Hitler chose to invade Russia and many other European countries, leading to another World War. Truman chose to drop the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, ending the war Hitler started. During World War II, citizens, soldiers and world leaders made many crucial decisions that often determined survival, and people hoped that their decisions would improve their futures. However, in Elie Wiesel’s memoir Night, his decisions ultimately lead to his personal survival yet demonstrate the difficulty of living with unintended consequences of choices. Three primary decisions that Elie makes negatively impact his life because they lead to more pain and suffering, developing into the loss of his identity and innocence: Elie refuses to flee with Maria, their former maid; he rebels against his faith, and finally, he decides to leave the infirmary, which results in his father’s death.
The first decision that leads to Elie losing his innocence, was when Maria, their former maid offered to bring them to a shelter in her town and the Wiesel children…show more content… While Elie is in the Buna concentration camp, he thinks: “Why, but why would I bless Him? Every fiber in me rebelled. Because He caused thousands of children to burn in His mass graves? Because He kept six crematoria working day and night, including Sabbath and the Holy Days?” (67). Elie believes that God favors the Nazis because he allowed them to build these concentration camps. Elie is also questioning his faith because he is wondering how he can believe in a God who will let an entire race of people die, men, women and children. Even though Elie is questioning and rebelling against his faith, he clearly still believes in God because he is talking to Him and also questioning Him about the atrocities occurring in the concentration
