Theme Of Maturing In Night By Elie Wiesel
Maturing is a natural process in a person's life that happens in one form or another to everyone. Most people mature over time and take a few years to fully finish this process, ending only once they reach adulthood. For others however, the process of maturing is forced upon them somehow and they have no other choice but to mature or they will not survive. Elie was living a happy life with his family when the Germans came and took him and his family away. When they were taken to a concentration camp, Elie had to give up his childish beliefs in order to ensure that himself and his father both survive. In Night, Elie Wiesel uses the idea of how he was forced to mature in order to show how he as a result has lost his humanity.
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Elie has to mature in order to survive and fend for himself in the concentration camp which leads to him losing hope for the future. He also has the responsibility of ensuring his father is with him, and surviving with him as well. This leads to Elie having to transition from a child into a caregiver which forces him to mature in order to fill this role. Similarly to how Elie is forced to mature due to the environment around him, in Lord of the Flies, Jack is forced to mature due to to role that he is forced to fill in order to survive with the other boys. He then turns to savagery due to the overwhelming circumstances and loses some of his humanity in the process. As with Elie, Gene in A Separate Piece, is also forced to mature by a changing environment. The change for Gene however, forces him to emotionally mature in order to handle the fact that he broke not only his best friends dreams, but also his hope for his future. All of these characters are put into a situation, whether self inflicted or not, in which they are forced to mature which leads to a loss of humanity for each of the characters. While the process of maturing is one that occurs in everyone to various degrees, it is a natural part of growing up and those it helps develop a sense of self among other positive
When the Germans …show more content…
Elie has to mature in order to survive and fend for himself in the concentration camp which leads to him losing hope for the future. He also has the responsibility of ensuring his father is with him, and surviving with him as well. This leads to Elie having to transition from a child into a caregiver which forces him to mature in order to fill this role. Similarly to how Elie is forced to mature due to the environment around him, in Lord of the Flies, Jack is forced to mature due to to role that he is forced to fill in order to survive with the other boys. He then turns to savagery due to the overwhelming circumstances and loses some of his humanity in the process. As with Elie, Gene in A Separate Piece, is also forced to mature by a changing environment. The change for Gene however, forces him to emotionally mature in order to handle the fact that he broke not only his best friends dreams, but also his hope for his future. All of these characters are put into a situation, whether self inflicted or not, in which they are forced to mature which leads to a loss of humanity for each of the characters. While the process of maturing is one that occurs in everyone to various degrees, it is a natural part of growing up and those it helps develop a sense of self among other positive