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Why, do you suppose, Wiesel directs more of his anger toward God than the Nazis? Wiesel thinks that god is making the Nazis do this to them. Traditionally, Rosh Hashanah is a time for celebration, marking the beginning of the Jewish New Year. Why, then, is Wiesel afraid of having to wish his father a happy new year?
Why did Elie Wiesel write Night? How does Wiesel characterize himself/Eliezer in the novel? What is the significance of the novel’s first-person point of view? What does night symbolize? What gives Eliezer the strength to survive the Holocaust? What happens when Moishe is deported from Sighet? What does Madame Schächter’s nightmare foreshadow?
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Why does Wiesel direct more anger toward God than the Nazis?
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What does Elie Wiesel say about luck and coincidence?
“My anger rises up within faith and not outside it,” he writes. “I had seen too much suffering to break with the past and reject the heritage of those who had suffered.” Wiesel, in his personal life, kept his faith in God throughout the Holocaust.
At first, many events occur that renew Elie's hope and faith in God. He is able to remain with his father, keep his shoes, avoid the brutality of the sadistic barber, and stay alive while others ...
Men like Akiba Drumer lose their faith when they start to believe that the Nazi evil is greater than the power of God. When they start to believe that it is impossible to escape the evil of the concentration camp, they lose their faith and, simultaneously, their will to live. Wiesel describes Akiba Drumer: "It was impossible to raise his morale.
