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Loss Of Faith In Night By Elie Wiesel

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In Night by Elie Wiesel, he uses constant questioning to explain that when people are forced into traumatic situations they begin losing their personal faith in God. In the beginning of this passage Elie begins to question God, he is curious as to “Why do you [God] go on troubling these poor people’s wounded minds, their ailing bodies?” (S. 5) Elie, as well as his father, are slowly losing their belief in God, due to their experiences in the past year. His father told him to keep the faith, but holding out hope has done nothing to help them, nothing changed. Elie is gaining strength, but losing faith. The questions that Elise asks are his growing strength, he is learning to question God, and not bind his life to Him. “What are You, my God?

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