Analysis of Night by Elie Wiesel

Losing Hope

Elie Wiesel undergoes many changes throughout the book Night especially around chapters 3-5. These changes are primarily spiritual and pertain mainly to his at first, seemingly undying relationship with God. As a teen, his whole world was based upon his spiritual beliefs. Elie loved learning about his Jewish ancestors and their faith. He spent a lot of time with a man who was seen by most as an outcast. He was commonly known as Moshe the Beadle. Elie recalls one of his earlier memories when "Moshe the Beadle, the poor barefoot of Sighet, talked to me for long hours of the revelations and mysteries of the kabbalah"(4). Elie’s faith played a considerable role in his upbringing. His goal when he grew older, was only to learn more and more about Judaism and its importance. However, Birkenau changes him and with each day arrives new and worsening pain and suffering. He ceases to crave such great extents of knowledge of his religion and slowly refrains from following the laws of Judaism. He stops praying