In the beginning of the book Night Elie describes himself as someone who believes profoundly. One way that Auschwitz and/or other campers have affected this by, putting him down, watching innocent people die by getting either shot or hanged in front of his little eyes. In the first chapter of Night the quote, “Why did I pray? Strange question. Why did I live? Why did I breathe?” P.4. In this quote Elie is asked by Moishe the Beadle “Why he prays”, but Elie is not sure why he prayed. But all that Moishe the Beadle said was “With great emphasis, that every question possessed a power that was lost in the answer...” Elie did not understand this that was being said but it gave him a little faith till later in the book when people get killed for poor judgement and cruelty. …show more content…
This quote reminds me of holocaust because it’s the destruction of fire but all that he is saying is that his faith is getting lower and lower by the second that he’s there in the camp. He is seeing all of the camp citizens being killed and harmed for little actions that they cause or they did not cause like the little boy who got hung for not telling what the SS man assumed he