What does the phrase the renaissance man mean? This usually refers to a person who is highly accomplished in many of the basic human disciplines. He/she would be skilled in letters and in most areas of learning including s â¦ cience/math, history and philosophy.
He lied so he could stay together with his father and not be sent directly to the gas chambers. Note* his book mentions nothing of the Gas chambers....which is suspicious...90 â¦ % of people who passed through Auschwitz claim there were gassing chambers and that they did NOT burn people alive as Elie Wiesel claimed...e feels bad for the man that he hasn't seen his family in a very long time and therefore, Elie knows that if he tells stein the truth (his family is dead) that stein will kil â¦ l himself. Elie wants to keep stein alive.
Faith-Elie was told by his father to never lose his faith of his religion it would help him through everything, and keep him strong. At first Elie wasn't sure of his faith because if there was a God, then why did he create the situation that they were in.oss of Innocence-Elie was a young boy when he was taken to the concentration camps, and he led a sheltered life. He did not realize how cruel people could be, and what far measures they would take when faced with power and death.