Understanding Of God In Night By Elie Wiesel

During the Holocuast, the Nazis commited terrible acts against humanity, and genocide against the Jews, burning children, separting families, and even killing jews in fring squads. These horrors were so terrible they led to the Jews, who were seen as a group very connected to god, to start questioning their beliefs. In Eli Weisel’s Night, his journey in faith is strongly depicted. We see how as the war goes on, Weisel grows a deeper understanding of god, and what it means to believe. When the book begins, before the Nazis have taken Hungary, Weisel is an unquestionable believer in God. In a conversation Eli is having with Moishie, the only man in town who will teach Wiesel Kabbalah, he mentioned. “Man comes closer to God through the questions he asks Him, he liked to say. Therein lies true dialogue. Man asks and God replies. But we don't understand His replies. We cannot understand them. Because they dwell in the depths of our souls and remain there until we die.” Weisel explains the relationship between humans and god is only through man asking questions and god answering. However, man doesn't

After seeing Jews continue to pray, Wiesel’s anger at God grows. He says to himself “‘Blessed be God's Name’… Blessed be God's name? 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 created Auschwitz, Birkenau, Buna, and so many other factories of death?” Weisel doesn’t understand why people would be Blessing God, how could they do such a thing. He can’t believe that God is still beating down the Jews even when they still believe. As we see, his initial reaction to what seemed to be betrayal, was to simply stop believing and not think