Elie Wiesel, the author of the memoir, Night, recounts his experiences mainly as a teenager in Nazi concentration camps during the Holocaust. Elie’s battle to keep faith in his religious belief was a common theme throughout the book. As he began his journey to understand the faith to which he had been born, he eventually needed a mentor to guide him throughout the faith-filled process. At certain times, Elie struggled to keep true to his benevolent God when he witnessed the atrocities of the Germans on the Jews. But he managed to dig deep and muster up some courage to seek his true faith. In the end, enduring the trials and tribulations, he held firm to his beliefs. Born from Jewish parents in the town of Sighet, in Transylvania, where Elie …show more content…
At one point, Elie uttered, "Oh God, Master of the Universe, in your infinite compassion, have mercy on us. . .”(p.20). Grounded by the idea of faith in his God, that He is everywhere, and that His divinity touches every aspect of his life. However, he was forced to witness the brutal reality of evil and suffering that the Germans were doing to the Jews. When he began to question his faith in his loving God, “Never shall I forget those moments that murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to ashes”(p.34). His struggles became particularly evident when he witnessed the hanging of the pipel, what he saw that day rattled his faith to its core. Subsequently, he felt abandoned by his God, “What does Your grandeur mean, Master of the Universe, in the face of all this cowardice, this decay, and this misery?”(p.66), “Blessed be God’s name? Why, but why would I bless Him?” (p.67). Furthermore, he wondered why God would allow such suffering and remained silent in the face of evil. Another time Elie’s faith was tested was on Yom Kippur, “And then there was no more reason for me to fast. I no longer accepted God’s silence”(p.69), the Jewish prisoners had to decide if they would fast or not since the lack of food given to them was already more than a fast for the holiest