Analysis Of Night By Elie Wiesel

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At the beginning of Night, Eliezer describes himself as someone who believes “profoundly.”During his experiences at the camps elie has lost a lot of faith.And toward the end his has lost it all.He has no faith. At the beginning of the story, Eliezer's’ faith was strong.On page 4 Elie asked himself “Why do I pray?Strange question.Why do I live?Why do i breathe?”This quote show that he believes that praying and believing is a importing as living and breathing.Elie had so much faith that he does not even know why he prays.He just knows that praying gives him hope.Every day Elie goes to the Synagogue to pray,and he prays every night before he goes to sleep.When Elie prays he cries,he does not know why. Once the Nazis invaded and they are forced

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