Elie really begins questioning his faith in God after he witnesses the hanging of the pipel and is forced to stare the corpse of the young boy in the face before he is allowed to eat his dinner. It is the end of the Jewish year and Elie wonders why they are even bothering to show worship and praise to a god that would allow these things to happen to people who had such strong faith in Him. Elie thinks one night on the even of Rosh Hashanah,
"What are You, my God? I thought angrily. . . What does Your grandeur mean, Master of the Universe, in the face of all this cowardice, this decay, and this misery?"
Elie is angry with God and he reminisces on how he used to be so religious and how now he feels that his faith no longer has a purpose and so he denies God,
"I was the accuser, God the accused. My eyes had opened and I was alone, terribly alone in a world without God,"
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