Monica Contreras

Tucker
Ptolemy
February 19th, 2014

Night Argument Paragraph
In Elie Wiesels novel Night, he slowly loses his faith in God. When Elie sees
what horrific events are happening at the concentration camps he says, For the first
time I felt revolt rise up in me. Why should I bless His name? The eternal, Lord of the
Universe, the All-Powerful and Terrible, was silent. What had I to thank Him for?
(Wiesel 31). He cannot believe that God himself has let these terrible things happen to
these innocent people. He is dumbfounded by the fact that God has let horrific events
go on, and has done nothing to stop it. Although some say he just went through a phase
of rebellion, there are plenty of examples to prove that wrong. After the hanging of Pipel,
Elie expresses his true thought on the Almighty: Why, but why should I bless Him? In
every fiber I rebelled. Because He had had thousands of children burned in his pits?
Because He kept six crematories working night and day, on Sundays and feast days?
Because on His great might, He had created Auschwitz, Birkenau, Buna, and so many
factories of death? (Wiesel 64). He refuses to bless him because he is furious at what
had gone on. Someone so powerful, fair and true has let a disturbing and disgusting act
of injustice go on for years, and He never did anything to stop it. It is clearly shown by
his statements in the book Night, that Elie Wiesel eventually ended up losing his faith in
God, as well as humanity.