“Were there still miracles on this earth?” (76). Elie Wiesel, the author and main character of the book Night, spoke and breathed these words when he was in the horrific hands of the famous leader, Adolf Hitler. In 1944, Elie Wiesel and his family are forced out of their hometown and into forced labor camps called concentration camps. Elie and his father are strong Judaism believers, especially Elie, who prays every day and would give anything to be loyal to God. But as Elie and his father lose strength and hope, they also lose faith. In Night, Elie Wiesel uses tone, metaphor, and repetition to illustrate how people can stray from their faith and become hesitant or question their faith and what they believe in. To show loss of faith, Elie
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At the beginning of the story, when Elie spent his night at Auschwitz, the concentration camp, he describes it as, “Never shall I forget that night...Never shall I forget these things, even, if I am condemned to live as long as God Himself. Never.” (34). The use of repetition showed how Elie’s life and faith changes over night. Elie tells the reader that he will never forget the first night he had to stay in Auschwitz and how he would never be the same and his faith would forever be destroyed after that night because of all the horrific things he has seen and experienced. Next, Elie displays loss of faith in himself when he is describing his relative Stein, “And he himself was so thin, so withered, so weak…” (45). This repetition statement shows that his uncle, who was also Jewish, represented the Jewish people by describing him as not only physically weak, but emotionally weak. By being emotionally weak, the Jewish people, including Elie, were losing faith. In result of being emotionally weak, their bodies were becoming withered and weak. Once the people of the Judaic religion started to lose faith, so did their bodies lose strength. Using repetition, Elie explains how himself and the Jewish people were losing faith in God and
At the beginning of the story, when Elie spent his night at Auschwitz, the concentration camp, he describes it as, “Never shall I forget that night...Never shall I forget these things, even, if I am condemned to live as long as God Himself. Never.” (34). The use of repetition showed how Elie’s life and faith changes over night. Elie tells the reader that he will never forget the first night he had to stay in Auschwitz and how he would never be the same and his faith would forever be destroyed after that night because of all the horrific things he has seen and experienced. Next, Elie displays loss of faith in himself when he is describing his relative Stein, “And he himself was so thin, so withered, so weak…” (45). This repetition statement shows that his uncle, who was also Jewish, represented the Jewish people by describing him as not only physically weak, but emotionally weak. By being emotionally weak, the Jewish people, including Elie, were losing faith. In result of being emotionally weak, their bodies were becoming withered and weak. Once the people of the Judaic religion started to lose faith, so did their bodies lose strength. Using repetition, Elie explains how himself and the Jewish people were losing faith in God and