Night by Elie Wiesel

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I saw transformed into smoke under a silent sky. Never shall I forget the flames that consumed my faith forever."(in page 32) This illustrates how cruel the Nazis were with their limitless power with fire and crematory. The smoke from the fire of the crematory represented death to even the characters in the book. This awareness is demonstrated in the quote, "We promised him" say the Kaddish."(in page 73)
Fire not only destroyed prisoners' life, but also consumed their faith in God. In the Bible, the Holy Spirit, which is God himself, often appears as a form of fire of a tongue of fire. In Gehenna, Jewish version of hell, wicked people are punished by fire. However, it reversed in Night, and the wicked had power of fire and used it to kill the innocent. For these reasons, Eliezer became suspicious about the existence of God when he first saw the burning scene of babies. The quotes, "For the first time" Thank Him for?" (in page 31), and "Never shall I forget those moments that ...

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