Essay On Elie Lose's Faith
When God spoke through Elie it had other importance as well. It shows that God is suffering with his people. Saying that God is on the gallows with the child shows that He is not finding pleasure in the actions of the Holocaust. Actually, God is unimaginably saddened and in pain because of it, much like the child on the gallows. This realization should comfort Elie and help him through this terrible and horrendous situation that he is in.
Unfortunately, Elie is not comforted by these experiences and he loses his head faith. It is the Jewish New Year in the camp and everyone is praising God. Elie suddenly realizes he has no reason to praise him. He asks God why He is putting them through such terrors, but does not receive an answer. This is …show more content…
Elie tells the story of a Polish Rabbi that lost his head faith. As soon as he lost his faith, he lost his reason for living and began to die. Luckily, this does not happen to Elie because he continues to live for his father. However, watching another person go through losing ownership of their faith is another influence on Elie that justified himself losing it. Although, the rabbi did not lose his head faith he kept his heart faith. Right before he was going to die he asked the other Jews to say the Kaddish for him. The Kaddish is the Jewish prayer for the dead. If he had completely lost his faith, he would have viewed this exercise as pointless and not asked anyone to carry it out. Another person that loses faith that Elie writes about is his neighbor in the hospital. This neighbor said, “I’ve got more faith in Hitler than in anyone else. He’s the only one who’s kept his promises, all his promises, to the Jewish people.” (P. 77 T). This man had lost all of his faith including his heart faith. He has because he believed more in Hitler than anyone else which includes God. If he still had heart faith he would still believe in God more than Hitler and have faith that God would deliver them from Hitler. The loss of faith is part of the reason he is in the hospital dying. He has lost all his faith and with it the will to
Unfortunately, Elie is not comforted by these experiences and he loses his head faith. It is the Jewish New Year in the camp and everyone is praising God. Elie suddenly realizes he has no reason to praise him. He asks God why He is putting them through such terrors, but does not receive an answer. This is …show more content…
Elie tells the story of a Polish Rabbi that lost his head faith. As soon as he lost his faith, he lost his reason for living and began to die. Luckily, this does not happen to Elie because he continues to live for his father. However, watching another person go through losing ownership of their faith is another influence on Elie that justified himself losing it. Although, the rabbi did not lose his head faith he kept his heart faith. Right before he was going to die he asked the other Jews to say the Kaddish for him. The Kaddish is the Jewish prayer for the dead. If he had completely lost his faith, he would have viewed this exercise as pointless and not asked anyone to carry it out. Another person that loses faith that Elie writes about is his neighbor in the hospital. This neighbor said, “I’ve got more faith in Hitler than in anyone else. He’s the only one who’s kept his promises, all his promises, to the Jewish people.” (P. 77 T). This man had lost all of his faith including his heart faith. He has because he believed more in Hitler than anyone else which includes God. If he still had heart faith he would still believe in God more than Hitler and have faith that God would deliver them from Hitler. The loss of faith is part of the reason he is in the hospital dying. He has lost all his faith and with it the will to