At the beginning of Night, Eliezer describes himself as someone who believes “profoundly”. Traumatic events can make someone change or completely lose their faith. This is what happens to Eliezer(Elie) this is what happens when he and his father are sent Auschwitz, then Buna two concentration camps the Nazis used in the Holocaust. Below are quotes describing how Elie’s faith had changed through the course of his stay at the concentration camps. At the beginning of Night Elie had very strong faith. He says, “Why did I pray? Strange question. Why did I live? Why did I breathe?” (page 4). This represents his amount of faith because he is comparing his faith to living and breathing. His faith was so important to him that he asked his father to find him a master that could teach him the ways of Kabbalah, sadly he was too young to further study the ways of Kabbalah. Luckily he found a master in Moishe the Beadle. When danger, came near he held on to his faith but little did
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Elie said after making his decision “I was the accuser, God the accused. My eyes had opened and I was alone, terribly alone in a world without God, without man.”(page 68). This was a big thing for him, he had celebrated Rosh Hashana in the past had dominated his life. Now When his faith has diminished, he no longer views it as an important part of his life. He then that night swallows his ration of soup and bread and says goodbye to his faith. Elie's faith, his god, the Kabbalah, and the lessons with Moishe the Beadle are not part of his thoughts anymore. His Faith gradually Withered away. In conclusion Elie's faith was unbelievably strong at the beginning of Night. His faith was so strong that he wanted to become a Kabbalists at the age of 13 something that had never been done before. Elie’s faith diminishes very rapidly in these traumatic
Elie said after making his decision “I was the accuser, God the accused. My eyes had opened and I was alone, terribly alone in a world without God, without man.”(page 68). This was a big thing for him, he had celebrated Rosh Hashana in the past had dominated his life. Now When his faith has diminished, he no longer views it as an important part of his life. He then that night swallows his ration of soup and bread and says goodbye to his faith. Elie's faith, his god, the Kabbalah, and the lessons with Moishe the Beadle are not part of his thoughts anymore. His Faith gradually Withered away. In conclusion Elie's faith was unbelievably strong at the beginning of Night. His faith was so strong that he wanted to become a Kabbalists at the age of 13 something that had never been done before. Elie’s faith diminishes very rapidly in these traumatic