Pivotal Moment Essay Night, by Elie Wiesel is a memoir of Wiesel’s endurance and experiences through the Holocaust as a young boy. This autobiography reveals the true suffering of innocent Jewish civilians in the Nazi concentration camps through Wiesel’s eyes. “A slim volume of terrifying power.” (The New York Times), this briefly summarizes the entire novel, and it manifests the abuse of power through the torturing and suffering. A vital moment in Night, which changed Eliezer’s beliefs and perceptions, was when Eliezer witnessed the execution of the young pipel by the SS guards. After experiencing such inhumane actions and behaviors, Eliezer gradually loses his hope, because of the silence and ignorance of God, and the people witnessing the misery. Not only Eliezer but the thousands of people who witnessed the child’s gruesome murder also lost their hope in God. Thousands of innocent civilians remained silent through the torment and agony because of the fear of death, this allowed the people
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The onlookers remained silent as God was also silent, and without God, they think it is hopeless to break their silence. The execution of the young pipel serves as a strong pivotal moment, which changes Eliezer’s perspective on humans and his beliefs.
In the pivotal moment of Night, it is evident that Eliezer loses his hope in God, as God remains silent through the torturing of innocent civilians. “‘For God's sake, where is God?’ And from within me, I heard a voice answer: ‘Where He is? This is where—hanging here from this gallows...’” (Wiesel, 65) The previous quote indicates that Eliezer lost all hope in God, as a voice within him tells him that God is hanging from the gallows just as the young pipel. Earlier in Eliezer’s life, when he was innocent and full of hope and faith in God, it motivated him to learn more about him. This is indicated in the following quote, “Together we would read, over
The onlookers remained silent as God was also silent, and without God, they think it is hopeless to break their silence. The execution of the young pipel serves as a strong pivotal moment, which changes Eliezer’s perspective on humans and his beliefs.
In the pivotal moment of Night, it is evident that Eliezer loses his hope in God, as God remains silent through the torturing of innocent civilians. “‘For God's sake, where is God?’ And from within me, I heard a voice answer: ‘Where He is? This is where—hanging here from this gallows...’” (Wiesel, 65) The previous quote indicates that Eliezer lost all hope in God, as a voice within him tells him that God is hanging from the gallows just as the young pipel. Earlier in Eliezer’s life, when he was innocent and full of hope and faith in God, it motivated him to learn more about him. This is indicated in the following quote, “Together we would read, over