Blog Post 3 - Madison

In Night, I have discovered a pattern in Elie Wiesel's story, a constant decrease of his Faith. From the start of the book Wiesel starts to hint at a gradual decrease of his prayer and reverence to his god. Event after event Wiesel experiences hell on earth, children hanging on his gallows, friends and family getting beaten to the ground right in front of his eyes. To god he exclaims “look at these men whom You have betrayed, allowing them to be tortured, slaughtered, gassed, and burned, what do they do? They pray before You! They praise Your name!" (Wiesel 68) The sheer weight these things drive him to change his mindset, to a cold unbelieving man. His faith torn away from him by the events thrown on his shoulders. Later he comes to believe that he himself was no better than one of the monsters that was keeping them in captivity ,therefore he reinvigorated his faith once more.

Comments

  1. AnonymousOctober 22, 2018 at 10:17 AM

    I agree with that theme, I did it as well. You picked good quotes, I can feel his anger through his writing.

    ReplyDelete
  2. AnonymousOctober 22, 2018 at 10:35 AM

    This is very true. What did these people do to deserve this? If they pray and they are good Jewish people why are they being punished so harshly.

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Blog Post 4 - Stewart

Found: Guide my venturing in this world, A world full of secrets, A world unknown Where hope is lost, And darkness is found Secrets and sadness Sigh of a child Eyes full yet empty Empty of light A smile in the distance A flickering light From it came life and strength In the light was a smile From the smile found a prayer And there the prayer found me
Read more

Blog Post 3 - Stewart

In Night it is obvious that Elie is losing his faith. It had become apparent in the first few chapters of this book that Elie was questioning his faith, but now he has almost completely lost it. "But look at these men whom You have betrayed, allowing them to be tortured, slaughtered, gassed, and burned, what do they do? They pray before You! They praise Your name!" (Wiesel 68). "As I swallowed my ration of soup, I turned that act into a symbol of rebellion, of protest against Him" (Wiesel 69). Elie was once a strong believer in his God, but now he is having a battle with himself that is challenging everything that he was raised to believe. Then again, you can't blame him. Think about everything him and all the other Jews have gone through. If I was in his situation I would definitely feel the same.
Read more

Found poem - Kenzie

Never I will never forget The first night May 1944 That ruined my life forever The first time I entered A concentration camp   The first time I witnessed the flames The first time I witnessed death   Someone being hung Children and adults Scared faces Everyday I thought to myself Will I ever get out of here Why would my god My eternal master Let something this horrible Happen to us Jews
Read more