Night Reflection Paper
Night, a 115 page memoir, is a somber novel about the trials Elie Wiesel faced during the Holocaust. This memoir gives a good insight into just one of the many lives affected by the Natzi regime during the years 1941-1945. In the story, Elie Wiesel at the age of twelve was taken out of his home and forced into a secluded life inside a ghetto. He later was transferred to camp after camp. During one of his transfers to a camp, actually the very first camp, he was separated from his mother and two sisters and never saw them again. He was left with his father—whom he never really had had a intimate relationship with. His father, although distant at the beginning of his life, became part of Wiesel’s sole hope and purpose for living. Throughout the book we see many transitions. Transitions from camp to camp, changes in Wiesel and his father’s relationship, and a definite transformation in Wiesel’s faith. At a young age Wiesel was devoted to his Jewish religion. He wasn’t reliant to his family’s beliefs and created his own faith.
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Like a row of upright dominos, when one domino is knocked over it brings down all of the dominos behind it. In the same way, one man’s fall, or resistance to God can bring down the men behind him. Our job as Christians is to stand firm in our beliefs. 1 Corinthians 16:13 says, “Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong.” Although, we as humans find that much easier said that done. As a result of the Holocaust, it is our duty as Christians to become informed about the situation and become aware that although God created man, man is not God. Therefore, we as humans will make mistakes, we will fall, and we may stray from the path that God has set before us, but these afflictions should lead us closer to God. The trials that we face should give us a greater desire to seek God and as the bible says, “Be on [our]