Night By: Elie Wiesel The Holocaust will forever go down in history as one of the most horrific genocides to date. In this novel, Elie Wiesel is describing his life during the Holocaust as a memoir to what he experienced. I believe this not only is a great read because it helps you sympathize more to the author, and the rest of the people affected during this atrocity, but it also gives you a better understanding of what exactly happened. In my opinion, this novel explains more in depth on what these Jewish people had to go through than other biographies like the one of Anne Frank. Not only that but, it also gives a better example of the loss of faith in humanity and God for not only Elie, but for as well as the rest of these Jewish people. …show more content…
People have faith that the all mighty creator does everything for a reason and that you should just trust in him. Just like these people, Elie believed in the same thing. He always had faith that whatever were to happen to him was part of God’s greater plan. Elie always thought of God before the Holocaust. When rumors struck the town of Nazis invading their town, no one believed them. Everyone in town felt secure because they had faith the God was with them. Their spirits were up and nothing could stop their faith. Yet they were wrong. In time, these people were sent off into concentration camps. Elie’s faith was not threatened any time soon. Many believed they were sent to these concentration camps because they deserved it. Even Elie believed this same thing. He believed since he has sinned that this was God’s doing and he should take the punishments. Elie and everyone else, from the elders to the young, kept in faith and believed that there was a bigger reason in mind from God and that eventually they would be saved. Elie stayed strong in faith as long as he could, but one could only take so much