Religion In The Book Night By Elie Wiesel

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There are many things that could tear someone from their beliefs. In the book “Night” by Elie Wiesel, there are even more things. The jews in this story have viewed things many of us have not, and those things they cannot bring themselves before that time. In my opinion, Elie had the worst fall of his faith while viewing the things he did at the camps. Being religious and believing in certain things really can change a person, and nothing should be able to take them from that. In this book you will see a lot of people being killed off or simply just being torn away from their everyday lives and beliefs.
Elie and his family got taken into a concentration camp. When they arrived his family was taken away from him and they were not seen again. After that, his father and himself were left to fend for themselves.There were a lot of people in charge at the camps. There were a lot of things that you could just not bring yourself back to, especially for the jews that made it out of the camps. Religion was their thing and when these things were happening, they thought God was right there with …show more content…

What they had been through made them feel the need to back away from all close to them. Throughout the entire story, Elie had tried to save his father and wanted to stick with him whatever the case was. At a point in time, Elie had watched his father get beaten and he stood there in complete shock. There was a soldier who was stopping him from doing anything and was getting in his way. Later that night, his father had passed away and he did not seem as sad as one would've thought. After his father had died, he said he had felt relief. The type of relief that came with no sadness, no worry about another being. When he said this it seems as if he felt relief from the responsibility of his