Thesis Statement For Night By Elie Wiesel

Night is a first hand experience from Elie Wiesel of life inside Auschwitz concentration camp. He describes the horrid conditions, treatment, and poverty they endured. He was with his father, but was separated from his mother and sister. They had to rely on each other for survival.The relationship between him and his father changed, along with Elie’s Jewish faith because of their traumatic torture. In the novel Night By Elie Wiesel, he often brings up the topic of faith and how trauma can alter how people view it.
Before Nazi takeover, Elie was pursuing strengthening his faith at a very young age. As a young boy in the town Elie spent lots of time at the synagogue.“I continued to devote myself to my studies, Talmud during the day and Kabbalah at night,”(Wiesel 8). It shows that Elie has a desire to grow in his already strong faith. He is able to and willing to learn about the Kabbalah, something that is

This is how your thesis statement connects to the story you are writing about. This is highlighted in yellow. Before Yumqupor, the Jews were discussing whether or not to fast, and Elie made the decision not to. “there was no longer any reason for me to fast. I no longer accepted God's silence,” (Wiesel 80). Elie had grown angry with God. He did not believe in following the teachings if God would let this happen to the Jews. Elie disregarded an important custom in Judaism, and showed how far the camp had pulled him from his faith. When explaining his encounter with the rabbi Elie wrote, “I also have eyes and I see what is being done here. Where is God's mercy?Where's God? How can I believe, how can anyone believe in this God of Mercy?" (Wiesel 82). Elie began to blame God for all of the evil around him. He no longer prayed to him, or followed the teachings. Elie had lost all trust in a higher power protecting him. While being constantly beaten down and stripped of rights it is easy for someone to give