The Holocaust was a tragic and unforgettable moment in history. Countless died while placed in concentration camps. The conditions were horrendous as survivors explained. The book ‘“Night’” written by Elie Wiesel does just that as it describes in detail the events that unfolded. In ‘Night,’ Elie is continuously relies on his faith and beliefs to continue fighting. Being constantly surrounded by savages or men that lost faith and gave up causes Elie to question his faith from time to time. Humans in general have a repulsive nature, this is then magnified when pushed to the limit. Not even Elie can escape the evilness in human nature, however, he attempts to keep his innocence or sanity the best out of anyone he encounters. Both witnessing and …show more content…
For example, being raised up in a broken home where abuse is unavoidable makes a person negative in many ways. Being a victim of abuse usually carries on from person to person. In a broken home where a child is constantly bombarded with negativity that child will then transfer that to someone else. Most origins of bullying come from this. As a parent figure lashes hostility towards a child, he/she will then release their frustration towards another person, making themselves feel better. This goes to show how a person’s surroundings and environment alters their personality. In the book, Elie encounters abuse on a regular basis which then lowers his morals gradually. When Franek tells Elie that he’s taking his crown as well as his ration Elie responds with “What? My ration of bread so that you can have my crown?”(Wiesel, 56) Elie says this out of disbelief as he can’t believe that someone would do that out of the expense of another person. From this Elie learns the evilness of greed. The abuse Elie faces all adds up to his transformation into a “brute” as the long march to a new camp exhausts Elie both mentally and physically. This then lowers his morals even further. As shown when his father is taken Elie says “I did not weep, and it pained me that I could not weep. But I was out of tears. And deep inside me, if I could have searched the recesses of my feeble conscience, I might have found something like: Free at last!…”(Wiesel,137). Being both abused physically and mentally Elie was slowly turning into a brute, but his father acted like an anchor which stopped this from happening. Once his father dies Elie turns fully into a brute as he says “Free at