In Elie Wiesel's memoir, “Night” it is clearly shown that throughout the book he slowly loses faith in his God. He is forced out of his home in Sighet, moved to a ghetto, and then moved to several concentration camps. As he endures the cruel punishments from the Germans, because of his religion, he almost loses sight of what should be important to him; his faith, himself, and his family. When tragedy occurs some might be completely destroyed and devastated, whilst others are strengthened and empowered such as Elie.
Throughout the entirety of the book, Elie remains with his father. At times he wonders if he should abandon him and quickly pushes those thoughts away due to actions of other sons and fathers. For example, when Rabbi Eliahou’s son let's his father fall behind in the running mob while he pushes forward, Elie says to himself, “Oh God, Master of the Universe, give me the strength never to do what Rabbi Eliahou’s son has done.”(Wiesel, 91) At this moment in time he was still switching back and forth on having faith and not having faith. …show more content…
For example, in a particular article written by Victor Frankl, “... In spite of all the enforced physical and mental primitiveness of the life in a concentration camp, it was possible for spiritual life to deepen.”(Frankl, 1) Frankl states that even with the hard life of the Jews in the camps, they could still maintain their faith and yet this seems to be a tough decision for Elie. It is apparent that he fights with himself continuously on the matter of faith. Simply because what kind of God would put all the Jews through this? It's incomprehensible. Elie wants to have faith, but at the same time he is losing his faith because God wouldn’t let such a cruel thing
Throughout the entirety of the book, Elie remains with his father. At times he wonders if he should abandon him and quickly pushes those thoughts away due to actions of other sons and fathers. For example, when Rabbi Eliahou’s son let's his father fall behind in the running mob while he pushes forward, Elie says to himself, “Oh God, Master of the Universe, give me the strength never to do what Rabbi Eliahou’s son has done.”(Wiesel, 91) At this moment in time he was still switching back and forth on having faith and not having faith. …show more content…
For example, in a particular article written by Victor Frankl, “... In spite of all the enforced physical and mental primitiveness of the life in a concentration camp, it was possible for spiritual life to deepen.”(Frankl, 1) Frankl states that even with the hard life of the Jews in the camps, they could still maintain their faith and yet this seems to be a tough decision for Elie. It is apparent that he fights with himself continuously on the matter of faith. Simply because what kind of God would put all the Jews through this? It's incomprehensible. Elie wants to have faith, but at the same time he is losing his faith because God wouldn’t let such a cruel thing