Genocide In Night

How Does facing death and genocide affect people's perception of God? Some people become much closer to God, awaiting salvation. Meanwhile others realize that they are alone and that no benevolent being would allow such violent acts to happen. This one most accurately represents Elie Wiesel. Ellie was a jew raised in transylvania who wrote about his story going through the daily life at extermination camps with his father during the second World War in his novel, Night. For Elie, faith was a huge part of his life growing up, but as he experiences the horrors that go on in the death camps he loses his faith little by little until he eventually becomes cynical towards religion.

From a young age Elie was a very religious child, often dreaming