Through Night, Elie Wiesel exemplifies the trials of trying to keep faith throughout a time, in which, many often fall to the wayside because of things life has thrown their way. ... He would simple remember a conversation between him and Moshe in which they both agreed that, "Man questions God and God answers. ... One has no right to say things like that. ... Man is too small, to humble and inconsiderable to seek to understand the mysterious ways of God. ... Where is God? ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Never shall I forget those moments which murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to dust. Never shall I forget these things, even if I am condemned to live as long as God Himself. ... Growing up in a small village in Romania, his world revolved around family, religious study, community, and God. ... Elie is taught to question God for answers through Moshe's instruction. ... This is a foreshadowing of what will become of Elie's faith in the strength and power of God. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The mention of the will of God is something that has a significant recurrence throughout the text. Things such as, "With the will of God" (pg. 27) and "It is a message from God. ... Elli, Lorika and most of the other women in Elli's block pray to God for their life to be spared and retain a significant amount of faith and hope in their religion to aid their survival. ... At this point in Elli's journey, these simple things that to the audience of the text seem very small, mean a great deal to Elli and the rest of the prisoners and they show to be very grateful for such...

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• Grade Level: High School

There him and his father were separated from his mother and small sister. ... He agrees to help Elie; he teaches Elie about religion and about God. ... While many of the Jews have faith in God, some others start to lose faith because they are treated so bad that they begin to question if there really is a God. ... The sad-eyed child symbolizes God's silence. ... How he saw things differently. ...

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Elizier, fed up with anger, did not understand why he should say a prayer in God's name. ... A small boy who had the "sad-face of an angel" was to be hanged, as well as, two adults. ... A person from the crowd yelled out, "Where is God?" ... As the watched the little boy, the same man yelled out, "Where is God now?" ... Knowing that people actually went through those kinds of things, just because they had a little difference in their backgrounds is outrageous. ...

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These two books being the only two things that survived the explosion, it resulted the town to be very Christian. ... The entire town deals with God and how he wants his town to be perfect. ... If a child is born with even a slight deformity, as small as a birthmark they were considered a deviation or a mutant and would be sent away to live in the fringes. ...

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Then things change: their possessions are taken and they are moved into the ghetto. ... Elie begins to feel the weakening of his faith, and questions why he should praise a god who would allow these things to happen. ... Then a child is hung, and as they pass by his still living body, a voice declares that this is God is hanging on the gallows. Elie and his father both survive the selection, although by a small margin. ...

• Word Count: 969
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School