Elie Wiesel, the writer of the novel Night, based the book on his experience and the observations he made during his time in a Nazi concentration camp. The prisoners fought to make it through for their families with the chance of seeing them again. The prisoners thought that the entire event was God testing their faith and whether or not they would still praise him after all was over. Concentration camp prisoners did not have the will to live, but continued to live in hopes of liberation, reuniting with their families, and keeping their faith in God. Although Wiesel lost his faith early on in the book, many of the Jews still maintained their faith because they could not comprehend that what was going on in their lives was something purely