Loss Of Faith In Night By Elie Wiesel

At the beginning of the book, Elie is very passionate about religion, but at this part of the book he's questioning his faith because of the

In the beginning of the memoir Elie has been very interested and dedicated to learning more about the Jewish religion. He has been told to pause his learning since he is just a kid, yet he still continues his education. At the beginning of Elie’s studies, he recalls, “...talked to me for hours of the revelations and mysteries of the cabbala. It was with him that my initiation began.

Elie wanted to believe in god but how would he believe in him if he hadn't shown them that he was there to let them free from their

Elie then wanted to find a teacher to teach him Kabbalah. He found a teacher in Moishe the Beadle. Saying, “I became convinced that Moishe the Beadle would help me enter eternity” meaning that with Moishe the beadle being his teacher he would lead him closer to God, closer to heaven. Before the Holocaust Elie Wiesel was happy and had a strong and dedicated faith in

It becomes clear that he completely denies, not the existance, but the justness of God. This is confirmed when it is written “ I was not denying his existence, but doubted His absolute justice. Elie’s personal experience lead to the further lessening of his

Eliezer is trying to express that he spent nearly all his life worshiping God just to not only feel abandoned but leaving him with a great void after losing a huge part of himself. Because of Wiesel’s dehumanizing experiences in the camp his perspective shifts and he has renounced his faith in

Wiesel’s repeated use of questions imply the loss of confidence in his religion, meaning the loss of faith. Through using questions, the reader is allowed to infer answers to these questions that lead the reader to a more deeper and complex understanding of the confusion and complete loss of trust that Elizer develops from all of the death and torture of other Jewish people that he witnesses and endures. By using the motif of questions, Wiesel builds a deeper connection between the reader and Eliezer, and is able to better share his experience of his loss of

For many, faith symbolizes a profound and trusting connection embedded within the existence and wisdom of a higher power. In Elie Wiesel's Night, the protagonist Elie witnesses the horrifying brutality of humanity during the Holocaust. At every turn, he is constantly surrounded by death, violence, and savagery. Witnessing and enduring such tragedies causes Elie and other Jews to lose their faith. Despite the atrocious circumstances that are inflicted towards the Jewish people, the concept of faith remains a reoccurring theme within this novel.

The Holocaust, a time of misery, suffering, and self-doubt for all who were victimized. It forced several people to abandon their faith and beliefs – leading them to In Elie Wiesel’s Night, Elie experiences a loss of faith due to the traumatic experiences of the Holocaust which leads him to believe that God has abandoned him, showing that when people experience a horrific event, even the most devout can lose their faith in God. Elie is a very religious child, and is shown to be very devout as his main goal in life is to become one with God. Elie is part of a very religious household, and has obviously been raised with certain standards.

Throughout Elies life he has always been drawn to his religion and faith, he has always put God before anyone or anything. However, as some of the men in the camp discusses matters of God and his mysterious ways, they begin to throw around the idea of why he would do this to the Jews and why he remained silent in a time like this. Elie then thought to himself, “I was not denying His existence, but I doubted His absolute justice” ( Wiesel emphasis added).Although, he would doubt Gods justice he still believes and knows he is there, he is just questioning why his God would punish the Jews with such horrendous suffering. On the other hand, Elie also experiences a moment to which he finds himself befriending two young brothers who had come from a religious background. The boys begin bringing back memories for Elie of religion and family, Elie states, “ … they knew huge numbers of Hebrew songs.

Elie basically thinks that the camps are just a nightmare. He wonders how God, someone that he trusts and believes in could be part of such a killing in the concentration camps. His religion is also made fake when he sees a ton of in humanity happening in the prisoners. Elie says, “If all the prisoners were to unite to oppose the cruel oppression of the Nazis.

In the beginning of Night, Elie is a very religious Jewish boy who believes in God and is very observant. Judaism is an ancient monotheistic religion, with Torah as its

Eliezer was not able to keep his faith with lord it was hard for him to understand after Nazi had done bad afflicts to Judaism in the camp. “Compared to this afflicted crowd, proclaiming to your greatness mean, Lord of the universe, in the face of all this weakness, this decomposition, and this decay? Why do you still trouble their sick minds, their crippled bodies?” (Wiesel 63). Eliezer felt angry to compare the greatness and the weaknesses from God he cannot understand why God still blessed those Jewish sick mind and give them more chances.

He loved learning about God and was also interested in mysticism. “I was almost thirteen and deeply observant. By day I studied Talmud and by night I would run to the synagogue to weep over the destruction of the Temple” (3). Elie spends most of his time at the synagogue praying and learning more about his faith. As the memoir continues is questioned by Moishe the Beadle, a “religious crony” of Elie’s, about his prayer.

Yet throughout all this, Elie had forgotten, or ceased to understand the lesson that Moishe was so desperately trying to make him understand at the beginning. Amongst all the Jew’s suffering, God was there. I don’t believe that there was anything that He could’ve done to help the Jews, but He was there none the less trying to allow them to find