After reading Elie Wiesel essay “That No One Should Ever Forget” (Parachin, pp. 34-40), came to my mind many of the things that always tend to stay with us; in our memory. These memories become part of our life (past, present and future). However, God provides / give us the opportunity to change our path. There things that are not easy to forget. What are the things in our life that usually keep us away from present full reverence to our God? Yes, religion is a powerful tool, which in many cases allow individuals to find a way to fulfill their life. However, there times when things that tend to produce hope, and joy, then change into anger, hatred and resentment. Resentment that usually consumes our hope, and those things have often kept us away from reaching our goal in life. …show more content…
I understand that there are many things that affect us and many times we are separated from the presence of God. I remembered, after my father's passed away, few months later, I received the news that my one of niece (who was presented during my father funeral) has leukemia. The leukemia was in a very advanced stage and she only has a few days left. This was something that really hurt me a lot and maybe like Wiesel, did, it came to my mind the question of why God allowed it. However, I know that as stated in the Bible that God works in mysterious ways, and it is not up to us to try to understand the course. And God does not forget us and the promise to us. As Wiesel mentioned in the essay when his cousin was in the hospital and his cousin requested that Wiesel came to the hospital to pray for
An estimated 11 million people died in the Holocaust. 6 million were Jews. In the book Night by Elie Wiesel tells his story as a Holocaust survivor. Throughout his book he describes the tremendous obstacles he overcame, not only himself, but with his father as well. The starvation and cruel treatment did not help while he was there. Elie makes many choices that works to his advantage. Choice plays a greater factor in surviving Auschwitz.
A statement from the nonfiction novella Night –a personal account of Elie Wiesel’s experience during the Holocaust—reads as follows: “How could I say to Him: Blessed be Thou. Almighty, Master of the universe, who chose us among all nations to be tortured day and night, to watch as our fathers, our mothers, our brothers, end up in the furnaces” (67). War is a concept that is greatly looked down upon in most major religions and cultures, yet it has become an inevitable adversity of human nature. Due to war’s inhumane circumstances and the mass destruction it creates, it has been a major cause for many followers of Christianity, Judaism, and other religions to turn from their faith. Followers of religion cannot comprehend how their loving god could allow them to suffer and many devout
This situation introduced two polar opposite aspects–a loss of trust in what is unseen versus a change of trust in what is seen. Yet, in both cases, the decision to make those life-altering changes was undoubtedly a difficult one. To lose your faith is one thing, especially when that faith has shaped who you are. For that reason, it makes sense that on page 69, Wiesel felt as if a void had ripped open inside him when he lost his faith in G-d. Nevertheless, to refill that hole with trust for another man, one as cruel and wicked as Adolf Hitler, is unimaginable.
Nothing is lost if faith is still present. In Night by Elie Wiesel, the main theme of chapter one is faith. While speaking to Moishe the Beadle, Elie says, “I pray to the the God within me for the strength to ask him the real questions” (Wiesel 5). Elie was
It was the end of the war and he no longer has a family after he was relocated and wiesel is basically a walking corpse. “And in spite of myself, a prayer formed inside me, a prayer to this God in whom I no longer believed.” was written in page 91 which clearly states that he no longer believed in God. Now the last piece of evidence to prove that he doesn't care for others anymore would by when his father left the land of the living. On page 112 Wiesel writes how he felt about his passing ‘And deep inside me, if I could have searched the recesses of my feeble conscience, I might have something like: Free at
It is so strenuous to be faithful when you are a walking cadaver and all you can think of is God. You devote your whole life to Him and he does not even have the mercy set you free. At the concentration camp, many people were losing faith. Not just in God, but in themselves too. Elie Wiesel uses many literary devices, including tone, repetition and irony to express the theme, loss of faith. He uses tone by quoting men at the camp and how they are craving for God to set them free. He also uses repetition. He starts sentences with the same opening, so that it stays in the reader’s head. Finally, he uses irony to allude to loss of faith. Elie understands how ironic it is to praise someone so highly, only to realize they will not have mercy on you. In Night, Elie Wiesel uses tone, repetition and irony illustrate the loss of faith the prisoners were going through.
