Adair Sarasy

Mrs.Tucker
Ptolemy
2/19/14
Was he still there?
Elie had spet his etire childhood tryi! to "id his oe #od ad doi! $hate%er
he could to succeed i doi! so. Whe the &olocaust 'e!a he lost all o" the "aith he
had i #od. &e had thou!ht he had doe o $ro! so $hy $as #od puishi! him i" all
he had e%er doe $as praise him ad search to "id him. (y the time they $ere set
ito cocetratio camps he $as thiki! that i" there $as a !od $hy had ot he doe
aythi! to stop all o" the terri'le thi!s that $ere happei!. &e ke$ that #od had
either !i%e up o him or e%er e)isted oce the holocaust $as o%er ad e%erythi! he
$as oce "amiliar $ith had le"t his !rasp. Whe the holocaust "irst 'e!a Elie $as
"orced to mo%e to a !hetto ad lea%e e%ery childhood memory he oce li%ed i. * +
looked at my house i $hich + had spet years seeki! my #od, "asti! to haste, the
comi! o" the Messiah ima!ii! $hat my li"e $ould 'e like later. -et + "elt a little
sadess my mid $as empty./Wiesel 012. People may say that he had kept oto the
"aith o" #od 'ecause o" his actios $ith his "ather. *+ held oto my "ather3s had4 the old
"amiliar "ear5 ot to lose him./Wiesel 992. &e $as usi! his "ather as a represetatio to
#od ad could3t let the idea that he $as still there lea%e his mid. &e ke$ that he
had3t doe aythi! $ro! so $hy $as #od puishi! him? Whe Elie ad his "amily
$as separated he could3t thik o" a si!le thi! that !od had doe "or him sice it had
started. &e 'e!a thiki! that all his time spet seeki! his #od $as a $aste. *6or the
"irst time, + "elt a!er risi! $ithi me. W&y should + sacti"y &is ame? The Almi!hty,
the eteral ad terri'le master o" the 7i%erse chose to 'e silet. W&at $as there to
thak him "or./ Weisel 892. Whe Ellie $as i the most terri'le time o" his li"e the perso
$ho $as supposed to 'e there "or him had3t sho$ up at all.