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NIGHT

Night 
The Halocaust, a horrible time for the world. Just as any war is. War is the single 
most destructive thing our world has. It can take the lives of millions of people in just
a 
few seconds.War however may seem bad from the perspective of many people, but it 
is even worse from the perspective of a single person. A boy for instance, trapped 
between two opposing forces. Elie for example has lived through this. A boy of only 
15, how much he has suffered through. During the course of the book Night it is obvious 
that Elie lost faith in his god.
For the first time, I felt revolt rise up in me. Why should I bless his name? The 
Eternal, Lord of the Universe, the All-Poerful and terrible, was silent. what had I to
thank 
him for? (31). This is Elie's first sign of losing faith. In his mind he wondered how a
god, 
so great and wonderful hasn't helped out his people, But rather let them see how cruel 
people can be. Elie said this after he had witnessed babies sent to their doom in a pit
of 
fire. How could he not ask his god why he hasn't done anything. A boy of 15 years old 
should not witness this, nor should anyone witness these acts of hatred.
Never shall I forget those flames which consumed my faith forever. (32) From 
that moment on, Elie had no reason to believe in God. The flames which Madame 
Schachter had spoke about on the train. If only they realized it sooner. God, the most 
important role in human civilization was going to let the slaughter of innocent people
go
on in his world. Many people lost faith during this time. The sight of someone being 
beaten infront of you, but knowing that if you help, it'll be even worse for you. 
Never shall I forget that nocturnal silence which deprived me,
for all eternity, of the desire to live. Never shall I forget those
moments which murdered my god and my soul and turned my 
dreams to dust. Never shall I forget these things even if I am 
condemmed to live as long as God Himself, forever. Never. (32)
Something so powerful it could murder a once very religous boy's faith forever.
He would never be able to turn back like he once did, to ask God Why?. God lives 
forever, Elie will never forget these images inprinted in his mind. It is too hard to
forget 
something that impacts yourself, you life, and the people around you in such a way that 
you lose all the faith you have. No matter how much you had to begin with, you can lose 
it in an instance. Just like Elie, no longer can he pray at night, no longer can he look
in the 
sky and say to himself Im lucky to have such a great god to look over me. 
I had new shoes myself. But as they were coated with a thick layer 
of mud, no one had noticed them. I thanked god, in an improvised
prayer, for having created mud in His infinite and wonderful 
universe. (35)
Sarcasm, in a time like this, to mock the All powerful. Its just another point 
proving that Elie did lose faith in his God. How can he believe in somthing that won't 
prevent a catastrophe. 
I know one has no right to say thinks like that. I know
man is too small, too humble and inconsiderable to seek
to understand the mysterious ways of god. But what can
I do? I'm not a sage, one of the elect, nor a saint. I'm 
just an ordinary creature of flesh and blood. I've got eyes, 
too, and I can see what they're doing here. Where is the
divine Mercy? Where is God? How can I believe, how 
could anyone believe, in this merciful god? (73)
Faith, the one thing man has over animals, the belief in a god, the All Powerful
the savior of the earth. But it can dissapear, and quickly. If no one believes in
somthing
than how does it exist? I doesn't I no on remembered our past, or left clues behind, we 
wouldn't know about the civilizations on earth. Even the loss of faith in a single boy
can 
hurt. Especially when he is so young to whitness pure evil. Elie has definitly lost faith
in 
his god. He may no longer pray nor go to church.