many were imprisoned in during World War II. Throughout the book the author Elie

Wiesel, as well as many prisoners, lost their faith in God. There are many examples

in the beginning of Night where people are trying to keep and strengthen their faith

but there are many more examples of people rebelling against God and forgetting

The first example of Elie loosing his faith is when he arrived at Auschwitz. Elie and

his father are directed to go to the left. A prisoner then informs them that they are on

their way to the crematory. Elie’s father recites the Kaddish or prayer for the dead.

Revolt rises up inside of Elie and he questions God.

Why should I bless His name? The Eternal, lord of the Universe, the All-Powerful

and Terrible, was silent. What had I to thank Him for? (Wiesel 31)

Another example of prisoners in the concentration camp loosing their faith in Night

is when the pipel, a young child, was hung in front of the whole camp. The pipel was

Auschwitz, Birkenau, Buna and so many factories of death? How could I say to him

this decay? Why do You still trouble their sick minds, their crippled bodies?… Why,

Night is a powerful book. When reading it you can trace the character’s faith to the

never struck or insulted the prisoners who worked under him ,that is why the

face of a sad angel and was loved by all. The Oberkapo was suspected in the

berkapo’s servant. The Oberkapo was the leader of the fifty-second unit. He

Another time Elie questions God and his faith is around Rosh Hashana, the new

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