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my night Links [|Topic Tracking, Faith - Night]

Quotes "Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, which has turned my life into one long night, seven times cursed and seven times sealed....Never shall I forget those moments which murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to dust. Never shall I forget these things, even if I am condemned to live as long as God Himself. Never." Chapter 3, pg. 32= "The night was gone. The morning star was shining in the sky. I too had become a completely different person. The student of the Talmud, the child that I was, had been consumed in the flames. There remained only a shape that looked like me. A dark flame had entered into my soul and devoured it." Chapter 3, pg. 34

"I did not deny God's existence, but I doubted His absolute justice." Chapter 3, pg. 42

"'Where is He? Here He is-He is hanging here on this gallows....'" Chapter 4, pg. 62


 * 1. Night and Darkness What does // night // mean?**

a) Explore the concept of night in music, film, books, or poetry to find as many examples as you can of night to explain why the book is called **Night.** **The Night - Disturbed Lyrics**
What has come over me What madness taken hold of my heart To run away, the only answer Pulling me away To run upon my sight So now recovering Sweet shadow taking hold of my mind Another day has been devoured Calling me away, bringing the question Why

For saving me from all they’ve taken Let my honor fall again Giving me the strength to face them Feeling it taking over now I’m about to take it all away There can be no better way of knowing //[Chorus]// In a world beyond controlling Are you going to deny the savior In front of your eyes Stare into the night Power beyond containing Are you going to remain a slave for The rest of your life Give into the night This self discovery Redemption taking hold of my mind This serenade of haunting voices Calling me away To piece from the sight So much felicity Downgrade and taking hold of my head Leading me away from hibernation Strong and I’m afraid Remember the question why For saving me from all they’ve taken Let my honor fall again Giving me the strength to face them Feeling it taking over now I’m about to take it away There can be no better way of knowing //[Chorus]// In a world beyond controlling Are you going to deny the savior In front of your eyes Stare into the night Power beyond containing Are you going to remain a slave for The rest of your life Give into the night //[Guitar Solo]// Give in to the night //[Chorus]// In a world beyond controlling Are you going to deny the savior In front of your eyes Stare into the night Power beyond containing Are you going to remain a slave for The rest of your life Give into the night Night //[x3]// Give into the Night Night //[x3]// Give into the Night //[x2]//

Night is often associated with danger and evil, because bandits and dangerous animals can be concealed by darkness. The belief in [|magic] often includes the idea that magic and magicians are more powerful at night. Similarly, mythical and folkloric creatures as [|vampires], and [|werewolves] are thought to be more active at night. [|Ghosts] are believed to wander around almost exclusively during night-time. In almost all cultures, there exist stories and legends warning of the dangers of night-time. In fact, the Saxons called the darkness of night the 'death mist'.

Night Essay - Faith The text ‘Night’ By Ellie Wiesel is about a devout Jew who is taken away as a mere boy by the German’s during World War Two. Elie survives, but is a very different person. What he has seen in the many years of being a prisoner has changed him in various ways, physically, mentally and has even completely altered his faith. Elie’s faith changes dramatically throughout night. He begins as a devout Jew, a very by the book person. His faith is shaken as the Germans start putting in place rules and laws that restrict them and what they can do. By the end of the text Elie’s faith has completely changed to just trying to survive.

Throughout the start of the text Night, Elie is a devout Jew. His faith in his religion is exponential. He would go to the synagogue every night and during the day he would study the Talmud. “By day I studied Talmud, and by night I would run to the synagogue to weep over the disruption of the temple.” Pg3. Moshe the Beadle is Elie’s mentor and Elie would spend a lot of time at the synagogue with him to practice his religion. At a young age Elie has a naive however strong faith in his religion. Elie’s faith to his father is still strong at this point in the text.When Elie is shipped off to a concentration camp, he starts to question his god’s absolute justice.

“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. I was not denying his existence, but I doubted his absolute justice.” He identifies himself with Job. Job is a character out of the book of job in the bible, it is said that god test Job by taken away all his family and possessions, he does not curse god for the misfortunes and eventually god rewards Job. By this point Elie’s faith in his religion had started to diminish. Elie would never of done this during the beginning of the text, but his experiences had altered his faith. Elie starts to feel that he is dieing spiritually. Elie’s faith in his father is still strong, but further in he starts to loose faith as he looses faith in everything. When the German in charge of them begins striking his father he blames his father for getting in the way of the enraged German. Elie’s faith continues to change right through the rest of the text.

Elie had little faith in anything besides trying to survive towards the end of the text. Elie felt that his god had abandoned them. He begins to feel alone, this is evident during the Jewish New Year in the text. Elie begins to feel a immense rebellion against his god. Elies faith to his father is shaken as Elie Rabbi Eliahou’s son, but when he sees the Rabbi searching everywhere for his son, Ellie feels at the least he should still be faithful to his father.

Ellie’s faith changes immensely throughout the text Night. His experiences alter his faith in many ways, he starts off as a devout Jew but as the Germans change how they live and eventually send the Jews off to concentration camps his faith in his religion changes but he is still faithful to his father. As the years go on his faith keeps diminishing in both his religion and his father. Elie’s faith had changed vastly throughout the text.