In the novel Night by Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel, there are several quotes that hold significance. These quotes discuss when he questions his beliefs; the deaths that occur around him; and how he soon had more faith in the man destroying his people than anyone else. Through them, the reader sees the heartache and destruction cast upon someone who had gone through this tragic event. In all, Eliezer’s words almost bring a sense of understanding to those who didn’t witness these events firsthand, or to those who didn’t have to go through such a horrible time in history. These quotes show a change in Eliezer; they show what the genocide of one’s people can reduce them to. “…Never shall I forget these moments that shattered my soul and my
…show more content…
Most likely, this was due to the fact that he alone kept all his promises, as Eliezer mentioned. Adolf Hitler made the promise to wipe out the Jewish people – a promise he remained true to in Eliezer’s duration at the camps. Many Jews in the concentration camps began to have doubt in even God. They asked where He was in their time of need. Many wondered why they remained to have faith in a god who did not aid them; meanwhile the evil man name Hitler remained true to his promises. “I have more faith in Hitler than anyone else. He alone has kept his promises, all his promises, to the Jewish people (Wiesel 77).” Hitler killed thousands, no millions, of Jews from the beginning of the war to liberation. Somehow along the way, Eliezer lost a large enough amount of his faith in God and his father to consider Hitler to be the man he held the most faith in. That alone shows what concentration camp can reduce one to.
Many quotes in the novel Night are poignant and hold significance. These quotes show Eliezer’s gradual loss in faith and belief and the effect the death of a youth causes. Eliezer experiences both a sense of hope and grief become of hangings. He ended up with more faith in an evil man than his own god. He was reduced to a hopeless, nearly faithless man due to his time in the concentration camp. These quotes show his slow reduction to this broken
Most likely, this was due to the fact that he alone kept all his promises, as Eliezer mentioned. Adolf Hitler made the promise to wipe out the Jewish people – a promise he remained true to in Eliezer’s duration at the camps. Many Jews in the concentration camps began to have doubt in even God. They asked where He was in their time of need. Many wondered why they remained to have faith in a god who did not aid them; meanwhile the evil man name Hitler remained true to his promises. “I have more faith in Hitler than anyone else. He alone has kept his promises, all his promises, to the Jewish people (Wiesel 77).” Hitler killed thousands, no millions, of Jews from the beginning of the war to liberation. Somehow along the way, Eliezer lost a large enough amount of his faith in God and his father to consider Hitler to be the man he held the most faith in. That alone shows what concentration camp can reduce one to.
Many quotes in the novel Night are poignant and hold significance. These quotes show Eliezer’s gradual loss in faith and belief and the effect the death of a youth causes. Eliezer experiences both a sense of hope and grief become of hangings. He ended up with more faith in an evil man than his own god. He was reduced to a hopeless, nearly faithless man due to his time in the concentration camp. These quotes show his slow reduction to this broken