All through history there are many periods of evil and darkness, such as the Holocaust. The novel Night it follows the author Elie Wiesel through his time in concentration and work camps. After facing death, extreme labor and lack of food and shelter Wiesel is weakened spiritually, physically and, mentally.
As an illustration, as time goes on Wiesel gradually loses his faith in God. This is can be seen in chapter five when he questions:
When Adam and Eve deceived You, You chased them from paradise. When you were displeased by Noah’s generation , You brought down the flood. When Sodom lost your favor, You caused the heavens to rain down fire and damnation. But look at these men and women whom You have betrayed allowing them to be tortured, slaughtered, gassed, and burned, what do they do? They pray before You(page 68)!
All the terrible events mentioned in this quote made Wiesel and many other Jews believe that God wasn’t there and that he didn’t care for them. This shows how once thought that God wasn’t there watching over him was planted in Wiesel’s brain, there was no reason to believe in Him or any glimmer of hope. …show more content…
In chapter five Wiesel says, “He threw himself on me like a wild beast, beating me in the chest, on my head, throwing me to the ground and picking me up again, crushing me with ever more violent blows, until I was covered in blood”(page 53). This event not only happened to Wiesel, but his father, too. Many incidents of torture like this occurred in Auschwitz making Wiesel and other weak and not able to work, which in the end caused them there death. Luckily for Elie, a kind woman(who he presumed to be French), that never spoke, was was there to tend to
As an illustration, as time goes on Wiesel gradually loses his faith in God. This is can be seen in chapter five when he questions:
When Adam and Eve deceived You, You chased them from paradise. When you were displeased by Noah’s generation , You brought down the flood. When Sodom lost your favor, You caused the heavens to rain down fire and damnation. But look at these men and women whom You have betrayed allowing them to be tortured, slaughtered, gassed, and burned, what do they do? They pray before You(page 68)!
All the terrible events mentioned in this quote made Wiesel and many other Jews believe that God wasn’t there and that he didn’t care for them. This shows how once thought that God wasn’t there watching over him was planted in Wiesel’s brain, there was no reason to believe in Him or any glimmer of hope. …show more content…
In chapter five Wiesel says, “He threw himself on me like a wild beast, beating me in the chest, on my head, throwing me to the ground and picking me up again, crushing me with ever more violent blows, until I was covered in blood”(page 53). This event not only happened to Wiesel, but his father, too. Many incidents of torture like this occurred in Auschwitz making Wiesel and other weak and not able to work, which in the end caused them there death. Luckily for Elie, a kind woman(who he presumed to be French), that never spoke, was was there to tend to