Throughout the entirety of what we see in the novel Night we can observe the vastness of the struggle of life, death and decision. It is there in the camp that one decision, one action, one choice a person makes could dictate the outcome of their mortality for the future. How do you survive such a horrid period of agony? What choices can even you make to remain sane and alive? Eliezer, a young jewish boy, must make countless decisions in the course of his time at the concentration camp. At the beginning of the story the first decision was already made when they had chosen to ignore Moishe the Beadle’s warning of death coming to the people of Singhet. Not only did people not listen, they insisted that he only wanted their pity and he was going crazy describing the things he witnessed. Another important choice that came up was when Elie’s maid Maria Had offered the family to stay in a safe shelter away from the midst of the brewing event. However Elie did not wish to be separated from his family so his choice was to stay, in the long run it was good that he did because his father would only have himself to survive in the camp. …show more content…
His descent to atheism also made him grow a sense of despair alongside it, he lost hope and rebelled against it. During Yom Kippur Elizer believed in no other reason to fast, his choice was to eat his rations in the spirit of rebellion, and because of God's silence(Wiesel 69). A deep hatred had developed between Elizer and his view of