https://padlet.com/koslolos/6vuepxyf9phq Eliezer's loss of religious faith en-us 2017-10-04 18:24:52 UTC 2017-10-05 23:09:41 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Basketball.png koslolos https://padlet.com/koslolos/6vuepxyf9phq/wish/194036959 "He had watched me one day as I prayed at dusk. ' Why do you cry when you pray?' he asked, as though he knew me well. 'I don't know' I answered, troubled. I had never asked myself that question. I cried because something inside me felt the need to cry. That was all I knew. ' Why do you pray?' he asked after a moment. Why did I pray? Strange question. Why did I breathe? 'I don't know'', I told him, even more troubled and ill at ease. 'I don't know'" (Pg. 4)


This quote connects to the theme because at first, it says that the man had watched Ellie praying and when the question why do you pray came up, Ellie did not have an answer, he just said I don't know. This made him think about praying and why he did it, which caused him to question his faith. 

]]> 2017-10-04 18:38:51 UTC https://padlet.com/koslolos/6vuepxyf9phq/wish/194036959 koslolos https://padlet.com/koslolos/6vuepxyf9phq/wish/194107274 "For the first time, I felt anger rising within me. Why should I sanctify his name? The almighty, the eternal and terrible Master of the Universe , chose to be silent. What was there to thank him for? (Pg. 33) 


This quote connects to the theme because now he is angry. He is questioning why he should praise god. He is saying he is a terrible master of the universe and he is also asking what there is to thank god for. So, I don't think he is a big fan of god. 

]]> 2017-10-04 22:33:38 UTC https://padlet.com/koslolos/6vuepxyf9phq/wish/194107274 koslolos https://padlet.com/koslolos/6vuepxyf9phq/wish/194108193 "'Where is merciful God, where is he?' someone behind me was asking." (Pg. 64) 


This quote connects to the theme because someone is asking where is the merciful god, which means they are also questioning and loosing faith because they are questioning his existence. 

]]> 2017-10-04 22:40:28 UTC https://padlet.com/koslolos/6vuepxyf9phq/wish/194108193 koslolos https://padlet.com/koslolos/6vuepxyf9phq/wish/194108907 "What are you, my God? I thought angrily. How do you compare to this stricken mass gathered to affirm to you their faith, their anger, their defiance? What does your grandeur mean, Master of the Universe, in the face of this cowardice, this decay, and this misery? Why do you do on troubling these pour people's wounded minds, their ailing bodies?" (Pg. 66)


This quote connects to the theme because he is questioning why god is doing all of these bad things to the people. He is also thinking that if there were really a god, then these bad things wouldn't be happening. Again, Ellie is questioning God's existence.

]]> 2017-10-04 22:45:52 UTC https://padlet.com/koslolos/6vuepxyf9phq/wish/194108907 koslolos https://padlet.com/koslolos/6vuepxyf9phq/wish/194109773 "Blessed God's name? Why, but why would I bless him? Every fire in me rebelled. Because he caused thousands of children to burn in his mass graves? Because he kept six crematoria working day and night, including Sabbath and the Holy days? Because in his great might, he had created Auschwitz, Birkenau, Buna, and so many other factories of death? How could I say to him: Blessed be thou, almighty, master of the universe, who chose us among all nations to be tortured day and night, to watch as our fathers, mothers, our brothers end up in the furnaces? Praised be thy holy name, for having chosen us to be slaughtered on thine alter?" (Pg. 67)


This quote connects to the theme because he is asking how he can bless him, because he is causing all of this terror and harm to these people. They are resenting him. He doesn't feel as if it's right to bless god, and if they are resenting him, it will most likely lead to question of belief, which can cause complete loss of belief and faith.

]]> 2017-10-04 22:54:00 UTC https://padlet.com/koslolos/6vuepxyf9phq/wish/194109773 koslolos https://padlet.com/koslolos/6vuepxyf9phq/wish/194111734 Ellie loses his faith in god through the horrors of the concentration camps. Something else that contributed to his loss of faith in god is the gas chambers, crematoriums, and the hangings of people. It was all just disgusting to him, and too much to take. He figured that if there were really a god that none of these bad things would be happening, so he no longer believed in god after seeing all of those horrific events. 


Quote 1:  “I did not fast. First of all, to please my father who had forbidden me to do so. And then, there was no longer any reason for me to fast. I no longer accepted God’s silence. As I swallowed my ration of soup, I turned that act into a symbol of rebellion, or protest against Him.” (pg. 69)

Quote 2: “"It's over. God is no longer with us." And as though he regretted having uttered such words so coldly, so dryly, he added in his broken voice, "I know. No one has the right to say things like that. I know that very well. Man is too insignificant, too limited, to even try to comprehend God's mysterious ways. But what can someone like myself do? I'm neither a sage nor a just man. I am not a saint. I'm a simple creature of flesh and bone. I suffer hell in my soul and my flesh. I also have eyes and I see what is being done here. Where is God's mercy? Where's God? How can I believe, how can anyone believe in this God of Mercy?"” (pg. 76)

]]> 2017-10-04 23:11:23 UTC https://padlet.com/koslolos/6vuepxyf9phq/wish/194111734 koslolos https://padlet.com/koslolos/6vuepxyf9phq/wish/194113603 This man was a very religious man and a religious public figure, but he started to loose faith in god for the same reason Ellie lost faith. The things he saw in those camps were just too horrific. Those images made him conclude that the existence of god is impossible. 


Quote 1: "Akiba Drummer has left us, a victim of the selection. Lately, he had been wandering among us, his eyes glazed, telling everyone how weak he was: "I can't go on ... It's over …" We tried to raise his spirits, but he wouldn’t listen to anything we said. He just kept repeating that it was all over for him, that he could no longer fight, he had no more strength, no more faith. His eyes would suddenly go blank, leaving two gaping wounds, two wells of terror." (Pg. 90)


Quote 2:  "He was not alone in having lost his faith during those days of selection. I knew a rabbi, from a small town in Poland. He was old and bent, his lips constantly trembling. He was always praying, in the block, at work, in the ranks. He recited entire pages from the Talmud, arguing with himself, asking and answering himself endless questions. One day, he said to me: "It’s over. God is no longer with us." (Page 88)]]> 2017-10-04 23:28:55 UTC https://padlet.com/koslolos/6vuepxyf9phq/wish/194113603 koslolos https://padlet.com/koslolos/6vuepxyf9phq/wish/194525091 1.)https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005143           
2.)http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/the-holocaust ]]> 2017-10-05 23:05:33 UTC https://padlet.com/koslolos/6vuepxyf9phq/wish/194525091