1. Elie Wiesel was young and still learning. He was content with life. He was uninformed of what was happening around him. He was also seeking knowledge of his religion. In other words he was looking to blossom under a teacher.
2. The Germans slowly crept into their life. Through the ghetto. Yet Elie was still Naïve and content for his life. Still having faith in god. His hopes were also set on the red army.

3. Elie finally gets a grip on what’s going on when he is relocated to the second ghetto. Although his dad does bring good news: they will be staying in the ghetto for a few more days. But one day he is transported out of the ghetto and that is when everything in his life changes. He no longer had the freedoms he had before.