Wiesel states that in many instances while in the camp, the only thing keeping him going is his father. Wiesel is never truly alone. Even after he loses his faith, his father proves to...
Wiesel’s loss of religion becomes the loss of identity, humanity, selfishness, and decency.... ... middle of paper ... ... This man is obviously beside himself and does not trust anyone except Hitler, his archenemy.
...see the inner reckoning of Wiesel to the conflict he has been fighting within himself. Until now, Wiesel has felt guilty about his growing distrust in God. Since childhood, the focus of the young boy’s life has been spiritual- and now he feels betrayed. He even goes as far as saying that he, the accuser, is accusing God himself.
As I continued to chat with my pastor that day, I really sensed the hurt in his eyes – the anger that comes from an unsolvable injustice, the tiredness of a problem. “What’s wrong?” I finally asked, “Having a bad day?” Sensing that I was truly concerned, he let the truth be told. “I talked with a woman today whose baby died suddenly of unknown causes. As we worked through her grief, she talked about how numerous friends and family, even a religious leader had patted her on the back, shook their heads and said, ‘It was God’s will.’ I find few things worse to say to a grieving parent. Saying nothing at all would be of more help.” It was obvious from our conversation that he had an understanding greater than I about God’s will, and his insight created in me a curiosity and desire to learn more.
The hope is that his one voice can bring new light to a list of statistics, that the world will feel a much deeper impact when they visualize the torment of the Holocaust, rather than just seeing the numbers and moving on with their days. Reading line after line and memory after memory, one can almost hear their own hearts breaking with each turn of the page. My heart will forever have an ache for the innocent lives lost and the battles that shouldn’t have been necessary to fight. A quote from the novel will forever be instilled in my mind, “NEVER SHALL I FORGET that night, the first night in camp, that turned my life into one long night seven times sealed. Never shall I forget that smoke. Never shall I forget the small faces of the children whose bodies I saw transformed into smoke under a silent sky. 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. Never shall I forget those things, even were I condemned to live as long as God Himself. Never” (p34). Never will I forget Wiesel’s bravery and never will I forget that the Holocaust
Eliezer Wiesel loses his faith in god, family and humanity through the experiences he has from the Nazi concentration camp.
Throughout the speech, Wiesel utilizes a wide range of tones and uses strategic pauses so the audience experiences no difficulties in understanding the struggle he went through. In one of his more intense moments of the speech, he begins talking about how much worse being ignored was, versus being unjustly judged. Religion may be unjust, but it is not indifferent. People cannot live “Outside God” (Wiesel), they need Him even if He is far away.
To many people religion is a sanctuary. It helps them escape the chaos of their normal lives and become a part of something much bigger. For Jews during the Holocaust, religion helped them survive at first. They remained adamant that God would not allow the genocide of millions of his people. But as time went on, they began to question the existence of god. Elie witnesses the death of one of the inmates Akiba Drumer; recalling, "He just kept repeating that it was all over for him, that he could no longer fight, he had no more strength, no more faith" (76). Many people live for religion; they go on with their lives and no matter how horrific the situation may be, they remain resilient of the fact that god will pull them through any situation. But when this faith is lost, people begin to question their existence. Jewish people grow up knowing that God would always be at their side. The realization that God was not there for them took its toll. Elie loses his faith in God...
For my book report, I read Day by Elie Wiesel. The narrator’s name is only mentioned once when he states, “I am Eliezer, the son of Sarah” (Wiesel 73). Throughout the book, the narrator tells two stories. One story is about his past and another story is about his current life. In the past, the narrator lived through the Holocaust. During the Holocaust, everyone he knew died when he was very young. These deaths caused him to have a lot of suffering that haunts him for the rest of his life because he lives with the guilt of being the only survivor. The narrator cannot move on from his painful past, so he honestly does not care about his life. During the present time, Eliezer sees a cab coming his way. There is a possibility for him to avoid it,