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Change In Elie Wiesel's Night

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I agree with the idea that experiences we go through in our life can have lasting effects and can change in our lives, the things we experience can shape and mold us into who we are and we can affect other people's lives without even knowing it. An unimportant event can change how we feel one day which can cause a chain reaction of how we look and go through the day, which in return can give people we interact with an experience in their day as well. In the novel, Night we watched Elie experience many traumatic events that changed and shaped him into who he was and the ways he handled things. One of those events that shaped Elie was Rabbi’s son, and Rabbi himself. During this event the Jewish prisoners were ordered to run and not stop until …show more content…

But as time goes on he finds himself resenting his father more, …show more content…

Everyone including Elie stood in wait to watch the piple be hanged, the SS officers themselves even hesitated seeing the poor kid. The kid stood there in silence as the other men yelled, soon the pipe was hung. The child did not die instantly, he was too light for the rope to take full effect. He struggled in the nose and wiggled around as he looked at his fellow prisoners and they looked at him and stood still, they couldn't help him no matter how badly they wished too. Elie hears a man behind him ask the question “Where is God now?” and Elie hears a voice in his state “Where is He? Here He is-He is hanging here on this gallows....”. This event had a deep impact on Elie himself, as it was an event that caused him to start to doubt and lose his faith, through his time in these camps he was praying and had hope in his god, the god that was always there for him. But as time went on and Elie watched people die around him, innocent people he lost his faith. How could the god he believed so strongly abandon his people like this and leave them to

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