In the book ‘Night’, about Elie Wiesel's experience with the holocaust, his connection with God changes through the hardships he faces, and he loses his connection and identity associated with God. The change in Elie's relationship with God is shown by his first devotion, his gained defiance, to his finally concluding that God is dead.
When the story started he was a young boy, wanting to know more about God, and increase his devotion. “One day I asked my father to find me a master who could guide me in my studies of Kabbalah.” (Wiesel 4) Elie has asked his father to learn more about his religion, as he desired to increase his devotion. He was motivated, and his devotion was strong, before his capture. “We believed in God, trusted in man, and lived with the illusion that every one of us has been entrusted with a sacred spark from the Shekhinah's flame; that every one of us carries in his eyes and in his soul a reflection of God's image,”(Wiesel 14) Ellie explains how he still felt Gods presence while entering the camps. Even when he first faced the reality of what was happening, he still believed that God was in control and was still a part of him.
Although his previous devotion, he started defying God. “Every fiber in me rebelled.
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Having seen the lives that were taken and the cruel acts, Ellie started doubting God, and mentally defying him. “I no longer accepted God's silence. As I swallowed my ration of soup, I turned that act into a symbol of rebellion, of protest against Him.” (Wiesel 94). It was new years eve, and traditionally you are supposed to fast in respect of your God. Ellie deciding to not fast is a huge advancement in his belief, as he is now physically defying