“Wherever men and women are persecuted because of their race, religion, or political views, that place must - at that moment - become the center of the of the universe,” Elie Wiesel. The persecution of one for race, religion and religion are the reason Elie, as a 15 year old, was sent to concentration camps. Elie wrote the Nobel peace prize winning book, “Night” to reveal the untold events that transpired at the time of WW2. In the book , “Night”, Elie’s religion, personality, and fear of death changed because of the events arose.

Elie’s religion in “Night” was affected because of the events that took place. IN the beginning of the book, Elie is a highly religious boy. Shown on page 4, he says, “ one day I asked my father too find a master …show more content…
On a special with Oprah, Elie comments, “ why did god choose me… why not someone more deserving… more capable?” and “ it is not right… to kill one certain people… any people… it’s not right” He was not the same as he was. The hope and life that filled Elie was drained from him, stripped and taken by the “essence of death.” Shown in the book, “the student of Talmud, the child I was… had been devoured by a black flame” (page 37) and “ For God’s sake, where is God? And from within me, I heard a voice answer: Where He is? This is where- hanging here from this gallow…” (page 65). He then went on to explain the soup tasted of corpses that night. The text from the book shows how Elie was changed by the countless deaths and by what he endured. The camps and torture he went through changed a large portion of his sense of humanity. He throughout the book and the rest of life showed not the liveliness of his past self. He said he was “devoured” by a black flame, changing him …show more content…
He no longer had a reason to live, the only family he had was gone, his identity was seized from him, and no belongings. Constantly in the book, Elie talks about the interpretation of death. He speaks, “ This discussion continued… I knew i was no longer arguing with him but Death itself, with Death that he had already been chosen” (page 105) and “ From the depths of the mirror, a corpse was contemplating me… the look in his eyes as he gazed at me has never left me” (page 115). Eli’s speaking about death are the most intriguing part of the book. He reveals about death taking many forms, from fog, then of a “fire” from Ms. Schacter. Although these are only some of versions of death Elie comments, it is clear ,through the events of the book, that his fear of death really no longer exists. He lost his sister and mother at Auschwitz, then lost his father, Shlomo, due to illness. In the end of the book, Elie is alone, and has no one to live for or with.

The author’s religion, personality, and fear of death changed in “Night” because of the events that took effect during at his time at the concentration camps of Auschwitz and Buchenwald. Although Elie lost everyone he knew, he found his sisters Hilda and Beatrice after moving to Paris. They stayed with each other and moved together to North America. His sister, Hilda, was living in France whilst he was living in Paris. They later rejoined with their other sister, Beatrice, in