Elements Of Love In Night By Elie Wiesel

In the book, Night, Elie Wiesel tells about the horrors of being held captive in a Nazi concentration camp and a death camp during World War II. Elie Wiesel was a Jewish boy who grew up in Sighet, Romania but his childhood was interrupted by the Nazi’s. The Holocaust affected Elie’s beliefs, his relationship with his family, his view of the world, his purpose, and his loves. The purpose of this paper is to examine the elements of Elie’s love before the Holocaust, in the beginning of Auschwitz, and in chapter five at Buna. After reading Elie Wiesel’s memoir, Night, the reader traces Elie’s life through his experiences in the Holocaust. By examining what the love, it is clear that he changes from a religious, sensitive little boy to a spiritually dead, unemotional man.
First, Elie loved to spend time in prayer and to learn about God. Elie asked Moshe, “And why do you pray, Moshe?”(pg.3). This is an example of Elie’s curiosity about what he loved doing, and that was spending time with God. Moshe was Elie’s mentor because Moshe tried to guide and help Elie develop a close relationship with God. Also, Elie loved to read the Cabala, which is a Jewish Bible. Elie read the Talmud during the day and read the Cabala at night. Elie read from the Cabala ¨who, according to the Cabbala awaits his deliverance in that of man.¨(pg. 1). The Cabala is a study of Mysticism, which is a study of a Jewish teacher. This is an example of the love that Elie has towards God’s word. Elie is in the word during the day and night. Elie also at this time believed in what he was reading and he took interest in his religion, he loved God and believed in him. Elie is reading that God will deliver his followers and Elie trust the words of the