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The Role Of God In Night By Elie Wiesel

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With Moishe strong belief of God in the beginning of the book he communicated with Elie about the study of Kabbalah. However Mr. Wiesel, Elie’s father, “. . . wanted to drive the idea of studying the Kabbalah out of [Elie’s] mind . . .”(4). Elie opposes his father's wishes and “he succeed on [his] own in finding a master for [himself] in the person of Moishe the Beadle”(4). When Elie finds a master to teach him about Judaism shows how unwavering he is about his faith and learning more about it. On the other hand as the book continues Elie loses sight of his faith. As Elie and the other prisoners were in line for what they think is for them to be incinerated the prisoners say prayers. Elie “for the first time, felt anger rising within [him]”(33).

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