The Theme Of Loss Of Faith In Elie Wiesel's Night

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“To the anti-Semitic Nazi leader Adolf Hitler, Jews were an inferior race, an alien threat to German racial purity and community. After years of rule in Germany, during which Jews were consistently persecuted, Hitler’s “final solution”–now known as the Holocaust–came to fruition under the cover of world war, with mass killing centers constructed in the concentration camps of occupied Poland.” (“The Holocaust”). Many Jews did happen to survive the Holocaust and many decided to share their story with the whole world. Elie Wiesel’s story Night is an autobiography about his experience as a Jew back when the Holocaust was taking place. He was taken to the Auschwitz concentration camp in 1944 where he was then separated from his mother and sisters. He …show more content…

Throughout the book, many themes were apparent. One of them happened to be loss of faith is caused by doubt, sorrow, and suffering. The theme loss of faith is caused by doubt, sorrow, and suffering is evident when Moishe, Akiba Drumer, and the prisoners start questioning God because of their suffering and the suffering of others.
Firstly, Moishe, known as Moishe the Beadle, was a man who stayed out of people’s way and kept things to himself. He was a very religious man and prayed to God frequently. He taught Elie a lot about the Kabbalah’s revelation and its mysteries. One day, all foreign Jews were expelled from Sighet, which included Moishe. Out of nowhere, Elie saw that he was back and noticed that there was something different about him. Moishe told Elie what had happened and it was an