Perception Of Exemplusion Versus Reality In Night By Elie Wiesel

Perception of illusion versus reality creates an inner conflict that leads to the eventual destruction of one’s life, morals, and sense of self-worth. Exemplification of such thing is exuberated by Elie Wiesel’s writing in the book Night, where the elucidation of suffrage of an adolescent is uniquely shared in a compelling yet revolting way . Elie’s transformation from a wide-eyed optimistic tween to a scarred soul evokes the question of what it takes for one person to completely change his perspective of life. He takes his gruesome experiences to try to discern the long lasting effects that opened his eyes to what is reality and what is illusion.

Life is unique for every person, for it is lived through different decisions made and rare metamorphic

His family would always practice Kaddish and he even steps up with his studies of Kabbalah by finding a teacher in Moishe the Beadle. Throughout his life, he was surrounded by figures that are devoted to the teachings of God and practice a way of life that resembles the holiness of the Almighty. Morality became a building block to his identity and its destruction became the downfall of his belief system, and ultimately his sense of living. He was vigorously convinced by the Nazi that he is less of a human because of his culture. He became a shell of what he was for he starts to despise God when he saw many of those people he considered friends, murdered right in front of his eyes. He became an unfeeling human that was stoic when he saw his own father call his name in the last few seconds of his life. He was forced to turn his back to his principles and nothing seems to be the same. Normal had a whole new meaning and primal instincts became his only priority. Therefore, feeling for others became rare and survival is the only way to go. Throughout this harrowing journey, Elie’s cry for help became evident when little by little he became closer to resembling the evil he once despised, evidenced by his desire to leave his father in the hands of the cruel Gestapo. He became a completely different person all because of the vehement way the world is poisoned by false propaganda of the inferior