Night Part 2

After reading the book, I noticed a value that the author repeatedly emphasized on throughout his entire memoir. It was the faith in God. If a bunch of guys came, and pulled me out of my home, took my clothes away, separate me from my family, put me in a little room with a bunch of other men, hit me, torture me, and not feed me, then I would seriously start wondering if there really is a God out there watching all this cruelty and allowing it to continue. According to Eliezer, most people in the camp continued celebrating Jewish holidays and praying. Even though they were put into a situation where death was a major option, people sustained their level of faith for God throughout their entire time there. It’s surprising how much resemblance this story has with the book of Job. Both Job and the entire Jewish religion were under one of God’s tests to see whether they lost faith in him not. Although Eliezer had his doubts at some points, I still believe most of them were able to remain loyal to their religion until the end. It might have been that perseverance that kept them going through the hell they were living in. Belief in something has always driven people to do crazy things, one of which is never giving up.