Night, written by Elie Wiesel, is a devastatingly
             true story about one man's witness to the genocide of
             his own people. Living through the horrifying
             experiences in the German concentration camps of
             Auschwitz and Buchenwald, Elie sees his family,
             friends and fellow Jews starved, degraded, and
             murdered. The entire scenario is witnessed through the
             eyes of a fifteen year old boy, who later
             re-encaptures the entire ordeal as an adult.
             One of the principal theories in this book is how
             Elie, a boy of strong religious faith, (as well as
             many Jews) lost their faith in God because of the
             atrocities that were forced upon them in the German
             concentration camps; and the most notable of them all,
             the death camps Auschwitz and Buna. At a young age
             Elie took a strong interest in Jewish religion as he
             spent most of his time studying the Talmud, and other
             Jewish religious writings. Eventually he meets Moshe
             the Beadle, a fervently religious man, who instructs
             him more in depth of the ways of the Talmud and
             Kabbala. Through Moshe's instruction, he is taught to
             question God for answers. Later Moshe is sent away to
             a camp and upon his return to Sighet presents the
             foreshadowing of what will soon occur later in the
             novel. Elie recalls, "Moshe had changed. He no longer
             talked to me of God or the cabbala, but only of what
             he had seen."(4) Thus right away the reader is exposed
             a loss of religious faith in Moshe, the same loss of
             God and trust that will soon plague Elie.
             When Elie arrives at Birkenau, the reader sees the
             first evidence of his loss of faith as he questions
             God during the selection process. Amid the selection
             many Jews are separated from their loved ones who are
             immediately sent to the crematory or burned in large
             fire pits. Although unaware to him at the time, this
             is the last Elie will ever see of his mother and
             sister. Shortly after, as...