that they didn't believe Hitler could do such a thing, but in the end he was able to do all of this.  Also in the book it says “Before three days passed, German army cars had appeared in our streets” (7). This quote shows the instant answer to the Jews who had doubted Hitler's power.


              Elie also changed his perspective on life after experiencing the death camps he went through and how people can change under certain circumstances. At the start of the book Elie was very religious and full of hope. He had stuff to live for and people to live for. All of that changed once the Nazi’s had entered his life. In the beginning of the book Elie says “ I continued to devote myself to my studies. By day, the Talmud, at night, the cabbala. My father was occupied with his business and the doings of the community. My grandfather had come to celebrate the New Year with us, so that he could attend the services of the famous rabbi of Borsche. My mother began to think that it was high time to find a suitable young man for Hilda” (5) this shows the regular aspects of a family. Which later in the story Elie only has himself and his father. But towards the end of the story he was starting to become hopeless and started to think about death. In the book it says “The idea of dying, of ceasing to be, began to fasci- nate me. To no longer exist. To no longer feel the excruciating pain of my foot. To no longer feel anything, neither fatigue nor cold, nothing. To break rank, to let myself slide to the side of the road…” ( ). This quote shows that he was deciding which to choose tranquility or life. This shows the difference between having a normal life, verses living a life where death seems like a welcoming hand.


              The reason Elie Wiesel wrote this memoir was to give us some imagery and some intel of how he lived when he was going through that hell. The Holocaust is important for us to know because we should honor and respect the dead people who lived during it. Imagine if we had to go through the what they went through. Those camps were a real hell and actual human beings had to go through it. It is only right to respect the Jews and learn how they lived during that time. Here is an example of what Elie had to go through, this is a quote from the book night “Here or elsewhere, what did it matter? Die today or tomorrow, or later? T h e night was growing longer, never- ending” ( ) this shows the reality of the story. That quotes shows the thought process going through every Jew's brain  at the time.

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Dusk


The dusk flew in on the wings of the evening.....
From whom do you bing me a greeting?
 Will you kiss my lips for him?
 How I long for the place where I was born!

Perhaps only you, tranquil dusk,
 Know of the years shed in your lap
 From eyes that long to see
 The shade of palms and olive trees In the land of Israel

 Perhaps only you will understand
 This daughter of Zion,
 Who weeps 
For her small city on the Elbe
 but is afraid ever to return to it.

 Anonymous