2nd journel on Night

“A-7713!” I came down”

This is an interesting part of the book because Eliezer had been renamed by the SS running the camp. This is sad because he starts to get his humanity taken away. If it wasn’t for his father he might have forgotten his name. Eliezer and his father survive many obstacles around this part of the book such as the selection witch is when people who are considered unfit are killed by The SS. I thought that Eliezer’s father would have died in the selection but he manage to pass the selection and live.

“Blessed be the name of The Eternal” Why, but why should I bless him?”

This is a very interesting quote in the book because Eliezer questions why do we worship God if he let the holocaust happen. He rebels against everything he was taught about religion because of the inhumanity he has witnessed and has been a victim of. It is this point in the book that Eliezer starts to run out of reasons to live. From here on in the book he has to find reasons to keep living. The main reason he thinks he should live is to take care of his father and keep him alive. I believe that Eliezer starts to become like that religious man that was in his village that lost faith and just tried to warn everyone about the Nazis.