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How do Elie’s experiences during the Holocaust change him as a person? Elie was a survivor of the Holocaust, so he changed in many ways, from the beginning of his terrible experience till the end.

His transformation affects his faith. Elie was very pious. He seek for further assistance so he can use the best of his abilities to stay pious. He even seek a mentor for help to study the Cabbala. But he would pray often. For example,  according to the book, “ Why do you pray? he asked me, after a moment. Why did I pray? A strange question. Why did I live? Why did I breathe?” (Wiesel 2). This shows he is confused from the question he asked. That's why he seek for further assistance. Which shows that he is very pious. However, since he is being in a concentration camp, his faith in God has faded dramatically. He begins to questions God and his faith. For example, according to the book, “Never shall I forget those moments which murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to dust. Never shall I forget these things, even if I am condemned to live as long as God himself. Never” (Wiesel 32). This shows how his faith fades, and how he begins to doubt God.

Another conversion is his humanity. After being in the consecration camp, his personality has changed significantly. What do I mean? Well since he was very pious He was always kind and considerate. Even at the beginning of the terrible experience, he shares with his father with the little he has. But then he sometimes turns on him and let's all his anger on him. But sometimes there things that Elie doesn't understand. For example, according to the book, “I had watched the whole scene without moving. I kept quite. In fact I was thinking of how to get farther away so that I would not be hit myself. What is more, any anger I felt at that moment wa directed, not against the Kapo, but against my father. I was angry with him, for not knowing how to avoid Idek’s outbreak” (Wiesel 52). This shows how his relationship with his father change. Although it’s not his relationship with others, it's his patience also.

These are just a few ways his experience of the Holocaust change him as a person, like his faith and his humanity.

 

Wiesel, Elie . Night . N.p.: n.p., 1956. Print