Night Journal 4:

Quote #1:

"Blessed by God's name? Why, but why would I bless Him? Every fiber in me rebelled. Because He caused thousands of children to burn in His mass graves?" (67).

This is important because it shows that the Nazis were able to strip Elie of even his faith. Where only a few short months before, he had been studying the practice Kabaalah with Moishe the Beadle. To me, I wouldn't have any hope of survival anymore. If the Nazis ripped everything away from me, I wouldn't know what to do anymore.

Quote #2:

"But now, I no longer pleaded for anything. I was no longer able lament. On the contrary, I felt very strong. I was the accuser, God the accused" (68).

This is important because he had passed the point of desparation and began to find security in his non-belief. The camp had robbed him of one of his most cherished aspects of his personality. They began to rob him of being human. If I was Elie, I would have felt horrible if I had to go through what he did. Im surprised that Elie doesn't talk more about death, because I would've wanted death if I was him.

Quote #3:

"Were there still miracles on this earth? He was alive. He had passed the second selection" (76).

This is important because, despite Elie's fears that his father would be executed before his eyes, his father was able to make it through another vicious round of selection. I would've been scared to death to go through a selection proccess if I was alive back then.