Do you think any experience can change your faith? In the book Night by Elie Wiesel faith is a essential theme that appears throughout the book as the main chaceter Elie makes his way through Germany. Throughout his journey Elie arrives at multiple concentration camps which causes him to see a lot of pain and suffering that he has never seen before thus causes his faith to change drastically, from devoting all of his time to reading the Kabbalah to not even praying once a day. At the beginning of the book Elie is extremely devoted to his faith. Right now Elie is in his hometown Sighet and is responding to a question someone asked him.“Why do you pray?” he asked after a moment. Why did I pray? Strange question. Why did I live? Why sis I breathe”(4)? This quote is at the very beginning of the book after he finds Moishe to study the Kabbalah to learn more about God. This quote also happens before Elie has arrived at the concentration camp and has never seen suffering. This quote shows his faith is very strong because he compares it to breathing and living. Therefore faith is so important to him that it feels like breathing and living to him. …show more content…
This quote was said by Elie as a reply to his father when they were celebrating and sanctifying God. “Why should I sanctify His name? The Almighty, the eternal abd terrible Master of the Universe, chose to be silent. What was there to thank Him for”(33)? This quote happens when Elie arrives in the concentration camp and learns that people are dying and getting burned in the crematria’s. This quote shows us that Elie is frustrated with God for not doing anything about all the bad things that are happing to incent people. This shows that Elie still belives in God but is upset with him which later in the book he will loose all of his faith and even even believe in