Elie Struggles with his faith in God throughout the book. At the beginning his faith is absolute, but towards the end it softens to almsot nothing. He grew up believing that everything on earth reflects God's power and holiness. Once he sees how terrible The Holocaust is and what it is doing to him and his people, how could he keep his faith? He no longer sees good in the human race, or mercy from God.
This picture says "Imagine No Religion". This was really appropriate for the Theme. People have faith in something higher than themselves to get them through life. They see it as a helping hand to reach from the heaven's and pick them up off the ground. They see it as a reason to be a better person, to live a good healthy life, and just simply for something to believe in. When Elie loses his faith, he no longer as a reason to keep going. Where did his God go? Why should he believe in God, when all these people are dying? He has a very good reason to lose his Photo faith.
photo from wisdomofreligion.blogspot.com
1 comment:
The five you have here are very good. You have good explanations of the themes/symbols, but you have left one out.
Good citations on all but one and good choice of pictures.
Grade: B
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