“Out of suffering, have emerged the strongest souls,” (Gibran). Pain is inevitable whether it is suffering, sorrow, or stress; a compilation of these memories and experiences is what defines the journey of an individual. Night, a memoir, by a young Jewish boy named Elie Wiesel, is his firsthand experience in Nazi concentration camps during the Holocaust. During this time, Elie questions his faith in God and struggles with his morals and beliefs as his journey progresses towards death. From his first night at Auschwitz to the death of his father, the amount of suffering Elie faces plays a major role of transforming his ideals and perspective on life. The story of his perseverance reminds the world of the possibilities hope and the power of the human spirit, under the inhumane …show more content…
As a naive child with an unwavering faith in God, the barbaric acts executed by the SS officers in Auschwitz, traumatizes Elie, initiating the gradual destruction of his beliefs and moral confidence in God. Elie and his father undergo their first of many selections, saving them from death for now, but does not liberate them from witnessing the terrible acts occurring. Elie would never “forget that night...those flames that consumed my faith forever...even were I condemned to live as long as God Himself,” (Wiesel 34). As a child devout to studying God, the harrowing experience of the first night in the concentration camp, leads Elie to question Him as he watches the wrongful deaths of so many individuals. This destroys his innocence and his belief in a utopian version of God. Elie’s deliberate repetition, the anaphora “Never shall I forget” as well as the explicit descriptions of the inhuman acts emphasizes how these memories are forever inscribed in him. Elie’s identity, which is staunchly based around the beliefs of Judaism, commences to deteriorate. Similarly, as Elie reflects on the events of his first night in camp, Viktor E.