Elie was never able to see his mother or sisters after that day. Hitler is the reason why all the babies were killed and the reason why Elie started to lose faith in God. When he first arrived God and his father were the reason he did not give up. He prayed to god because it was his insic to pray. However, after he saw everyone dying he question
This example shows that Elie still has faith in his God and still believes. Later on in the story he starts to question God and his existence once Elie finds out
To tell the truth, Elie’s beliefs before the Holocaust is very spiritual, godly and orthodox. He used to spend most of his time at the synagogue temple worshiping his God. Since he always cried while praying a man named Masha the Beadle asked him why he prayed and Elie’s thought it was a very strange question but he still answered him with a confused face on his look as if he had known idea what he was saying. Elie’s said why he lives and why does he breath he said again he doesn’t know.” I succeeded on my own finding a master for himself in the person of Mash the Beadle’’.
Before Elie was shipped to the concentration camp he would spend his time studying Jewish mysticism, “One evening, I told him how unhappy I was not to be able to find in Sighet a master to teach me the Zohar, the Kabbalistic works, the secrets of Jewish mysticism. ”(Wiesel, 5) he once had a love for his race before war changed his mind. Elie believed that if God answered him everything would be ok but when he did not, “Never shall i forget those flames that consumed my faith forever….. Never shall i forget those moments that murdered God and my soul and turned my dreams to ashes….Never.” He even prayed to God even when he did not believe he was there.
He didn’t think that he would make it out, or that he would live. He started to give up on religion. In the beginning of the book, it told us how Elie was studying a new type of religion, and how he was way above his age level with religion. But, he stopped believing that there was a god, and he stopped praying and celebrating the Jewish holidays. He thought that if there was a god, he would have helped them by then.
Elie believed now even though while he was going through the time of the holocaust he didn’t. Elie is thankful for the life he was given, he was able to share the story from a time in history that we would not be able to understand without people who were a part of the
Belief and Faith is a “double-edged sword” to the jews, it cuts both ways. It keeps them alive, and at the same time makes them oblivious, and leads to their suffering. Over time, Elie’s belief in god, diminishes and eventually he questions God’s existence extensively and at point, Elie is infuriated that even though they are being tormented and enslaved, the Jews will still pray to god, and thank him, “If god did exist, why would he let u go through all the pain and suffering (33). This is a major point in the ongoing theme of faith and belief, because for once he is infuriated with the thought of religion in a time of suffering. Throughout the book, with the nazis ultimate goal is to break the jews and make dehumanize them and if anything, their goal is take and diminish their belief.
Elie's Relationship with God Elie's relationship with God in "Night" by Elie Wiesel is complex, with his journey marked by a progression from a devout and unwavering belief in God to a deeply shaken and conflicted faith, ultimately leading to a sense of abandonment and disillusionment. At the beginning of his internment, Elie has a strong conviction in a compassionate and righteous God, as illustrated by his statement that "I believed profoundly. During the day, I studied the Talmud, and at night I ran to the synagogue to weep over the destruction of the Temple" (Wiesel 4). However, as he witnesses the unspeakable atrocities of the concentration camp, he begins to question God's existence and justice, expressing his disbelief and confusion
While all the other Jews were praying at the Appellplatz on Rosh Hashanah, Elie thought "I was the accuser, God the accused. My eyes had opened and I was alone, terribly alone in a world without God, without man" (68). The killing and torture led Elie to, even on Rosh Hashanah, doubt his faith in God and humanity. He lost his faith as a result of how he didn't understand how God could let this happen. He refused to praise a God who lets factories of death thrive uncontested by the public.
Throughout the book, Elie begins to question God and his relationship, “Where is God?” (65). To Jewish people, their religion is one of the most sacred things to them and for him to question God just shows how much suffering they went through. When Elie was talking about things he would never forget, he said, “Never shall I forget those flames which consumed my faith forever”. (32)
Toward the end of the memoir, Elie still finds himself going back to his religion and says “And in spite of myself, a prayer formed inside me, a prayer to this God in whom I no longer believed in” (Wiesel 91). Elie has come to accept that he doesn't want to believe in God, but deep down he still does. He physically doesn't, but emotionally and internally he still has that connection with God even if he doesn't want to. He will always go back to God because Elie knows he still has faith in him even if he doesn't want to admit it. He finds comfort with God, but after experiencing cruel moments in the Holocaust he finds himself questioning
As the novel continues, Elie very quickly loses her faith. As soon as Elie enters the concentration camp, he begins to see the horrors of it and his faith begins to fade. In the fifth chapter, all of the Jews celebrate Rosh Hashana but Elie does not and thinks to himself, “What are you, my God,” Wiesel (63). This is interesting because this shows that Elie has some faith, but he does not believe that God is good or cares about them anymore. He also asks God “Why do you trouble their sick minds, their crippled bodies?”
and it changed him. In the book, Night, the main theme, is religion and belief which is shown when Elie talks about the his strong religion and belief as a boy, his disconnection from religion, and the inhumane actions the Nazi 's caused. Having such a strong belief in something and then dramatically changing how you think, is a very significant event. During this time, many people questioned where God truly was. Even Elie was questioning where God was.
“How could I believe, how could anyone believe in this god of mercy” (77). Elies saw how others were starting to lose the faith in God. He started to think if there was a god why would he let these things happen? The Jews didn't just lose their faith, but themselves and loved
Elie basically thinks that the camps are just a nightmare. He wonders how God, someone that he trusts and believes in could be part of such a killing in the concentration camps. His religion is also made fake when he sees a ton of in humanity happening in the prisoners. Elie says, “If all the prisoners were to unite to oppose the cruel oppression of the Nazis.
