The Role Of Faith In Night By Elie Wiesel

The Holocaust was responsible for the death of 6 million members of the Jewish faith. The Jewish population in the world stands at approximately 14,212,800 million people. It is said that if the Holocaust never happened, the Jewish population would stand at somewhere around 32 million. Despite the Jewish heritage being left with a permanent scar, many have continued living their life normally, and continue praying to the God that many resented during the times under the brutal reign of Adolf Hitler. Even though most have recovered, some continue to deal with the pain, resentment, and still blame God for their barbaric treatment . One prime example would be the famous Holocaust survivor, Elie Wiesel. Elie has fallen victim to the loss of his devout faith to Judaism. In Elie Wiesels’ book Night, Elie’s faith changes drastically from the beginning of the story to the end because of the events in the holocaust.

Before Elie lived through the Holocaust, he is intrigued by Judaism and wanted to learn more about his faith. Elie was told by his father that he was too young to be learning and studying his religion. Elie ignored his fathers’ request to not focus on studying religion, and continued to delve into the study of

When first seeing the ghetto, Elie did not let the issue facing him, push him away from continuing to learn about his faith. “The barbed wire that encircled us like a wall did not fill us with real fear.” (Weisel 11). The barbed wire around the ghetto was not only to keep the Jews from escaping, but it could also help inflict fear among the Jewish people. The fear that was supposed to make them think there was no way out, and that they were being trapped inside. Although they were being trapped, that realization of fear was not instilled in them, and they continued with their daily lives amongst other fellow Jews, ignoring the imminent