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Symbolism In Night By Elie Wiesel

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In the article it says that Eliezer describes himself as a person who believes

profoundly/strongly. The quote that is told means that throughout all the things that have

happened to Eliezer he has always believed strongly in things like for instance how he

believed in god in the first chapter, he bileived that god would save them all and they

would servive the Holocaust. To believe profoundly means to believe strongly and

agree.

On chapter 1, page 1, it says that “ Why did I pray? Strange question. Why did I live?

Why did I breathe?” This quote from Eliezer ment that he prayed but he didnt know why he

prayed, he didnt know why he even existed. Eliezer was really questioning …show more content…

The quote acually ment kind of life or death

really because he was questioning his life on being alive, he was practicly deciding if he should

kill himself. Eliezer thought that it wasnt worth being there at the camp even to be with his father

he still thought he should kill himeself and not be there and that was questioning on on why does

he live? Why did he breathe? The quote “ Why did I pray? Strange question. Why did I live?

Why did I breathe?” ment that he didn’t know if he should be alive and if it is worth it to be alive.

In chapter 2-3, page 5, it says that “ For the first time, I felt anger rising within me. Why

should I sanctify his name? The Almighty, the eternal and terrible Master of the Universe, chose

to be silent. What was there to thank him for?” This quote ment that Eliezer was starting

to not like god and what he is doing to people. It ment that Eliezer didn’t know what to

think about god/almighty because he wasn’t doing anything to help the people cause

they were all getting killed and nothing good was happening to stop it. Eliezer …show more content…

Once this came to mind to Eliezer he didn’t know

if he could thank him for all that has happened, God was no longer trusted and thanked

by Jews and others. So the quote “ For the first time, I felt anger rising within me. Why

should I sanctify his name? The Almighty, the eternal and terrible Master of the Universe, chose

to be silent. What was there to thank him for?” ment that god never did anything good

for Eliezer, the Jews and the Jews that were killed so he stopped realing on him and

there was nothing to think offor him that was good or thankful.

On chapter 5, page 8, quote 3. It says “ I no longer accepted God’s silence. As I

swallowed my ration of soup, I turned that act into a symbol of rebellion, of protest

against him,” This quote ment that now that Eliezer has had seconed thoughts about god

he no longer takes god as a stereotype. Eliezer thinks that god is not a good person

and acually doesn’t agree with Eliezer. God to all how believed in him was a person

who couldn’t be trusted. God wasn’t a good person to them because he ignored them

and didn’t help the ethnic people when they needed it. Eliezer didn’t except the fact that

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