"Night"
Prompts: How do Elie's experiences during the Holocaust changed him as a person?
During the Holocaust, Elie changed in many ways. Physically, emotionally, and mentally. He changed physically by losing weight. This happened to all of the people that were put in the camps. They were given very little to eat. They lost weight and energy at a shocking pace. Thus resulting in not being able to continue on with their life because their basic needs are not met. Elie's father and Elie were both starving. When they ran from Aushwitz to Gleiwitz they barely made it. They almost collapsed. If they did they might of gotten shot or trampled. That could of been the end of him and his father. I guess you could say they changed from taking things for granted to persevere and not stop until they get something.
Another way he changed was mentally. Before he was put in a concentration camps he was very pious. He devoted his whole life to God. When him and his father were put in the camps he began to push away God. Things got worse and he blamed God for them. He started to think bad thoughts about God like why should I praise him if he does nothing at the sight of many people dying. For example, when the child gets hanged he began somebody said where is God. He said he was hanging from the gallows. This is one a way he changed.
The last way that he changed was emotionally. During the time he was in the camps he began to think of his father as a burden. He began to think all of these things. He knew that his father was going to die, but he still fed him and took care of him till the end. He thought of leaving, but he never carried out any of these thoughts. In the end, he said that he didn't cry because the conditions he was
put in hardened him. He lacked emotion.
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