Elie Wiesel Change Analysis

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“When we least expect it, life sets us a challenge to test our courage and willingness to change” (Coelho). Change is a big part of the holocaust, prisoners are taken away and beaten in hell, some don't survive while others wish the hadn't, because change mixed with other factors can be scary. Change is just one thing each and every person in the holocaust experiences, for the better, or the worse. The outcome of change is determined by the individual. Now we will see how Elie Wiesel faces the problem of change and his reaction to it. Elie’s relationship with his father, and his outlook on life change because of the holocaust.

Throughout the Holocaust, Elie changes in many ways, one of which is his relationship with his father. Elie and his …show more content…
When his family is taken from their home, he feels hatred towards the Germans. Later in the camp, when the prisoners are beaten, starved, and murdered, the prisoners will turn little experiences into happy, joyful times. By the end of Wiesel’s time in the camp he has adopted an indifferent attitude toward his own life. He writes, “It no longer mattered. After my father’s death, nothing could touch me anymore” (107). Elie’s indifference shows how much he changed while in the concentration camp. Life for Wiesel means much more than a body now, it shows how one man's survival can change the hearts and minds of others, through his book …show more content…
Experiences give up change whether we like it or not. We choose our outcome for the better or the worse, because we hold decisions in our hand and we can be that difference, we can be that change in the world. Like Elie Wiesel, he chose to change his relationship with his father, God, and is outlook on life because of one experience. We can do the same. Elie changed for the better. At first it was a burden for him, but now it is a blessing because of the outcome. He opened my life's, including mine, all because he spread the word, by writing “Night”. Now it's our turn to make change in lives and touch
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