https://padlet.com/nj181255/8hws4br00e6h Night by Elie Wiesel en-us 2019-01-31 23:33:06 UTC 2019-02-27 05:04:37 UTC hello@padlet.com nj181255 https://padlet.com/nj181255/8hws4br00e6h/wish/326521588 Elie is devoted to his religion and he seems interested in learning more about it. Elie spent the daytime studying the Talmud, and at night he would run, "to the synagogue to weep over the destruction of the temple,"(Wiesel 1). Elie seems particularly interested in the mystical aspects of his religion called the cabbala. He believes profoundly in his religion.]]> 2019-01-31 23:35:56 UTC https://padlet.com/nj181255/8hws4br00e6h/wish/326521588 nj181255 https://padlet.com/nj181255/8hws4br00e6h/wish/327007882 Elie's relationship with his religion seems to be fading. As the Jews of Sighet were taken by the Germans many had lost hope and were just focusing on surviving. Elie was frightened and his, "nerves were at a breaking point...it was as though madness [was] taking possession," of him (Wiesel 22. Under these circumstances, Elie was losing hope and was petrified of what was to come. He probably did not have time to think about his studying and devotion to his religion with the chaos and terror around him.]]> 2019-02-03 01:31:32 UTC https://padlet.com/nj181255/8hws4br00e6h/wish/327007882 nj181255 https://padlet.com/nj181255/8hws4br00e6h/wish/328570715 Elie's relationship with his religion has been diminished greatly since entering the camps. When he first got to the camps and was walking to his barracks he saw children and babies being burned. A bunch of other Jews, such as his father, started praying. Instead of praying with them, Elie felt, "revolt rise up in [him]." He questioned, "why should [he] bless his name?...what had [he] to thank Him for?(Wiesel 33). This shows how Elie feels angry at his God and is confused about why he should pray to a God that is putting him and his family through this.

]]> 2019-02-07 02:21:07 UTC https://padlet.com/nj181255/8hws4br00e6h/wish/328570715 nj181255 https://padlet.com/nj181255/8hws4br00e6h/wish/331616629 Elie's relationship with his religion in chapter four is tense and is fading away. He still believes, yet he feels resentment towards God. As he sees all the terror around him with people dying, he questions why God is not doing anything to save them. When a fellow prisoner asks, "Where is God?" Elie responds, "Where is He? Here he is - he is hanging here on this gallows..." (Wiesel 43). This shows that Elie believes that god is there in the form of that little boy and he is dying. This symbolizes Elie losing hope.]]> 2019-02-15 04:52:57 UTC https://padlet.com/nj181255/8hws4br00e6h/wish/331616629 nj181255 https://padlet.com/nj181255/8hws4br00e6h/wish/332858846 In chapter 5, Elie's faith has completely faded away. He is angry at God and questioning his faith. He asks, "What are You, my God? ...What does your greatness mean, Lord of the Universe, the face of all this weakness?" (Wiesel 45) This shows how Elie feels betrayed by his god and is confused about who God is and what he has been believing in his whole life. He feels as if God is doing nothing even though he has all this power.]]> 2019-02-19 18:39:05 UTC https://padlet.com/nj181255/8hws4br00e6h/wish/332858846 nj181255 https://padlet.com/nj181255/8hws4br00e6h/wish/334635506 In chapter 6, Elie does not believe in God anymore. He does not think about God until the Rabbi comes asking about his son. Elie soon realizes that the Rabbi's son abandoned him. Out of despair, Elie prays to God asking him to, "give [him] strength never to do what Rabbi Eliahou's son [had] done," {Wiesel 58). This shows how even though Elie may have given up on God, in desperate times he still goes to God hoping that God will be able to help him in some way.]]> 2019-02-24 22:17:16 UTC https://padlet.com/nj181255/8hws4br00e6h/wish/334635506 nj181255 https://padlet.com/nj181255/8hws4br00e6h/wish/335747922 In chapters 7-9, Elie has completely given up on God. He no longer believes even after praying to him. When Elie prayed he asked God to give him strength to not abandon his father. After Elie realizes he did this it is too late. His father dies. After his death to Elie, "It no longer mattered...nothing could touch me," (Wiesel 71). This shows how not only did the event of his father affect his beliefs, but every event leading up to that moment drew Elie farther and farther away from God. As this book concludes, Elie is not where he was at the beginning at the story. At the beginning he was completely devoted to his religion however now after all of the horrific events that Elie went through he no longer believes in his religion. ]]> 2019-02-27 04:51:12 UTC https://padlet.com/nj181255/8hws4br00e6h/wish/335747922