Changes In Night By Elie Wiesel

Everyone has hopes and dreams in life. Some people’s dreams can be ruined in very little time. Elie Wiesel changes as a person through Night as a result of his father dying, receiving little food and seeing unpleasant sights. Elie relied on his father for useful advice and some skills. His father taught him many things that stuck with him for the rest of his life. His biggest fear was to lose his father because of the bond that they had built. He gave up many things for his father like food and some opportunities. On page 107 it states, “In my father’s place lay another invalid.” This is when his father died. After his father died, it was almost a relief, but he was sad because he didn’t say his final goodbyes. He got two times the amount of bread due to his father being dead. His father died a hard death and his biggest fear had come. He became a selfish person because he had been helping other people and doing things for other people all of his life.

After being deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau he received little food. He ate things like bread with maggots, watery soup, and unclean water. Through his journey, he gave up some of his food for certain people and privileges. He had to give away a ration of bread to a dentist who pulled his tooth and some soup to his father who was feeling ill at the time. Elie said as follows on page 44: “ … bread and margarine. I was terribly hungry and swallowed my ration on the spot. My father told me, "You must not eat all at once. Tomorrow is another day … “ In this section, his father is teaching him to save some food because he did not know when they would eat next. Elie also received “... a present for me: a half ration of bread” He would not have considered bread as a gift but as dinner. His perspective on food was really changing because before, he was picky and got lots of food and now he ate very little and received unpleasant