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Published on Nov 22, 2015
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Pg. 65
Behind me, I heard the same man asking: "For God's sake, where is God?"
And from within me, I heard a voice answer:
"Where He is? This is where--hanging here from this gallows..."
That night, the soup tasted of corpses.”
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This to me represents his faith's breaking point. When he says he is hanging from his gallows, he's describing the fact that he thinks God is dead. He doesn't, not believe in God, he just doesn't believe a living god would allow such torment to occur.
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Pg. 81
“I have more faith in Hitler than in anyone else. He alone has kept all of this promises, all of his promises to the Jewish people.”
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God, to Elie, is supposed to answer the prayers of his believers. But god hasn't done anything but allow this Holocaust to happen to Elie. Hitler on the other hand has dedicated his his being to for-filling promises he has made to the Jewish "race".
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pg. 76
"He recited entire passages from the Talmud, arguing with himself, and answering himself endless questions. One day he said to me it's over God is no longer with us."
This shows a more "other characters" look at the lose of faith. Sure Eliezer looses his faith, but showing others loosing theirs also along the way contours the overall theme, and neglects redundancy.
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Pg. 67
"Blessed be God's name. Every fiber in me rebelled"
To me this represents Elie's fight within his self, with himself. Deep down, he wants to believe that God is looking out for him, but everything is fighting against that.
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Pg 61
"Everybody around us was weeping. Someone began to recite Kaddish, the prayer for the dead. I don’t know whether, during the history of the Jewish people, men have ever before recited Kaddish for themselves.
"Yisgadal, veyiskadash, shmey raba … May His name be celebrated and sanctified …" whispered my father.
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?"
Here, Mr. Wiesel is simply questioning just how much he ought to be worshipping a God that doesn't want his soul saved just as much as hew does.
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Pg 51
"I looked at my house in which I had spent years seeking my God, fasting to hasten the coming of the Messiah, imagining what my life would be like later. Yet I felt little sadness. My mind was empty. "
This means, Mr. Wiesel is dis-heartened because he's beginning to feel that he wasted an enormous amount of time it God isn't going to help him out here. He feels sad because, He spend boat loads of time worshipping and praying to someone he deep down feels doesn't exist. He feel foolish for praying before bed, because he was just talking to himself about his problems.
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"Some of the men spoke of God: His mysterious ways, the sins of the Jewish people, and the redemption to come. As for me, I had ceased to pray. I concurred with Job! I was not denying His existence, but I doubted His absolute justice."
Here, it shows us that Elie has not given on his Faith that god Exists YET. He still believe here that their is a God, he just doesn't believe that God playing the the game the way that it's meant to be played.
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Pg. 55
"I looked at my house in which I had spent years seeking my God, fasting to hasten the coming of the Messiah, imagining what my life would be like later."
Here, again, (re examining) it shows Elie "last breath before drowning". It shows us that this was the last piece of information of his old life, and what he thought was important. It showed us, just how into the "God thing" Elie was.
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Pg 43
"Still lost in his Cabalistic dreams, Akiba Drumer had discovered a verse in the Bible which, translated into numbers, made it possible for him to predict Redemption in the weeks to come."
Here, Elie calls Akiba's faith a "cabalistic dream". This is very powerful, as it shows that not only does he not believe god is playing fair, he believes that God is nothing more than a fairy tale told to kids.
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Pg. 32
"Never shall I forget those flames which consumed my faith forever..."
I think this one speaks for it self. The flames represent everything that the holocaust has throw his way. The "creametoria" could also be what he means.
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