Throughout the memoir, Elie’s faith towards God is tested, and by the end of the book his faith is reduced to almost nothing. In the beginning Elie follows all of the traditions of being a Jew but slowly loses his faith when he gets to the camp. Toward the middle Elie’s faith is really tested and is wearing down because he is fed up with God. At the end Elie wonders why he even believed in God and his faith is basically nonexistent. In the beginning of the autobiography Elie is always praising God and praying for forgiveness and protection. For example, “Oh God Lord of the Universe, take pity on us in Thy great mercy…”(Wiesel, 29). Even when God is silent, it is a part of Elie’s religion call upon God for help in a situation. He begs for his mercy thinking he must have done something to upset God to get him in this situation. Another time is at the entrance to the camp, “... May His name be exalted and sanctified”, My heart was about to burst. There. I was face-to-face with the Angel of Death.”(42). …show more content…
To show this, Elies states, “And then, there was no longer any reason for me to fast. I no longer accepted God’s silence.”(76). Elie has given up on an important tradition that he has followed his entire life. Without following this tradition Elie basically has given up on being a Jew since God is nowhere to be found. Secondly, Elie gives one final plea saying, “Where is God’s mercy? Where’s God? How can I belive, how can anyone believe in this God of Mercy?”(83). Elie states basically god doesn’t exist, if he did they would of been saved but they are left to suffer. At this point it would take something pretty miraculous to spark back Elie's faith. Finally, Elie finds himself saying, “And in spite of myself, a prayer rose in my heart, to that God in whom I no longer believed.”(97). Judaism is a large part of Elie’s life and it is almost like muscle memory for him to refer to God for