Loss Of Faith In Night By Elie Wiesel

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The story Night the Jews are exposed to an uncaring, hostile world, which leads to destruction of faith and identity within the Jewish communities. The Jews are not expecting to be treated so awfully, but they are not willing to do all the things that the Germans want them to do. Near the beginning of the memoir, by Elie Wiesel Moche the Beadle undergoes a loss of faith after witnessing horrific acts of inhumanity. The Jews were treated as if they were trash on the street. No one felt the need to say anything because they felt they would be beaten even more. “ Those who kept silent yesterday will remain silent tomorrow”. Even though everyone was being abused, no one said anything about it. The abuse continues. After a substantial amount of time spent in the concentration camps, many Jews lost faith, especially after enduring the brutality of the camps. While in the concentration camps, the Jews went through many horrific beatings. They had to watch their family members get beaten and could not do anything about the situation. “One more stab to the heart, one more reason to hate. One less reason to live”(). Every time ones family members were beaten, their family members felt tremendous pain, because they could not do anything to help their loved ones. Eliezer continue to go through the Holocaust. He goes through many things that one would never think a kid would have to go through. After witnessing the …show more content…

They feel that God should be right by their side blocking every destructive thing that is being thrown their way. Even though they feel like God is not there, he is always there. He just wants to hear the Jews cry out to him. God only put his strongest survivors through the toughest battles, so he was just preparing the Jews for better things to happen in their life. Also the Jews trails could have been to help someone else get through what some of the Jews had already

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