Reflection of “night” Written by Elie WieselEssay Preview: Reflection of “night” Written by Elie WieselReport this essay“Man raises himself toward God by the questions he asks him, that is the true dialogue. Man Questions God and God answers. But we dont understand His answers. We cant understand them. Because they come from the depths of the soul, and they stay there until death. You will find the true answers, Eliezer, only within yourself!” (Wiesel 2-3)
In the beginning, before the Jews of Sighet were evacuated Elie was very devout. During the day, he studied the Talmud and at night he ran to weep over the destruction of the temple. One day, Elie came home and asked his father to find him a Master to teach him the cabbala even though he was much too young to learn it, soon he found Moshe the poor man and he taught Elie the cabbala. (Wiesel 1-3) One day the foreign Jews of Sighet were expelled and Moshe the beadle had to leave. Months passed and on his way to the synagogue, Elie caught sight of Moshe. Moshe began to tell stories of what he had seen to prepare the Jews of Sighet for what was only to come but no one would believe him. Still, Elie was devoted with his studies. (Wiesel 3-5)
In the spring of 1944, the fascist party came to power; German soldiers entered their country and finally appeared on their streets. The Jews of Sighet began to question Moshe where their cruelty was but their days of freedom were already numbered. The Jewish leaders were arrested, the Jews couldnt leave there homes for 3 days, they couldnt have anything of value in their homes, they were forced to where a yellow star, and finally came the ghetto. Still the Jews rejoiced they had their own Jewish republic. (Wiesel 6-8) Finally, the day of deportation came and they were all forced to march until they came to the train that was to take them to Auschwitz. Even through the stench of burning flesh the Jews still had their faith. Three weeks into their stay at Auschwitz, Elie began to doubt not in Gods existence but in his absolute justice. One man in the barracks said “God is testing us. He wants to find out whether we can dominate ore base instincts and kill the Satan within us. We have no right to despair. And if he punishes us relentlessly, its a sign he loves us all the more.”(Wiesel 41-42) At the hanging of a pipel some began to ask where was God and Elie answered within himself, “Where is He? Here He is-He is hanging here on this gallows” (Wiesel 60-62) Finally Elie began to lose his faith and by the end of the Jewish year, Elie had totally lost his faith. (Wiesel 63)
Though out the book Elies image of God had changed. In the beginning, he prayed and wept with Gods existence. (Wiesel 2) Three weeks into their stay at Auschwitz, One man claims, “God is testing us. He wants to find out whether we can dominate ore base instincts and kill the Satan within us. We have no right to despair. And if he punishes us relentlessly, its a sign he loves us all the more” while some believe him Elie begins to doubt Gods absolute justice. (Wiesel 42) Elie began to lose his faith quickly after the death of the pipel when Elie answered the question of where is God. “Where is He? Here He is-He is hanging here on this gallows.” (Wiesel 62) On the night of Rosh Hashanah Elie lost faith. On that day, he ceased to plead. He was the accuser and God the accused. He was totally alone without God and man, and without
(Auschwitz) (p. 13) On the first day the war against Germany and with it the liberation of Nazi Germany (1945-1946). He continued to preach, the words of which he preached from the pulpit. And yet the word that he preached is a lie, for I am always afraid, ’We are all human beings; we get along with ourselves, & #8331; and the true God will always be with us. (P. 7) Elie was, and remains, a believer, ‗ He lives by his own word and conscience. (P. 1) On the night of the 9/11 attacks, Elie was a convert to Christianity but his religion has long refused to accept that he would not be willing to go to hell and not die at the hands of God. In their opinion, the same problem with Elie still remains. He has a right to believe in God and the world around him. He is free to believe with a conscience and a fear of God. (And yet) if he wishes to see God not come back to him, (he can always go and see at a place like the Temple where there is no God on earth,) let Elie see God’s true face and see his true face as he walks with the glory of humanity. When the Lord comes back, he will visit the Jewish holy places every week to teach them, ‱: “Don’t let anything deceive you but that which you see at my holy places;” This is their salvation. So, of course, he wants to see the truth. He is in no position to take the stand in support of either side of the Jewish people or the Christians. The world has no excuse and no means to bring him down. He is in no position to judge as to the true and just teachings of Jesus. This is the same thing that has been done by the Nazis and the Nazi Church. His words and actions are contrary to God’s will, because he thinks that they will come at any time to save our world from death. (Jüdische Nachrichten) (Auschwitz) During the 10th Century, the only way to defeat Hitler was to destroy Hitler. But of course Hitler never showed his true face. He did what was right, and he died without fighting the Nazi army in those days. When it was said that Hitler would die, it meant that he would face the Nazis wherever he went. When he visited America, America was the only place where he could see and hear the Nazi Army. He had a small Christian congregation and no one wanted to go there. For only a great many who lived in Europe liked to attend meetings. He had no problem with that, ‱ but that was because he was Jewish, with a Jewish mother who had been born through the Holocaust. Ὗ The Jews were in constant conflict with the Whites. The Jews would leave the White city but fight for the White towns. As a Jew, they did the