After the experiences Elie has had, he now feels that life is but a miserable experience. In other words, he doesn’t want to experience more pain and wishes to eventually forget what he has witnessed during his lifetime. He feels that more life will only bring more suffering, and so he is content with the length of life that he is dealt. However, this begs a question; why does he choose to remain alive? As cliché as it may sound, he chooses to keep going because he believes in his own strength. Belief in one’s strength will not always hold off death, but, in the face of immense and seemingly insurmountable tragedy, death will certainly come if one does not believe at all in their own strength.
Elie feels that God has forsaken him and he no longer wishes to reach an eternal life in which he is by God’s side. Elie is one of the many of the people in the concentration camp understandably losing their faith. He proclaims “I was the accuser, God the accused… I was nothing but ashes now, but I felt to be stronger than this” (68). For most of his life, Elie believes that his God is almighty and good, but this shifts to a state of anger at God. As the book …show more content…
Akiba loses his sense of purpose or strength after he feels deserted by his God. He essentially gave up and “He wouldn’t listen to anything we said. He just kept repeating that it was all over for him, that he could no longer fight, he had no more strength, no more faith” (76). While Elie feels this same sense of desertion, he does not lose his sense of purpose or strength because of his confidence in himself. Elie explains that Akiba had “Lost all incentive to fight and opened the door to death” (77). Losing his faith in his God is still an incredibly difficult experience for Elie, but his belief in himself helps him to continue living and to persevere through such a dismal
Elie feels that God has forsaken him and he no longer wishes to reach an eternal life in which he is by God’s side. Elie is one of the many of the people in the concentration camp understandably losing their faith. He proclaims “I was the accuser, God the accused… I was nothing but ashes now, but I felt to be stronger than this” (68). For most of his life, Elie believes that his God is almighty and good, but this shifts to a state of anger at God. As the book …show more content…
Akiba loses his sense of purpose or strength after he feels deserted by his God. He essentially gave up and “He wouldn’t listen to anything we said. He just kept repeating that it was all over for him, that he could no longer fight, he had no more strength, no more faith” (76). While Elie feels this same sense of desertion, he does not lose his sense of purpose or strength because of his confidence in himself. Elie explains that Akiba had “Lost all incentive to fight and opened the door to death” (77). Losing his faith in his God is still an incredibly difficult experience for Elie, but his belief in himself helps him to continue living and to persevere through such a dismal