What Is The Moral Of The Book Night By Elie Wiesel

Once the Jewish people reached the concentration camps, they were typically immediately separated by gender. Women and girls were almost always immediately executed, and boys and men would then go through a “selection” process, where the old, sick, and disabled–those who would be unable to work–were separated from their peers (“Auschwitz”). Wiesel had left his mother and sisters soon after arriving in Auschwitz “in a fraction of a second” with “no time to think” and continued onward with his father in disarray and confusion (29). Those selected to be unfit for work would be killed by being gassed, shot, or thrown into a crematorium to be burned. After witnessing human beings, notably babies, being sent to the crematorium, Wiesel “felt anger rising within”

As his steps marched closer to the pits, however, he had begun to pray, showing a lingering hope for the greater existence of his God. Once he found that he had not been condemned to the flames of the crematorium, he rejoiced that God was still alive. His faith was restored. Nevertheless, Wiesel continued to question everything, confused and disillusioned with his predicament and the workings of the world. In the Auschwitz concentration camp, prisoners were tattooed a serial number, an identification number with which they were thereafter referred to as (“Auschwitz”). Wiesel “became A-7713.” (42). Elie’s loss of his identity contributed to the slow loss of his humanity and also the gradual loss of his faith. A few weeks into the camp, while some men were talking about God, Wiesel “had ceased to pray.” (45). Earlier in the book, when asked by Moishe why he prays, Wiesel is stumped by the question but thinks. Wiesel implies that to him, praying was an unquestionable and, therefore, a crucial part of his identity. Thus, Wiesel’s decision to stop praying signifies the gradual disappearance of his faith and of his former