'There remained only a shape that looked like me. A dark flame had entered my soul and devoured it.' By the end of the narrative, how has Elie changed? - "Night" by Eliezer Wiesel.

The novel, 'Night', by Elie Wiesel, is the story of a Holocaust survivor. Though there are many themes to be found in the book, they all relate back to the way Elie changes. As much as Elie changes physically throughout his journey, mentally he is changed in several ways. His identity is changed to the point where he becomes a number, he has to change his way of thinking in order to survive, he experiences …showed first 75 words of 930 total…

…showed last 75 words of 930 total…also adapted the skills which were essential for his survival, as well as having a major shift in faith. All of these are a stark contrast to the young boy we meet at the start of the book, as is the way he sees himself at the end. "From the depths of the mirror, a corpse gazed back at me. The look in his eyes, as they stared into mine, has never left me." (pg.126).