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... The book describes the gruesome events of the Holocaust. One of the main
conflicts in Night is Elie’s struggle with his faith. ...
... But this faith is tested when the Nazi’s moves him from his small town.
Night begins in 1941, when Elie, is twelve years old. ...
... Night shows the progression of an innocent twelve year old boy who's days were ... Elie's
faith in God, above all other things, is strong at the onset of the novel ...
Faith of Elie in "night". A lot of people all over the world depend on religion.
They pray to God for the strength to get through hardships. ...
... “Where is He? Here He is-He is hanging here on this gallows.” (Wiesel 62) On the
night of Rosh Hashanah Elie lost faith. On that day, he ceased to plead. ...
Submitted by rmflark on October 11, 2006
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A lot of people all over the world depend on religion. They pray to God for
the strength to get through hardships. But sometimes some kind of people feel a
doubt about existence or justice of God, especially when they are in unbearable
poverty, sadness or adversity. Elie Wieser once experienced terrible historical event
holocaust. Is there a purpose to believe in God when you are in a situation like
holocaust?
Elie was very interested in Jewish faith, such as Kabbalah. He met Moishe
the Beadle, and Moishe helped him th learn about jewish mysticism. But whole world
started to shrouded in darkness of war. Elie and his family and Jews were expelled.
Finally his mother and sister thrown into furnace with thousands of Jews. And Elie
started to be convulsed:
Never shall I forget those moments that murdered my God and my soul and
turned my dreams to ashes.
It says that his God is dead. He denied existence of God. After witnessing hanging
of little child, he mentioned about death of God once again:
Where He is? This is where¡ªhanging here from this gallows.
Elie said express that his God is dead when he experience great tragedy. The death
of his mother and sister, hanging of little child made him felt like there is no God
who he believed
in and interested in for his life before holocaust. So he thought his
God died during world war.
At last he said his thought about God:
My eyes had opened and I was alone, terribly alone in a world without
God, without man.
I felt myself to be stronger that this almighty to whom my life had been
bound for so long.
...
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