After I finished reading Night, I was shocked by its content. I was shocked by the inhumanity of the Nazis, by the great horror and sufferment they caused. But mostly, I was amazed my the faith the Jew people had in God. All of those people went through literaly "hell." But many of them managed to keep their faith in God during the harder moments. Many of them were close to losing their trust in God due to the terrible things they were going through. They had to view the people they love, their friends and family go under tortures and watch them die in the most horrible ways! But still, they kept their faith in God, which at the end, when some of them were free, it helped them.
When reading Night, I was able to see that Ellie was very similar to Job. They both were put through very hard and difficult situations in which they suffered very much. Both of them were very strong believers, they absolutely believed in God, but they both doubted His justice. "How I sympathized with Job! I did not deny God's existence, but I doubted His absolute justice" (Night, pg. 42). Both of them lost their families. And both of them were very good people, and were very faithful to God. But, they were very unfortunate. They probrably thought that because they were very good and faithful people nothing bad was going to happen to them. So when they lived these terrible situations of course they had to doubt God's justice. How could something terrible happen to good people?
I completely agree with Job's and Ellie's point of view respecting to God. In the situations in which they lived God's justice was very doubtful. But then, when I finished reading I was able to open my mind. I realize that even though in a moment they had doubted God's fairness, they were able to later keep their faith. And this faith they had helped them overcome these obstacles. Ellie and some of the Jewish people in the concentration camps were able to maintain their faith. And at the end, when they were free, they saw that their constant faith, and their always belief in God helped them through their worst nightmare.
martes, 4 de noviembre de 2008
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