Loss Of Faith In Night By Elie Wiesel

In the novel Night, Elie Wiesel does a good job explaining just how hard it was to maintain faith in a place like Auschwitz. Elie also made it clear that it was crucial to remain hopeful if one was planning to survive for very long. Only the strong remained reasonably healthy, despite the harsh conditions they were put through in the concentration camps. It was explained as being a situation where it was every man for himself, and you couldn’t remain emotionally attached to your old life and people you care about. Only few survived, and the ones that did stood out from the rest. This was because they maintained faith.

After his father got sick, Elie spent most of his time and resources on his father, which was expected. However, after a prisoner saw him giving his rations to his father, he informed Elie that it wasn’t a wise decision. That no one was meant to survive Auschwitz. It’s always difficult to focus on yourself when there is a loved one in need, but starvation would lead to Elie getting sick himself, resulting in both him and his father being helpless. “I had no right to let myself die”, Elie wrote. Elie was caught in a hard situation, where he had to decide whether or not he would continue tending to his father or try to stay healthy himself.

He had made a commitment to stay with his father after being separated from the rest of his family, and the only person he knew well was gone. It was hard for him emotionally, but now he only needed to care for himself. In the novel, Elie mentions that being in the camp for so long had changed his outlook on life. He was noticing that he was starting to act different, more selfish. This could have been a reason for why he survived in a camp that was intended to kill you one way or another. With no one you needed to spend your time looking after, and no emotional connections, you had a better chance of staying