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Sunday, February 24, 2008
2. How does Eliezer's faith change upon arrival at Auschwitz?
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I thought it was interesting that everyone's faith was kind of diminished when they realized what they were being faced. Almost like God had forsaken them, they lost a lot of their faith for him.
similiar to moishe's reaction and his abandoning of his faith after witnessing the events at Gastapo, it seems that Elie and the other Jewish people are begining to question their own faith as well.
Elie began to question his faith with God. He thought why was he doing this to all of these people, including him. He began to not resite the poem of death, but did it only out of habit.
Eliezer's faith stopped being important to him all he cared about was surviving and didn't care for faith. in seeing all of the harsh reality around him he stopped beleiving in a god who can protect him
Elie didn't think he would make it out alive from the crematorian pit and didn't want to cry about it because his dad would ask that question in which he is a jew.
Once arriving at Auschwitz Elie was questioning God. How could he do this to them, and what did he have to be thankful for? It was as if God was leaving them. I thought it was sad that after only a little amount of time that the horrors that he saw were terrible enough to lessen his faith.
Eliezer's faith changes when he arrives in Auschwitz by doubting that God is just, and remains silent as they go throught this torment. I was kind of expecting that he was going to lose his faith at some point.
I agree with what has already been stated: Eliezer questions not whether God exists or not, (for he does believe in him), but whether or not his actions are just. He seems to have lost his faith in him, and believes that he (God) has abandoned them.
Before arriving in Auschwitz, Eliezer was very interested in god, and wanted to expand his knowledge of his religion, and his god. But after he had been in Auschwitz, he did not have strong faith in god like he did before. It almost seemed like he felt that god had let him down.
Before he got to auschwitz he believed strongly in god. after he got there his streanght for his relationship with god was disapearing and being filled with streanght trying to survive. He forgot that to survive he needs god.
His faith changes because he sees how bad the world can get. Most people have heard of terrible acts but when you are actually the victim of one, it shakes one's foundations. When Ellie arrives at the concentration camp he starts to question how a just God would allow such evil.
The wya his faith changes is by what he truly feels about god. god was thew one that he depended on keeping him, and his family safe. and when everything started getting bad, and when things started going wrong he felt beytraed by him.
I thought that Elie was very bound to his faith before he was taken to Aushwitz but once he got there he was questioning god and how could he let his holy people get killed like this.
I think that it dimishes and shows that he was never a true believer of his religion because other people were still reciting things from their holy book while he wasn't
"'why did i pray? stange question. Why did i live? why did I breath?(pg#4) this passage shows how normal and rutene praying was like breathing and living. Then as things got bad Eliezer had to worry about survial and not about how "almight" god is. Since things werent going good its easier to blame god.
Elie's faith changes cause of what he is going through at the concentration camp. He was a strong believer of god before and god hasnt done anything to help.
When he arrives he knew that he has a great chance of dying so he felt betrayed by god. That's when his faith changed because he doesn't believe in god anymore.
When he arrives at Aushwitz Eliezer has a hard time believing in his faith. I think this is because he wonders why God could do this to people who haven't done anything wrong.
Before arrivnig at Auschwitz, Elie has a strong faith in God. After experiencing the horrible things in Auschwitz, Elie blames God for letting those people do such terrible things to them. He stops praying and stops believing in God completely.
Many of them just abandoned their religion...But Elie was just mad that god would do something like that to the people of Europe. He didn't really doubt the existence of god, he just...Viewed him as more of a cruel, spiteful god.
He seemed to have a hard time holding onto his faith when he first arrived. A lot of people were having the same reactions too. Anyone that sees that kind of thing has to have a hard time with it. He had to have been horrifying that God was letting all this happen and there was nothing anyone could do about it.
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I thought it was interesting that everyone's faith was kind of diminished when they realized what they were being faced. Almost like God had forsaken them, they lost a lot of their faith for him.
similiar to moishe's reaction and his abandoning of his faith after witnessing the events at Gastapo, it seems that Elie and the other Jewish people are begining to question their own faith as well.
Elie began to question his faith with God. He thought why was he doing this to all of these people, including him. He began to not resite the poem of death, but did it only out of habit.
Eliezer's faith stopped being important to him all he cared about was surviving and didn't care for faith. in seeing all of the harsh reality around him he stopped beleiving in a god who can protect him
Eliezer's feeling that God is not protecting them like he should. He feel that God has just left them.
Elie didn't think he would make it out alive from the crematorian pit and didn't want to cry about it because his dad would ask that question in which he is a jew.
Once arriving at Auschwitz Elie was questioning God. How could he do this to them, and what did he have to be thankful for? It was as if God was leaving them. I thought it was sad that after only a little amount of time that the horrors that he saw were terrible enough to lessen his faith.
Eliezer's faith changes when he arrives in Auschwitz by doubting that God is just, and remains silent as they go throught this torment. I was kind of expecting that he was going to lose his faith at some point.
Elie's faith diminishes because of his experiences in the concentration camp. He now cares more about his bread more than his faith.
I agree with what has already been stated: Eliezer questions not whether God exists or not, (for he does believe in him), but whether or not his actions are just. He seems to have lost his faith in him, and believes that he (God) has abandoned them.
Before arriving in Auschwitz, Eliezer was very interested in god, and wanted to expand his knowledge of his religion, and his god. But after he had been in Auschwitz, he did not have strong faith in god like he did before. It almost seemed like he felt that god had let him down.
Before he got to auschwitz he believed strongly in god. after he got there his streanght for his relationship with god was disapearing and being filled with streanght trying to survive. He forgot that to survive he needs god.
His faith changes because he sees how bad the world can get. Most people have heard of terrible acts but when you are actually the victim of one, it shakes one's foundations. When Ellie arrives at the concentration camp he starts to question how a just God would allow such evil.
When Eliezer gets to Auschwitz you see that his faith is slowly being taken bit by bit. And he begins to question his God.
The wya his faith changes is by what he truly feels about god. god was thew one that he depended on keeping him, and his family safe. and when everything started getting bad, and when things started going wrong he felt beytraed by him.
I thought that Elie was very bound to his faith before he was taken to Aushwitz but once he got there he was questioning god and how could he let his holy people get killed like this.
I think that it dimishes and shows that he was never a true believer of his religion because other people were still reciting things from their holy book while he wasn't
"'why did i pray? stange question. Why did i live? why did I breath?(pg#4) this passage shows how normal and rutene praying was like breathing and living. Then as things got bad Eliezer had to worry about survial and not about how "almight" god is. Since things werent going good its easier to blame god.
Elie's faith changes cause of what he is going through at the concentration camp. He was a strong believer of god before and god hasnt done anything to help.
When he arrives he knew that he has a great chance of dying so he felt betrayed by god. That's when his faith changed because he doesn't believe in god anymore.
When he arrives at Aushwitz Eliezer has a hard time believing in his faith. I think this is because he wonders why God could do this to people who haven't done anything wrong.
Before arrivnig at Auschwitz, Elie has a strong faith in God. After experiencing the horrible things in Auschwitz, Elie blames God for letting those people do such terrible things to them. He stops praying and stops believing in God completely.
Many of them just abandoned their religion...But Elie was just mad that god would do something like that to the people of Europe. He didn't really doubt the existence of god, he just...Viewed him as more of a cruel, spiteful god.
He seemed to have a hard time holding onto his faith when he first arrived. A lot of people were having the same reactions too. Anyone that sees that kind of thing has to have a hard time with it. He had to have been horrifying that God was letting all this happen and there was nothing anyone could do about it.
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