Elie Wiesel Faith

“In the beginning, there was faith - which is childish; trust - which is vain; and illusion - which is dangerous.” (Wiesel). Within Elie Wiesel, there is faith and hope- or at least there was. God was with him once, but the connection has faded- everything has faded. Faith in God is important in Night because the novel is about the annihilation of the Jews for their religion. The novel shows the transformation Elie goes through as he goes through a concentration camp, named Auschwitz. Elie’s faith has changed drastically throughout the beginning, middle, and the end of the novel, Night.
In the beginning of the novel, Elie was very faithful to God. He studied the Kabbalah and visited the Synagogue almost every day. He even prayed so deeply, he cried while doing it. He thought nothing could go wrong with God by his side. In chapter one, Elie states, “By day I studied Talmud and by night I would run to the Synagogue to weep over the destruction of the temple.” (Wiesel 3). This quote explains how deep Elie is with his religion, and why he loves being a Jew so much. He thoroughly enjoys …show more content…
Elie and many other prisoners had lost faith. They no longer believed that God was there. So many bad things had been happening to them, and they believed he was no longer helping the people that worship him. Elie lost so much faith, that he barely even mentioned God! On page ninety-two, Elie states, “The dead remained in the yard, under the snow without even a marker, like fallen guards. No one recited Kaddish over them. Sons abandoned the remains of their fathers without a tear. (Wiesel 92)” This demonstrates how the dead weren’t even honored, god wasn’t even honored because all the prisoners cared about is food. All they wanted was food, so they didn’t care about their dead family or anything else. Later on, Elie regained his love for God, but this experience was far from loving