In conclusion, in the memoir Night, Elie Wiesel utilizes the suffering and adversity of Jews during the Holocaust in order to present how when faith in God is lost, a person can continue to progress in life or not, but they will only be able to if they have hope and faith in themselves. The book illustrates that without God, one must still be able to live a satiated life and be able to procure self-motivation. In the lives of Jews during the Holocaust, as well as people today, no matter what religion one has faith in, when faith in that is lost due to hardships, one must be able to find hope in other places. This is not to say that following a religion is useless, but instead to relay the message that in addition to faith in something else,
“Ahead of you lies a long road paved with suffering”(Wiesel, 38) . In the novel Night ,by Elie Wiesel, he explains about his experiences and suffering as a young boy during the Holocaust. The Holocaust was a systematic persecution of millions of Jews. Elie Wiesel and his family were apart of this horrific event. Elie was a very religious boy that loved studying the Talmud and spending time at the Temple until his life was forever altered by the Holocaust.
The story of Night, by Elie Wiesel, shows the struggles that the Jews had. One might say the Holocaust strengthened the Jews’ faith. Throughout the story there has been situations where one can say that this is true. Night also shows that the Jews have came together to resolve their problems. The holocaust weakened the Jews’ faith in God.
How do you react when your faith is being tested? For Wiesel in the novel “Night” by Elie Wiesel the reader witnesses the loss of faith. The response of Wiesel faith was effected by the surrounding he was faced with. The foundation of his beliefs was questioned by the events he saw. Thus as time passed more individuals began to lose their religious behaviours.
In Elie Wiesel’s memoir, Night, the theme of faith impacts Elie's experiences throughout the Holocaust. One time when faith impacts Elie’s experiences is when he believes that God is the reason he gets to keep his shoes. Elie writes, “I thanked God, in an improvised manner…” (Wiesel 38).This quote shows Elie's initial belief in God and his faith during the early times of the Holocaust when he expresses gratitude for his shoes not being taken.
Elie's nostrils flair at the hint of meat. His hands clasp the warm bowl of broth in his hands. He raises it to his lips, then he awakes from his only true dream anymore ever since his father died. The book is about the holocaust, it is first person perspective by Elie Wiesel. Night takes place back when Elie was a teenager which allows it to show how being a teen in the holocaust truly was.
“To the anti-Semitic Nazi leader Adolf Hitler, Jews were an inferior race, an alien threat to German racial purity and community. After years of rule in Germany, during which Jews were consistently persecuted, Hitler’s “final solution”–now known as the Holocaust–came to fruition under the cover of world war, with mass killing centers constructed in the concentration camps of occupied Poland.” (“The Holocaust”). Many Jews did happen to survive the Holocaust and many decided to share their story with the whole world. Elie Wiesel’s story Night is an autobiography about his experience as a Jew back when the Holocaust was taking place.
Brandon Smidl Ms. Cavaliere English 10 5 January 2023 Loss of Faith by Witnessing Human Suffering A story named “Night” by Eliezer Wiesel confronts the topic of losing faith through human suffering by relating it to personal experiences during the Holocaust. The main character, Elie (Eliezer), talks about his experiences going through the countless Nazi-run concentration camps that were meant to conflict pain and suffering upon the Jewish people. Due to the atrocities that the Jewish prisoners faced every day many of them lost their faith in God and questioned their faith and belief in a higher power. During the time of the holocaust, many Jewish prisoners were sent to what
What comes to mind when one thinks of total loss, confusion, and anger towards something? To Eli Wiesel, this is his life as less than a human. His life following his capture by the Nazis and the inhabitants in the multiple concentration camps turned his life upside down. Some would say he faced all odds and even had his doubts regarding who he was and why he was part of these dreadful, seemingly, God-forsaken events. Needless to say, his memoir Night, will follow his life as an eager child of God, to almost complete loss of faith in Him.
Faith or Fiction? Night is a memoir with a great focus towards faith and a child’s questioning of its existence. Elie Wiesel begins to trust God at a very young age, which left him needing to learn about his Jewish faith and beliefs. Once arriving in the concentration camps, Elie is faced with many questions towards how God could put such faith filled people through this dark tragedy. Faith in God is completely lost by Elie after surviving long term torture and abuse inside the German ‘worker’ camps.
At the beginning of Night, Elie was someone who believed fervently in his religion. His experiences at Auschwitz and other camps, such as Birkenau and Buna have affected his faith immensely. Elie started to lose his faith when he and his father arrived at Birkenau. They saw the enormous flames rising from a ditch, with people being thrown in.
In the memoir Night, the narrator Elie Wiesel recounts a moment when he questioned God, ¨Blessed be God’s name? Why, but why would I bless him? Every fiber in me rebelled, he caused thousands of children to burn his Mass graves?¨(Wiesel 68). Overall, Wiesel does not follow the words of God and is not believing in him anymore because he thinks God is the one thatś letting all the inhumanity occur. One theme in Night is that inhumanity can cause disbelief or incredulity.
The Importance of Faith Faith is a subject that poses challenges for many individuals. Faith can have a profound impact on people, influencing their beliefs, behaviors, and overall well-being. It can serve as a source of comfort and hope, providing a sense of purpose and meaning in life. In the book, Night by Elie Wiesel, it shows how the use of the author's tone serves to underscore the importance of faith in times of extreme suffering.
Concentration Camps broke the will of many Jewish prisoners’ faith. They believed that their god had forsaken them, or that he never existed to allow such atrocities to be committed against his people. In Night, a memoir by Elie Wiesel, Elie’s faith deteriorates rapidly in the concentration camps. Elie’s faith changed in that as time went on and hope waned, he first accused God of his crimes against his people, holding theocratic debates within himself. By the end of the Novel, he no longer seemed to belief in God.
The Holocaust affects Jews in a way that seems unimaginable, and most of these effects seem to have been universal experiences; however, in the matter of faith, Jews in the concentration camp described in Elie Wiesel’s Night are affected differently and at different rates. The main character, Elie, loses his faith quickly after the sights he witnesses (as well as many others); other Jews hold on much longer and still pray in the face of total destruction. In the beginning, all of the Jews are more or less equally faithful in their God and religion.
During slavery in America, many of the slaves lost hope, giving up on their freedom. Night, itself comes to symbolize death and the loss of hope. Elie Wiesel writes about how the horrors of the Holocaust caused him to lose faith in God and humanity. One such horror was the death march, during which many men died, collapsing in the snow after marching day and night. His will to be with his father and his will to survive keep him alive at Auschwitz Wiesel’s first residence.