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In Night by Elie Wiesel Akiba's belief in god's purpose to why this is happening to the jewish people did not change because it was always his intention to push people to the limit and see if they would keep their faith.For example, the darkest part in the book is when the little kid is hung and he chokes to death. (wiesel 64)I think this shows that god always wanted to keep on pushing the jewish people to the edge to see if they would continue to pray and ask for GodI also believe that this point in the book is where most people, including Elie lost faith so maybe it was too much.On the other hand, Elie had a gold crown that was in his mouth and was told to go to the dentist to get it taken out, every time he went the dentist just told him

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