Night
Eliezer’s Faith In the beginning of the book, Night, Eliezer states that he believes “profoundly” (in god/his religion). Later in Night, despite his original feelings, he seems to have a much different perspective on his faith. The indications that Eliezer, in time, will start to lose his grasp on his faith, such as the things he starts to say, will soon be revealed. The first quote to talk about is “Why did I pray? Strange question. Why did I live? Why did I breathe?” said in chapter 1, on page 4, the 4th quote. The given quote tells you that during the time in the book when Elie was still in Sighet he compared the importance of praying to the importance of his life. The question itself originated from Moishe the Beadle when he asked Elie why he prayed. The two …show more content…
As I swallowed my ration of soup, I turned that act into a symbol of rebellion, of protest against him,” said in chapter 5, the 69th page, the 3rd quote. This action states that his wrath is now upon God, his believed lord and savior. This is a questionable thing when the ones who choose to kill the Jewish are the Germans, with their ideal Aryan race, the Germans not his God. Though through these words and his action, Eliezer shows that he no longer will stand for God’s actions, that he will take it no longer. It shows that his faith in God has been greatly violated and poisoned by what has occurred in the camps and, will possibly, never be repaired. A final important factor of the action and words is that Elie’s loss of faith may deal a damaging blow of making it harder to keep hope on his sorrowful path. The change in Eliezer’s faith throughout these quotes shows that it has only become worse a time continues to go on. The pit of doubt will most likely, continue to grow throughout the story until the end. In absolute finality the effects of Eliezer’s experience delivered many crushing blows to his “profound”
Eliezer’s Faith In the beginning of the book, Night, Eliezer states that he believes “profoundly” (in god/his religion). Later in Night, despite his original feelings, he seems to have a much different perspective on his faith. The indications that Eliezer, in time, will start to lose his grasp on his faith, such as the things he starts to say, will soon be revealed. The first quote to talk about is “Why did I pray? Strange question. Why did I live? Why did I breathe?” said in chapter 1, on page 4, the 4th quote. The given quote tells you that during the time in the book when Elie was still in Sighet he compared the importance of praying to the importance of his life. The question itself originated from Moishe the Beadle when he asked Elie why he prayed. The two …show more content…
As I swallowed my ration of soup, I turned that act into a symbol of rebellion, of protest against him,” said in chapter 5, the 69th page, the 3rd quote. This action states that his wrath is now upon God, his believed lord and savior. This is a questionable thing when the ones who choose to kill the Jewish are the Germans, with their ideal Aryan race, the Germans not his God. Though through these words and his action, Eliezer shows that he no longer will stand for God’s actions, that he will take it no longer. It shows that his faith in God has been greatly violated and poisoned by what has occurred in the camps and, will possibly, never be repaired. A final important factor of the action and words is that Elie’s loss of faith may deal a damaging blow of making it harder to keep hope on his sorrowful path. The change in Eliezer’s faith throughout these quotes shows that it has only become worse a time continues to go on. The pit of doubt will most likely, continue to grow throughout the story until the end. In absolute finality the effects of Eliezer’s experience delivered many crushing blows to his “profound”