Religion is and always has been a big part in people's lives. From the dawn of time, people have been asking questions and creating answers for them. Religion gives people a sense of duty, knowledge, community, and safety in their lives. Religion is used to explain things and occurrences that cannot be explained otherwise. Things like natural events, tragedies, and sometimes miracles. When one is faced with difficulties, do they use religion as a crutch? To explain why this is happening to them? Or, do they stray away from religion, not being satisfied with the answers that it gives, and try to find their own path? In The Diary of Anne Frank, religion is an idea that is explored throughout the book. The characters celebrate Hanukkah in the
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Anne finds comfort and keeps her faith even in tough situations while Peter gets mad about their situation and doesn’t pray or think about religion. This supports the previous claim that when confronted with hardships, people’s religious faith can be challenged and can changed. The idea of a change in religious beliefs when confronted by challenges is even more prevalent in Night by Elie Weisel. In the beginning of the story, the author accounts his childhood before he left for the concentration camps. He says, “By day I studied Talmud and by night I would run to the synagogue…” (Weisel 3). Elie was passionate about his religion and studying Kabbalah, an ancient wisdom that reveals how the universe and life work. Deeper into Wiesel's story, it can be seen that he starts to lose his faith:
Some of the men spoke of God: His mysterious ways, the sins of the Jewish people, and the redemption to come. As for me, I had ceased to pray. I concurred with Job! I was not denying his existence, but I doubted His absolute …show more content…
He wants us to see whether we are capable of overcoming our base instincts, of killing the Satan within ourselves. We have no right to despair. And if he punishes us mercilessly, it is a sign that he loves us that much more…(Weisel 45)
The author, who was so passionate about his religion is now losing his faith because of the situation that he is in.This can be compared to the behavior of Peter in The Diary of Anne Frank Meanwhile, Akiba, like Anne, finds God in the harsh situation that they're in and gravitates towards his faith in tough times. .Clearly, it is evident that when people are challenged, these challenges can change their views on religion, either bringing them closer to it and strengthening their faith, or drive people away from their beliefs causing them to show initiative and look for other reasons on why these challenges are happening to them. Whether it is better to have a source of faith and comfort during times of hopelessness and desperation or to become more independent from the bindings of religion depends on the person. In Anne’s case, her faith also gave her hope for the world in times when hope was scarce to find. In Elie’s case, his independance took away false hope and gave him a sense of reasoning and good judgement of his situation. Religion and faith can neither be good or bad to have. They are an essence of what makes people who they are and affects how people think and how they act. Thus, religion is neither good nor bad,
Anne finds comfort and keeps her faith even in tough situations while Peter gets mad about their situation and doesn’t pray or think about religion. This supports the previous claim that when confronted with hardships, people’s religious faith can be challenged and can changed. The idea of a change in religious beliefs when confronted by challenges is even more prevalent in Night by Elie Weisel. In the beginning of the story, the author accounts his childhood before he left for the concentration camps. He says, “By day I studied Talmud and by night I would run to the synagogue…” (Weisel 3). Elie was passionate about his religion and studying Kabbalah, an ancient wisdom that reveals how the universe and life work. Deeper into Wiesel's story, it can be seen that he starts to lose his faith:
Some of the men spoke of God: His mysterious ways, the sins of the Jewish people, and the redemption to come. As for me, I had ceased to pray. I concurred with Job! I was not denying his existence, but I doubted His absolute …show more content…
He wants us to see whether we are capable of overcoming our base instincts, of killing the Satan within ourselves. We have no right to despair. And if he punishes us mercilessly, it is a sign that he loves us that much more…(Weisel 45)
The author, who was so passionate about his religion is now losing his faith because of the situation that he is in.This can be compared to the behavior of Peter in The Diary of Anne Frank Meanwhile, Akiba, like Anne, finds God in the harsh situation that they're in and gravitates towards his faith in tough times. .Clearly, it is evident that when people are challenged, these challenges can change their views on religion, either bringing them closer to it and strengthening their faith, or drive people away from their beliefs causing them to show initiative and look for other reasons on why these challenges are happening to them. Whether it is better to have a source of faith and comfort during times of hopelessness and desperation or to become more independent from the bindings of religion depends on the person. In Anne’s case, her faith also gave her hope for the world in times when hope was scarce to find. In Elie’s case, his independance took away false hope and gave him a sense of reasoning and good judgement of his situation. Religion and faith can neither be good or bad to have. They are an essence of what makes people who they are and affects how people think and how they act. Thus, religion is neither good nor bad,