Night Essay
... quote started to demonstrate the change he was having toward the belief in the Lord. I think the quote showed his anger toward the lord because he was nowhere to be seen when he was in danger or when he needed him. So he couldn’t find any reason to bless his name. During this time, Elie was thinking he was going to be burned alive, but he was just being taken to his barrack. This next quote said, “Where is God now? Where is He? Here He is—He is hanging here on this gallows.” Again I think he was feeling anger for not seeing God anywhere when they were in need. They were walking by some people that were being hung, and heard someone say, “Where is God now?” That was another moment that made Elie start losing his religion by contradicting his thoughts of God. This next quote says, “This day I had ceased to plead. I was no longer capable of lamentation. On the contrary, I felt very strong. I was the accuser, God the accused. My eyes were open and I was alone—terribly alone in a world without God and without man.” Elie heard an officer praying to God and he thought that if they were praying to him why should he pray for Him, since obviously he wasn’t helping him, he was helping them. He also thought about all the other people that rebelled against God had died by Him like Adam and Eve, also when Noah displeased God, and when Sodom no longer found favor in His eyes. This quote revealed that almost all his belief in God had gone away. The...