Eliezer Faith In Elie Wiesel's Night

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Eliezer started out as a devoted Jew at age 12 , “ I was almost thirteen and deeply observant. By day I studied the talmud and by night I would run to synagogue to weep over the destruction of the temple” ( pg 3). Elizer in this quotes talks about how his devotion to God was so strong that he would cry. Eliezer faith was so strong that when asked, “ Why do you pray? Strange question. Why did I live?”(pg 4). As a young child Eliser shows how much he's devote by comparing prayer to breath it comes natural. As Eliezer realized what was happening at these camp,He wondered why god allowed such events to happen “ 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?”( pg 33). After seeing so much cruelty Eliezer doubts God for not interfering . As time goes on in the camps Eliezer sees more atrocities and witnesses a hanging of a child, Eliezer starts to believe God is dead, “Where He is?This is where- hanging here from this gallows…”(pg 65). …show more content…

Moishe is described as taking his faith as a big deal his was a “Jack-of-all trades” Only trying to study many things of but never quite becoming an expert at it. Moishe was one who explained to Eliezer, “Man comes closer to God through the questions he asks him,he liked to say…”(pg 5). Moishe as a teacher shows his deep knowledge of things of God. When all Jews of Sighet are sent away Moishe is sent to but when he comes back he is a different person, “Moishe was not the same.The joy in his eyes were gone. He no longer mentioned God or the Kabbalah. He spoke only of what he had seen”(pg 7). The experience Moishe had had has shocked the man of faith it changed him so much that he never talked of God he only wanted to warn the

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