Loss Of Faith In Night By Elie Wiesel

“Blessed be God’s name? Why, but why would I bless him?” Elie Wiesel is the author of the nonfiction book Night. The book tells of Elie’s true experiences during the Holocaust. The quote above is one example of Elie losing his faith overtime showing that he is a dynamic character. The three reasons Elie is a dynamic character are that Elie loses his faith, Elie and his father’s relationship weakens over time, and that the way Elie views violence is changed.

The first reason is that Elise begins to lose his faith. One example is during the Jewish holiday, Yom Kippur. Elie did not fast because, as he says, he is rebelling against God and he no longer knows if God exists. Also during the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah, Elie didn’t gather and pray with the rest of the men. Elie is mad at God during this time and says he feels like an observer or a stranger. Lastly, When Elie first arrived at Auschwitz, the men around Elie began to say Kaddish, A Jewish blessing for the dead, for themselves.

First, Elie has thoughts of leaving his father to die in Buchenwald. Secondly, Elie’s father runs away from Elie and acts like he doesn’t know who Elie is. Lastly, when Elie’s father died, Elie couldn’t cry. Elie even goes on to say that if he looked deep down, he probably would've been relieved that his father died. The last reason that Elie is a dynamic character is because the way Elie percieves violence is changed. First, while in Buna, Elie's father crosses Idek the Kapo’s path and is beaten. Ellie gets mad at his father for crossing his path instead of the beatings. He does not try to help his father in any way. Secondly, Elie did nothing to help his father when he was being beaten by the Pole and the Frenchman for not being able to go outside and use the bathroom because he had dysentery. Lastly, Elie himself even had thoughts of letting himself fall behind and be killed during the death