Throughout the book Elie talks about his faith and relationship with God. He slowly loses faith as the torment of the Jewish people goes on. At first he studied about Kabbalah and loved his god, though he started losing his faith as the pain and suffering continued for years. His faith disappears when the little boy is hung from the gallows. At the end he states that he has a little glimmer of hope left in his God.
When Elie and his family are in Sighet, Elie has a passion for seeking out and learning more about his God and Kabbalah. At the beginning of the book, Eliezer is a deeply religious boy who studies the Torah and longs to know more about God. However, as he and his family are taken to contraction camps he begins to question his faith and the fairness of God. Throughout the whole time he constantly prays to god asking him to help in these horrible conditions. As things only go further downhill he still prays asking for help. Eliezer gets separated from his mother and sister, he is stripped from all his belongings, and beaten for defending his father. Despite all of the terrible things that are going on to and around him, he feels as if his faith is slowly slipping away.
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He struggles with this concept throughout the book, at one time he even denied his faith entirely. Eliezer witnesses countless horrors that shake his faith to the core. He sees innocent people being beaten and killed for no reason and can't help but wonder how or why such a loving god could allow such things to happen. As time goes on Eliezer becomes increasingly disillusioned with his faith. He watches as his fellow prisoners turn against each other, stealing food in order to survive. He begins to question the very existence of God, wondering how such a cruel and unjust world could possibly be part of a divine