Faithless
"What are You, my God? I thought angrily. How do You compare to this stricken mass gathered to affirm to You their faith, their anger, their defiance? What does Your grandeur mean, Master of the Universe, in the face of all this cowardice, this decay, and this misery? Why do you go on troubling these poor people's wounded minds, their ailing bodies?" (Wiesel, 66)
In this chapter Elie questions his faith. He doesn't understand how a God that is supposed to be loving, caring, and blessing to others is letting them suffer like this. What is the purpose of praising him if all he is doing is bringing bad things to his people? This quote shows his thoughts and reflections on God now after all he's been through in the Holocaust. Al his questionings and doubts that he wouldn't have had if the Holocaust wouldn't have happened but now all his faith and hopes are completely going. I chose this picture because it goes along with the title, quote, and plot of the chapter. Usually rainy days represent a sign of hopelessness and faithlessness. He doesn't care and feels like all faith and hope is lost. I think of rainy days as days of sadness. When everything you once believed in is gone and that rainy day is the perfect time to let yourself loose and let all your feelings out.