Elie Wiesel Loss Of Faith In Night

One minute Elie Wiesel was sitting at home enjoying time with his family then, all of as sudden, he was forced out of his own home and on his was to a death camp with tons of other people just like him. What was he going to do in order to survive? How would he overcome the physical and mental challenges that this horrible death camp will bring? In the beginning of the novel, Night by Elie Wiesel, Elie turned to studying the Kabbalah and studying his God. Throughout the novel, we see parts where Elie’s faith begins to slip and he questions why, why is God doing this to him and others in the Auschwitz camp. The author wants his readers to see the changes the camp on his religious beliefs. In Night, Elie Wiesel uses tone, diction, and repetition to illustrate the loss of faith in Elie.

In the beginning, Elie was very religious. He prayed often and had Moishe the Beadle teach him about the Kabbalah. Once Elie

The book Night said “Never shall I forget those flames that consumed my faith forever. Never shall I forget the nocturnal silence that deprived me for all eternity of the desire to live. Never shall I forget those moments that murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to ashes.” (page34). This is an example of repetition that Elie used to show the theme of losing faith. The quote is trying to show how everything around him is affecting his faith and he will never forget it. Also, repetition was used again to show the lost of faith when prisoners were in the bunks. It said “We got into our bunks. The last night in Buna. Once more, the last night. The last night at home, the last night in the ghetto, the last night in the cattle car, and, now, the last night night in Buna.” (page83). This shows losing faith because they keep thinking it is the last night but it is not so, whenever they think about the last night it makes the loose faith and hope on the