Commentary On Night By Elie Wiesel

Kriti Dulal

Mr. Wonders, 3B

March 22, 2023

Written Segment - Professional Theologist

The Holocaust was an awful time in history. It was cruel, unfair, and inhumane. During this period of time, European Jews were killed and tortured by the German Nazis. This horrific event lasted from 1941 to 1945, but the effects that it had on the world will never be forgotten. One of the better things that came out of the Holocaust was the novel Night by Eliezer Wiesel. As one of the survivors, he shares his traumatizing experience during the Holocaust. Elie explains to us what the Holocaust was really like. He talks about how he was separated from his family, how they would throw alive babies into pits of fire, how the men were forced to work in terrible

Before the Germans took over Elie’s home city, he was very interested in a lot of religious practices and he even had a teacher that went by Moshie the beadle. Moshie taught him about their religion and their God. He was extremely invested in these topics and had a deep connection with God which makes him very affected by the theme that believing in God helps someone keep faith and hope. Elie could never imagine life without God but during the novel, Elie wonders “where is god?”. He witnesses so many innocent people, and even babies getting killed with no hesitation and he is confused about God’s purpose. He is wondering why God is letting these awful events transpire. I believe Elie was not one of the men who decided that this was God’s way of testing them and showing them love, but this theme still relates to him because everything that he believed in and studied was becoming questionable before his own

Why do humans believe in God? Why do they have such great faith in something they cannot see or ever have the promise of seeing? Early in human history, there was no such thing. So how did it arise, and why? Humanity created the concept of God because they don’t understand many things about the world. How I see it, is that having something to be passionate about and to believe in helps people have a sense of control and appreciation. It lets them always have an answer to everything. This theme impacts our life greatly because it lets those who believe in God always have hope and it lets them believe that things will turn out alright. I think this concept is important because sometimes when you believe in something and focus on the positive, the negative hurts less. It affects my personal life because it's fascinating. I don’t believe in the concept of God and I feel He gets too much credit at times but I still find it extremely interesting that He has so much positive power over people. It's honestly