The Holocaust in Night by Ellie Wiesel

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The Holocaust was not only a way for the Nazis to purge the Jews, it was also a movement for a new way of thinking, that as long as the person in front of you holds a military-grade firearm there is nothing you can do to change your fate. In the memoir Night, Elie Wiesel recounts his journey through life in nazi concentration camps. Elie struggles with his faith and morality as he and his father witness the horrors of the Holocaust. Night reveals that it’s in human nature to hope for survival through religion and faith, however it can also fail in the most trying of circumstances when you have to relent to authoritarianism.
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Prayer is an essential to any kind of religious faith. Over the years and years of believing in a higher power, it has become apparent that prayer had become human nature to have a sense of spirituality, and also believe that their deity would bless and save their souls. “Why did I pray? A strange question. Why did I live? Why did I breathe?”(pg.20). To Elie, prayer was a natural habit that he participated in daily despite not having a solid reason to. Durin...

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