Loss Of Faith In Night By Elie Wiesel

In the book, “Night,” written by Elie Wiesel wrote this book getting across the message that there needed to be a break in the silence. As humans, we value life and our existence is special. Therefore, when we watch so many lives get taken right in front of us the “normal” way to get over it is to be upsetting and find a way to grieve. As Eli saw many special lives get killed in front of him over time he tended to use the word numb. Over time a loss of faith occurred. In the beginning of the story his relationship with God was unbreakable. Nothing could come in between on how he felt towards God, he had faith but unfortunately lost faith towards the end of the book. “Night” symbolizes the struggle and hardship that he encounters throughout

However, the metaphorical meaning of Night refers to the evil, hopeless, and emotional coldness that the Jews are constantly forced to face throughout the Holocaust. He used to love God and religion but now he is questioning it all. Starting to think man is stronger than God. In the camps, Elie must struggle to stay alive and to remain human. As more people started dying and more horrifying things happened so did his faith to believe in God. “Never shall I forget those moments which murdered my god and my soul and turned my dreams to dust…” (pg 32). Elie did everything he could to save himself and repeatedly asked God to help him and take him out of his misery “Why should I bless his name? The eternal lord of the universe, the all-powerful and terrible, was silent… (pg 31). Elie is confused because he doesn’t understand why God could let such a thing happen. “I did not deny god’s existence, but I doubted his absolute

Hopelessness is a starter to depression and possibly worse. “ They are frustrated, that is understandable, something must be done. The refugees and their misery. The children and their fear. The uprooted and their hopelessness. Something must be done about their situation. Both the Jewish people and the Palestinian people have lost too many sons and daughters and have shed too much blood”(144). The Jews often got frustrated at themselves and other people. Jews found themselves hopeless around the clock in the concentration camps. Hopelessness ia very troubling thing to have. Hopelessness can also be called apathy. "’Come on! Here's another! My neighbor. He's not m o v i n g …’I woke from my apathy only when two men approached my father. I threw myself on his body. He was cold. I slapped him. I rubbed his hands, crying: ‘Father! Father! Wake up. They're going to throw you outside... ‘ His body remained inert…”(124).Apathy is one of the most severe forms of hopelessness and apathy makes sure no one has feelings and they feel