Elie really begins
questioning his faith in God after he witnesses the hanging of the pipel and is forced to stare
the corpse of the young boy in the face before he is allowed to eat his dinner. It is the end of
the Jewish year and Elie wonders why they are even bothering to show worship and praise to a god
that would allow these things to happen to people who had such strong faith in Him. Elie thinks
one night on the even of Rosh Hashanah,
"What are You, my God?
I thought angrily. . . What does Your grandeur mean, Master of the Universe, in the face of all
this cowardice, this decay, and this misery?"
Elie is angry
with God and he reminisces on how he used to be so religious and how now he feels that his faith
no longer has a purpose and so he denies God,
"I was the
accuser, God the accused. My eyes had opened and I was alone, terribly alone in a world without
God,"
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