Because He had had thousands of children burned in His pits? Because He kept six crematories working night and day, on Sundays and feast days? Because in His great might He had created Auschwitz, Birkenau, Buna, and so many factories of death? How could I say to Him: "Blessed art Thou, Eternal, Master of the Universe, Who chose us from among the races to be tortured day and night, to see our fathers, our mothers, our brothers, end in the crematory? Praised be Thy Holy Name, Thou Who hast chosen us to be butchered on Thine alter
Yes, man is very strong, greater then God. When You were deceived by Adam and Eve, You drove them out of Paradise. When Noah"s generation displeased You, You brought down the Flood. When Sodom no longer found favor in Your eyes, You made the sky rain down fire and sulphur. But these men here, whom You have betrayed, whom You have allowed to be tortured, butchered, gassed, burned, what do they do? They pray before You! They praise Your name!"".
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This passage has extreme passion and motivation, not only for Wiesel as he was living it at the time of the second world war, but also for his readers who did not have to endure the intense situation that he had to in order to survive. I chose this passage from the book because it focuses on how one Being so strong, so powerful, so meaningful in one's life could allow an episode so exhausting and detrimental to happen to an entire population. This passage hits the hearts of every believer, of every faith, of every reader. How can one read this book and not feel the pain, the agony, the flowing emotion of the author? For it is in this passage, that even I question my own faith. How could One solemn Being, Who created mankind, allow such a nightmare to become reality?.
Even now, as I reread the afore mentioned passage, I continue to question my faith in God. The reading of this book has made me think more of life as a privilege rather than a right.
