Elie Wiesel started off as a young boy who was very devoted to God and learning more

about his religion. "By day [he] studied Talmud and by night [he] would run to the synagogue to
weep over the destruction of the temple" (Wiesel 3). He was so focused on his religion that he
had him friend secretly tutor him about the secrets of Jewish mysticism each day after he
completed his mandatory religious studies. Another important factor in his life was family, so
after he was torn away from his mother and sisters, he was determined to not be separated
from his father no matter what it would take.

Towards the middle of his life in the concentration camps, however, Elie's relationship
with God was weakened. He resented God because of all the inhumane torture he witnessed
and it made Elie believe that He was not there for anyone. Wiesel thought that "[God] caused
thousands of children to burn in His mass graves..." (Wiesel 67), because he took God's silence
throughout the suffering of a religious races as if though He did not was no longer there for
anyone. Because of this belief, he felt that God should not be worshiped, why should "[he] bless
Him" (Wiesel 67) if he was the one who created so many "factories of death" (Wiesel 67).
Although he lost faith in God, Elie's relationship with his father was still very important. When his
father was very weak, Elie took care of him by offering to look over him so he could rest. Wiesel
was determined to not live without his father by his side.

Towards the end of Elie's imprisoned days, Wiesel became so used to death and
inhumanity that he was not surprised by anything. He became so emotionally numb that he
occasionally had thoughts of "using all [his] strength to fight for [his] own survival" (Wiesel 106)
and to be free from the burden of caring for his father. Although Elie still looked after his father,
he while doing so "[h]is heart was heavy [because he] was aware that [he] was doing it
grudgingly" (Wiesel 106). Having been exposed to inhumanity for so long, Wiesel began to grow
selfish and emotionally numb.

Although he suffered through great emotional and physical pain and lost his faith in God,
years after the war Elie Wiesel thrived. He became a writer, a professor at Boston University
and an activist who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986 (Oprah), but most importantly, he
restored his relationship with God. Elie believes that we are here for a purposeto bring God
closer to his creations [and] to bring his creations closer to one another. (Oprah). After taking
several years to heal from his experiences in the inhumane death camps, Elie Wiesel learned to
love himself, others, and God once again.