A Glimpse into Night
...to survive his relationship with his father, it becomes more of a weight, this is illustrated on page 62. After watching his father get beaten Elie states “I had watched the whole scene without moving. I Kept quit. In fact I was thinking of how to get further away so that I would not be hit myself. What was more, any anger I felt at that moment was directed, not against the Kapo, but against my father, I was angry with him for not knowing how to avoid Idek’s [Kapo’s] outbreak.” As you continue your emotional journey with Elie and the load of taking care of his father, it becomes even more clearly defined that his love for him is becoming a burden. When looking for the right words to describe how he feels about he his fathers death he simply says “I have searched it, I might perhaps found something like free at last (116)” “How I sympathized with Job! I did not deny God’s existence, but I doubted his absolute justice. (53).” Elie’s relationship with his father is not the only one to come into question throughout this novel. Wiesle’s commitment to his faith started off with him furthering his knowledge of the Cabala and the study of the Talmud. He was captivated by the faith he was born into and was willing to do anything to learn more about it. As Elie struggles for life during the Holocaust so does his faith. After witnessing horrible acts of inhumanity Elie seems to have no evidence of God’s existence. The people around him hold no holy spirit and God’s miracle are not evident in any form. He later states that “[He’s] got more faith in Hitler than in anyone else. He’s [Hitler] the only one who’s kept his promises all his promises, to the Jewish people (87).” By the end of the book his belief in God all but died and is clearly described as follows: “And in spite of myself a prayer rose in my heart, to that God in which I had no longer believed (97).” One of the main reasons why Elie’s faith in God diminished was due to all of the barbarous acts of cruelty he witnessed. Throughout the book many of the inhuman acts the Jewish people face on a daily bases are described in such a way that he is able to speak not ...