“Never shall I forget those flames which consumed my faith forever. Never shall I forget those moments which murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to dust,” (Wiesel, 1960, p.32). After seeing what was going on at Auschwitz, Elie had began to lose his faith in his God. Certain experiences of hardship and kindness can change their life. Elie began losing faith in his God when he saw that his God was letting the Nazis do this to them. It wasn’t just what the Nazis did to the Jews but also what the Jews were doing to each other. On page 24 of the book Night it said, “They struck her several times on the head---blows that might have killed her.” Traveling to Auschwitz Elie watched as other Jews began beating a poor woman because she wouldn’t be quiet. The woman kept yelling about seeing a fire. The first time everyone looked but there was nothing. She wouldn’t yell about a fire for a while then would suddenly start yelling about the fire. No one on the train would believe her. They couldn’t get her to stop yelling. Some men decided that beating her might stop her from yelling. While watching how Jews could beat up their own kind, Elie …show more content…
The hardships continued to happen throughout their “journey”. On page 95 in the book Night it said, “One day when we stopped, a workman took a piece of bread out of his bag and threw it into the wagon.” This was when they were transporting Jews to a new concentration camp. It was nice of the man to throw the bread onto the wagon. The Jews were starving. When the workman threw the bread into the wagon, they began to fight each other for the bread. Though he had given them food the Germans outside of the wagon thought it was entertainment to watch the Jews fight over the bread. More and more Germans began throwing bread into the wagon. It was nice of the Germans to throw the bread but it was just for their