Perhaps the largest emotional trauma that Elie undergoes is the loss of his faith. As previously mentioned, Elie enters the concentration camp as an extremely religious individual. Judaism and praising God consume a substantial part of his life. However, Elie’s loyalty to God begins to diminish as he experiences Auschwitz. Confusion first sets over Elie as to how God could allow something so inhumane to occur. As Elie and his father await their fates and watch new prisoners enter their deaths at the concentration camps, Elie observes his surroundings and watches people around him reciting the Jewish prayer for the dead. This is when his initial doubts about God and his faith arise. “The Almighty, the eternal and terrible Master of the Universe,