Before
Elie becomes a prisoner at
Auschwitz and experiences the horrors of the Holocaust, he is a
devout Jew,
who spends the majority of his adolescence studying the Talmud and praying in
the
synagogue. Elie also attempted to learn the secrets of the Kabbalah and
intently reads the Zohar
with Moishe the Beadle. Tragically, Nazi soldiers
take over his peaceful village, transport the
Jewish community to the
Auschwitz concentration camp, and Elie experiences unimaginable
atrocities
during the Holocaust.
In chapter five, Elie completely
abandons
his faith on the Eve of Rosh Hashanah. Elie refuses to pray to the
Almighty and becomes the
accuser of God. Elie no longer believes that God is
omnipotent and feels that man is stronger
than Him. Elie cannot understand
how a benevolent, powerful God could allow such horrors to take
place against
His people, which is why he completely loses his faith in
God.
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