Night Elie Wiesel Loss Of Innocence Essay
A Loss of Innocence Throughout the story Night, by Elie Weisel, the main character Elie slowly loses his innocence and sanity. At the beginning of the story, Elie is kindhearted and innocent. He would never harm anyone in any way, but towards the end of the story, he would kill a man if it meant getting an extra ration of bread or soup. Innocence can mean a multitude of things. It could mean that you are naïve to what is happening around you, it could mean that you would never hurt anyone in any way, it could also mean that you think the world is a happy and fun place when truly, it is not. Was there ever a moment in time where you lost your innocence and discovered how bitter and cold the world could truly be? The start of Elie’s loss of
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"The voice of the officiating inmate had just become audible. At first I thought it was the wind. "Blessed be God's name… " Thousands of lips repeated the benediction, bent over like trees in a storm. Blessed be God's name? Why, but why would I bless Him? Every fiber in me rebelled. Because He caused thousands of children to burn in His mass graves? Because He kept six crematoria working day and night, including Sabbath and the Holy Days? Because in His great might, He had created Auschwitz, Birkenau, Buna, and so many other factories of death? How could I say to Him: Blessed be Thou, Almighty, Master of the Universe, who chose us among all nations to be tortured day and night, to watch as our fathers, our mothers, our brothers end up in the furnaces? Praised be Thy Holy Name, for having chosen us to be slaughtered on Thine altar?" (Wiesel, 67) In this example, Elie loses his faith in his one source of hope, …show more content…
"I soon forgot him. I began to think of myself again. My foot was aching, I shivered with every step. Just a few more meters and it will be over. I'll fall. A small red flame… A shot…Deat h enveloped me, it suffocated me. It stuck to me like glue. I felt I could touch it. The idea of dying, of ceasing to be, began to fascinate me. To no longer exist. To no longer feel the excruciating pain of my foot. To no longer feel anything, neither fatigue nor cold, nothing. To break rank, to let myself slide to the side of the road…” (Wiesel, 86) In this example Elie actually loses the will to live, to try anymore. He feels as though he should embrace death and that there is not use trying
"The voice of the officiating inmate had just become audible. At first I thought it was the wind. "Blessed be God's name… " Thousands of lips repeated the benediction, bent over like trees in a storm. Blessed be God's name? Why, but why would I bless Him? Every fiber in me rebelled. Because He caused thousands of children to burn in His mass graves? Because He kept six crematoria working day and night, including Sabbath and the Holy Days? Because in His great might, He had created Auschwitz, Birkenau, Buna, and so many other factories of death? How could I say to Him: Blessed be Thou, Almighty, Master of the Universe, who chose us among all nations to be tortured day and night, to watch as our fathers, our mothers, our brothers end up in the furnaces? Praised be Thy Holy Name, for having chosen us to be slaughtered on Thine altar?" (Wiesel, 67) In this example, Elie loses his faith in his one source of hope, …show more content…
"I soon forgot him. I began to think of myself again. My foot was aching, I shivered with every step. Just a few more meters and it will be over. I'll fall. A small red flame… A shot…Deat h enveloped me, it suffocated me. It stuck to me like glue. I felt I could touch it. The idea of dying, of ceasing to be, began to fascinate me. To no longer exist. To no longer feel the excruciating pain of my foot. To no longer feel anything, neither fatigue nor cold, nothing. To break rank, to let myself slide to the side of the road…” (Wiesel, 86) In this example Elie actually loses the will to live, to try anymore. He feels as though he should embrace death and that there is not use trying