Night Blog

In the book Night by Elie Wiesel, Elie changed a lot in many ways. His personality changed a lot since the beginning of the book. In the beginning Elie was a kid that was always about positivity, he never focused on the negative and always thought positive because he believed that if you thought positive, then positive things came. Although towards the end of the story he wasn't the same. He stopped caring about many things, he didn't cry about anything because he had been through so much, he didn't care about his life nor anyone else's. “I have nothing to say of my life during this period. It no longer mattered. After my father's death, nothing could touch me any more” (Elie 107). This quote shows how he doesn't care about anything including his life.

Elie’s beliefs have changed so much since the beginning. He was very pious at first but then he changed once he felt god was no longer by his side. He stopped believing because he believed god could stop evil and the negative, but since Elie didn't see it happening he stopped believing in his god that he once used to pray to every night/everyday. “Why should I bless His name? The Eternal, Lord of the Universe, the All-Powerful and Terrible, was silent” (Elie 31). This quote shows how he has gave up on believing in God. He says god is silent because he is not doing anything about the problem. He stops believing in him because of the same reason that god won't help the people getting mistreated or killed. He is staying silent.

The way Elie knew right from wrong changed quick. In the beginning of the story he was a very calm, humble and caring. By the end he is still the same, he cares, is humble, but he isn't calm anymore. He would get angry whenever the Nazi's would hurt his father or any Jew in anyway. He grew so much hate for the Nazi's and couldn't stand living understand terrible conditions. “I began to abuse his neighbors. They laughed at me. I promised them bread and soup. They laughed” (Elie 104). Elie abused some men that were near his father because they'd hit his father even though they knew he was ill but they did not care and they hit him and took his bread. Elie got mad so he abused the men. It showed that Elie wasn't calm and got furious really quickly, and this shows how his mood or morality changed from the beginning to the end.

Wiesel, Elie. Night. New York: Bantam , 1982. Print.