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Loss Of Religion In Night By Elie Wiesel

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“Ahead of you lies a long road paved with suffering”(Wiesel, 38) . In the novel Night ,by Elie Wiesel, he explains about his experiences and suffering as a young boy during the Holocaust. The Holocaust was a systematic persecution of millions of Jews. Elie Wiesel and his family were apart of this horrific event. Elie was a very religious boy that loved studying the Talmud and spending time at the Temple until his life was forever altered by the Holocaust. Throughout the novel, his personality and beliefs start changing dramatically. Elie lost his belief in God. Before he and his family moved to the camps, Elie was a very religious boy. He lost his belief in God during the time he was in the concentration camp. He lost his belief because he seen children being burnt, people being tortured day and night and God didn't save them. Elie believed strongly in God, he believed the world was good, not only the world but everyone was good because the world and the people belonged to God. Elie kept asking God to save him and everyone in the concentration camp from the misery they were going through. He thought he would save them because he believed so strongly in him. Time after time he prayed to God to save him and his family. “Blessed be God’s …show more content…

Why, but why would I bless Him? Every fiber in me rebelled. Because He caused thousands of children to burn in His mass graves? Because He kept six crematoria working day and night, including Sabbath and the Holy Days? Because in His great might, He had

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