If subjected to two years in concentration camp confinement and eventually becoming emotionally and physically degraded, how would one’s beliefs and innocence change substantially? In the autobiographical novel Night by Elie Wiesel, Wiesel does such by shifting from being a young devoted believer in God, into a more independent individual throughout the span of his traumatic imprisonment. Wiesel transforms into a self-reliant being and feels a disconnect from the old God in which he had worshipped prior to the Holocaust. Having this disconnect between him and God allows him to face the reality of the suffering he endures and ultimately survive it.
Throughout Wiesel's confinement in concentration camps and gruesome experiences of immoral cruelty, …show more content…
He had nothing but a deep underlying courage, for he “...had been consumed in the flames. There remained only a shape that looked like [him].”(Wiesel 75) Just as Wiesel, Job lived through a vast amount of pain, not knowing the definite reason for his suffering; but survived without having God’s sympathy. Wiesel even confidently had “...more faith in Hitler than in anyone else…who's kept his promises, all his promises, to the Jewish people.”(Wiesel 77), which is a shockingly bold yet true statement that goes to show how much he radically shifted his view of God during the holocaust. Due of the feeling of disconnection and doubt of the God he once believed in, Elie Wiesel progressively becomes a more individualistic person during his traumatic confinement in the concentration camps. During his imprisonment in the concentration camps, Wiesel feels a subsequent loss of innocence at a young age, which may also be another result of his doubts and detachment from God. However, by becoming less dependent on God, Wiesel was able to overcome the circumstances in his struggle to
Throughout Wiesel's confinement in concentration camps and gruesome experiences of immoral cruelty, …show more content…
He had nothing but a deep underlying courage, for he “...had been consumed in the flames. There remained only a shape that looked like [him].”(Wiesel 75) Just as Wiesel, Job lived through a vast amount of pain, not knowing the definite reason for his suffering; but survived without having God’s sympathy. Wiesel even confidently had “...more faith in Hitler than in anyone else…who's kept his promises, all his promises, to the Jewish people.”(Wiesel 77), which is a shockingly bold yet true statement that goes to show how much he radically shifted his view of God during the holocaust. Due of the feeling of disconnection and doubt of the God he once believed in, Elie Wiesel progressively becomes a more individualistic person during his traumatic confinement in the concentration camps. During his imprisonment in the concentration camps, Wiesel feels a subsequent loss of innocence at a young age, which may also be another result of his doubts and detachment from God. However, by becoming less dependent on God, Wiesel was able to overcome the circumstances in his struggle to