Eliezer's Struggle to Maintain Faith in a Benevolent God.

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To me, this represents Elie stuck in his own body trying to believe in something he's always believed in but is now second guessing. Day after day Elie would ask the same questions to himself, ultimately tightening the bolts on his back, as shown in the picture.

Elie has grown up believing that everything reflects upon God in some way. He was taught that God is benevolent and good in everyway, yet when he witnesses the cruel and unusual way his people are being treated it becomes harder for him to believe that God would tolerate the Nazi's decisions. He doesn't know how such a wonderful being could be involved with such nastiness. Throughout all of Elie's experiences, he manages to keep some of his faith, but he was always wondering in the back of his mind, "Is there really a God?...or How could there be a God with all this evil?"