challenge one’s religious beliefs. In Elie Wiesel’s short novel he bears an immense amount of hardships throughout the Holocaust that test his religious faith. As a young adult, Elie was just beginning to venture into his religious beliefs discovering his personal values and faith; but as he began that journey the German soldiers infiltrated his village. His whole village was soon transported to Auschwitz and divided up between camps. Within the camps Elie stayed alongside his father through vigorous
“Night” is an unravelling of Elie Wiesel’s personal encounter with the holocaust era. Gob-smacked, mystified and catapulted . His senses exploded to new realities - Man's inhumanity to man. God’s seeming unfaithfulness in man's hour of greatest need. These were the main elements that tortured his teenage mind. For me, “Night” left me feeling uncomfortable and even troubled as I role-played many of the personalities. Throughout the book, I found myself connecting with the characters and questioning
of him. His tongue was still red, his eyes were not yet glazed. Behind me, I heard the same man asking: ‘’Where is God now?’’ And I heard a voice within me answer him: ‘’Where is He? Here He is- He is hanging here on this gallows….’’(p.64& 65). Night written by Eliezer Wiesel, was a very powerful story of a young fella’s will to survive in a concentration camp in Auschwitz, Germany. The separation from his mother and sisters as soon as they