Losing Faith
Elie Wiesel had been losing his faith the moment he was enslaved in the concentration camps. At first he held on tight to God and believed that these hard times would be over soon. He hoped that the suffering was just a test from God to see if they would still trust him later, having lost everything. After being shipped off to several different camps and watching people burn in them, Elie rebelled against his own religion. He couldn’t understand why God would be putting him and everyone else he loved in such pain, and not do anything to stop it. “But look at these men whom You have betrayed, allowing them to be tortured, slaughtered, gassed, and burned, what do they do? They pray before You! They praise Your name!” (68). Elie has decided that it is God’s fault, that God hasn’t done anything to stop their misery, and that God had been the one to cause all this grief. The majority of people left in the camps had also lost their faith in God. Their hearts weren’t in believing in someone that they knew wouldn’t help them, but in the worst of times Elie would still pray, even after he knew it wouldn't help. Others would find in their hearts that they needed someone to believe in to give them hope. They wanted to know that there was a possibility that someone could potentially save them. To cope with everything that happened to them, they had to talk to someone and the only one that would listen to them was God.
Hi Ava!,
ReplyDeleteReally nice job on this post. This was very well written, and you had great points. I totally agree with what you said about he faith staring strong and then starting to fade. The only thing I would say is there were a couple grammatical errors or places that you could maybe word better. Over all great job!!!!!!!!!
Hello Ava,
ReplyDeleteI thought you did an extraordinary job on this piece. I could really tell how much emotion he was feeling through the words you had written. I agree with all of the points you make in this paragraph. Although there were some parts where I think you could've made clearer but other than that you did a spectacular job!
Ava,
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed reading your blog post. My blog post included many of the same pieces about faith and losing it in the camps as yours did. Your post caused me a lot of emotion even though I am not sure it was supposed to. The way you wrote your piece made me think back to what was happening at that time during the book and how Eile was feeling then. I think you did an exemplary job on your post and I can not wait to read more of your work!
Haley
Ava,
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed reading your blog post. My blog post included many of the same pieces about faith and losing it in the camps as yours did. Your post caused me a lot of emotion even though I am not sure it was supposed to. The way you wrote your piece made me think back to what was happening at that time during the book and how Eile was feeling then. I think you did an exemplary job on your post and I can not wait to read more of your work!
Haley