Struggle In Elie Wiesel's Night

Primary Struggle in War Elie Wiesel in Night, is a young Jewish boy who faces atrocious experiences in his life at the death camps during the Holocaust. He declares a statement in the book regarding his faith during these horrid times. He states, “And in spite of myself, a prayer formed inside me, a prayer to this God in whom I no longer believed.” The quote provided perfectly portrays how Elie, and many others people during this era, struggled with faith. Elie, like many others, questioned why a loving God would allow such horrible things to occur. Night dives further into other Jews’ lives as they struggled as well. It is a daily battle to maintain faith, especially during war times. One could ask themselves, “What is the point of living anymore?” A great amount of courage is needed in one’s heart to push the doubts and unsureness aside and keep fighting and, physically and spiritually.
Many conflicts took place during the time of Elie’s life, such as World War II and the Holocaust. There have …show more content…
Many Christians today are martyrs and are bravely dying for the faith they have. According to IJ Review, “First, the Christians are forced to their knees, then the spokesperson for the terrorists holds up his knife…” (Charters). Although Christians are not being put in death camps, they are still facing religious persecution worldwide. Faith is really hard to maintain in this day and age as persecution increases more and more. As all the bad news keeps spreading like wildfire, one could ask themselves why keep the faith anyway. CNN reports that, “ISIS operatives have executed two groups of prisoners, believed to be Ethiopian Christians, in Libya, according to a video released Sunday by the terror network’s media arm.” (McLaughlin). Just as the Jewish people, Christians go through the persecution as well. There will always be persecution in the world and history has proven that in many years