Friday, May 15, 2015

How have Eliezer's thoughts and feelings changed since he identified with Job while in Auschwitz?

In Eli Wiesel's book "Night" he states



“Some of the men spoke of God: His mysterious ways, the sins of the Jewish people, and the redemption to come. As for me, I had ceased to pray. I concurred with Job!”



In the Hebrew bible Job has his faith tested by Satan over and over again.  Job struggles to understand evil, pain, and suffering with the existence of God and God's promises to the Jews.  Job understands that the suffering he is experiencing has been caused by nothing he has done in his life.  He does not understand why God would let him suffer so.  Job questions God in the bible and Elie does the same.  He has trouble understanding God's existence in a world and how God could allow such cruelty.  Elie waits to hear from God just as Job had done. He chooses to be silent because he knows there is no answer for him.


Eli states: "How I sympathized with Job!  I did not deny God's existence, but I doubted His absolute justice." (42)


Pages are different depending on the version of  "Night." The accounts in the books are the same, but some of the wording is a little different. 

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