Night Elie Wiesel Reflection

When the book begins, Eliezer was a young and innocent child. A faithful follower of God who dedicated his time reading holy books. His innocency was defaced by the treatment of the Nazis not only to him and his family but also his fellow jews. Eliezer experienced several heart wrenching events, the death of his mother and sister, the enslavement on the concentration camp, and the burning of his neighbors in thousands. His faith in God’s justice and mercy shattered and throughout his life he struggles to stay alive both physically and mentally. Although Eliezer life was more revolting than mine, I can still see the similarities between our lives.
Reading Night was dejavu. It brought back many memories that I thought were forgotten and opened wounds I thought were healed. According Eliezer, “only those who experienced Auschwitz know what it was.Others will never know.” (Wiesel, 1955) Although I have not experience living on concentration camp, I do know how it feels to live in a control and strike environment. When I lived in Jamaica with my family we were free and happy. The opportunity to come to America was given to my family and I from a
I grew up with my with mother, who was a devoted christian and at the age of 6 I got baptized. Before coming to America I used faith to get through every complications in my life. I used the Bible as a manual for my life in comparison to Eliezer who used the Torah as guidance. We both trust in the mercy and deliverance of God but in the case of Eliezer horrible experiences the question was asked “where was God at Auschwitz?”(Donadia,2008) and also in my condition where was God when my family and I were being abused? I felt betrayed by God because I dedicated my exist serving and being obedient to my christian faith and in my time of need God’s presence was obsolete. Eliezer was abandoned by God for too long and in turned he lost faith and became