Questioning

In Night, Elie Wiesel challenges his belief in God at Auschwitz. Wiesel is constantly surrounded by some of the most gruesome acts of inhumanity in our entire history. He thinks if God can let something happen like such a large genocide then what his presence really for. Wiesel went into Auschwitz with no struggle at all with his faith. He was once asked why he prays and he replied, “Why did I pray? … Why did …

…just like every person questions a little. Wiesel is put into extreme circumstances to question is faith. If through stories like Job’s and Wiesel’s they can still hold on to their faith then why can’t normal people who will never have to struggle the way they did. We all have our own struggles that will make us question what we believe in and Wiesel shows us to hold on to our faith.