The Holocaust was not only a way for the Nazis to purge the Jews, it was also a movement for a new way of thinking, according to which as long as the person in front of you owns a military grade firearm, there is nothing you can do to change your destiny. In the memoir Night, Elie Wiesel recounts his journey through the Nazi concentration camps. Elie struggles with his faith and morals as he and his father witness the horrors of the Holocaust. Night reveals that it is human nature to hope to survive through religion and faith, but it can also fail in the most difficult circumstances when you must give in to authoritarianism. Prayer is essential to any type of religious faith. Over years and years of believing in a higher power, it became evident that prayer had become human nature to have a sense of spirituality and also believe that their deity would bless and save their soul. “Why did I pray? A strange question. Why did I live? Why did I breathe? » (p. 20). For Elijah, prayer was a natural habit that he participated in daily even though he had no solid reason to do so. Durin...