In his memoir Night, Elie Wiesel develops his own character to show how a person’s faith cannot be true until it has been tested. Wiesel begins the story as an adolescent devoted to his religion and concludes the book as a man with no God. Early in the book, he describes his life before the camps, in which he studies the Talmud by day, and, at night, runs “over to the synagogue to weep over the destruction of the temple.” (1) Wiesel has a peaceful life centered around his utmost dedication to God before he ever sets foot in the Nazi concentration camps, and there is nothing to deter his faith. Because there are no obstacles in the way of his faith, it is not in any way sincere or profound. Elie’s situation changes drastically by the end of
