Night The Holocaust, a horrible time for the world. Just as any war is. War is the single most destructive thing our world has. It can take the lives of millions of people in just a few seconds.
War however may seem bad from the perspective of many people, but it is even worse from the perspective of a single person. A boy for instance, trapped between two opposing forces. Elie for example has lived through this. A boy of only 15, how much he has suffered through.
During the course of the book Night it is obvious that Elie lost faith in his god. “For the first time, I felt revolt rise up in me. Why should I bless his name The Eternal, Lord of the Universe, the All-Powerful and terrible, was silent. what had I to thank him for” (31).
This is Elie’s first sign of losing faith. In his mind he wondered how a god, so great and wonderful hasn’t helped out his people, But rather let them see how cruel people can be.
Elie said this after he had witnessed babies sent to their doom in a pit of fire. How could he not ask his god why he hasn’t done anything. A boy of 15 years old should not witness this, nor should anyone witness these acts of hatred. “Never shall I forget those flames which consumed my faith forever.” (32) From that moment on, Elie had no reason to believe in God. The flames which Madame Schachter had spoke about on the train. If only they realized it sooner.
God, the most important role in human civilization was going to let the slaughter of innocent people go on in his world. Many people lost faith during this time. The sight of someone being beaten infront of you, but knowing that if you help, it ” ll be even worse for you. Never shall I forget that nocturnal silence which deprived me, for all eternity, of the desire to live. Never shall I forget those moment which murdered my god and my soul and turned my dreams to dust. Never shall I forget these things even if I am condemned to live as long as God Himself, forever.
The Essay on Burning Flesh Elie God People
Where is God now (A man behind me asked) He is hanging here on this gallows This is where the Holocaust left young Elie. It left him with a feeling that there is no God, or if there is, he is not as wonderful as everyone has been proclaiming that he is. The story begins in the small town of Sighet near Transylvania were Elie lived with his parents and two little sisters. Elie studied the Talmud ...
Never. (32) Something so powerful it could murder a once very religous boy’s faith forever. He would never be able to turn back like he once did, to ask God “Why.” God lives forever, Elie will never forget these images in printed in his mind. It is too hard to forget something that impacts yourself, you life, and the people around you in such a way that you lose all the faith you have. No matter how much you had to begin with, you can lose it in an instance. Just like Elie, no longer can he pray at night, no longer can he look in the sky and say to himself “Im lucky to have such a great god to look over me.” I had new shoes myself.
But as they were coated with a thick layer of mud, no one had noticed them. I thanked god, in an improvised prayer, for having created mud in His infinite and wonderful universe. (35) Sarcasm, in a time like this, to mock the “All powerful.” Its just another point proving that Elie did lose faith in his God. How can he believe in somthing that won’t prevent a catastrophe. I know one has no right to say thinks like that. I know man is too small, too humble and inconsiderable to seek to understand the mysterious ways of god.
But what can I do I’m not a sage, one of the elect, nor a saint. I’m just an ordinary creature of flesh and blood. I’ve got eyes, too, and I can see what they ” re doing here. Where is the divine Mercy Where is God How can I believe, how could anyone believe, in this merciful god (73) Faith, the one thing man has over animals, the belief in a god, the All Powerful the savior of the earth. But it can diss apear, and quickly. If no one believes in somthing than how does it exist I doesn’t I no on remembered our past, or left clues behind, we wouldn’t know about the civilizations on earth.
The Essay on Jewish People Wiesel God Faith
In Night, by Elie Wiesel, there is an underlying theme of anger. Anger not directed where it seems most appropriate- at the Nazis- but rather a deeper, inbred anger directed towards God. Having once been a role model of everything a good Jew should be, Wiesel slowly transforms into a faithless human being. He cannot comprehend why the God who is supposed to love and care for His people would ...
Even the loss of faith in a single boy can hurt. Especially when he is so young to witness pure evil. Elie has definitly lost faith in his god. He may no longer pray nor go to church..
