Loss Of Faith In Persepolis By Elie Wiesel

Everybody deals with hardships in their lives, but some people are forced to deal with horrifying events happening in their country that permanently affect them. Marji, from the graphic novel Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi, is a little girl from Iran who deals with conflicts such as the Iranian Revolution and the Iran-Iraq War. Similarly, Eliezer, from the Night memoir by Elie Weisel, is a little boy who experiences the horrors of the Holocaust during World War II. These 2 children experienced many horrors and acts of violence at a very young age, which transformed their character and, most importantly, their faith. The novels Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi and Night by Elie Weisel both argue that faith is often lost when dealing with extreme

However, ultimately, the violence she experiences, especially the death of her uncle, leads to Marji’s loss of faith. Elie Weisel, the author of Night, characterizes Eliezer as a questioning young boy who also starts as religious, but as the story progresses, Eliezer is exposed to many horrible acts of violence that make him lose his faith. Eliezer lived in a Jewish community in Austria and wanted to become a Jewish mystic, wondering a lot about his religion. In 1943, the Nazis came to his neighborhood and eventually forced them out, putting them in concentration camps. When he gets to the first camp, he witnesses the Nazis burning a group of babies and says, “For the first time, I felt anger rising within me. Why should I sanctify my name? The almighty. Master of the Universe chose to be silent.” This shows Eliezer’s inquisitiveness, as he asks himself questions as to why God has acted like this. He questions why he should sanctify God’s name when he allowed the Nazis to burn those babies. He wonders why the “Master of the Universe” chose to be silent at a time when he was needed to save those innocent