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Why do I pray? Why do I go to Church? Why do I live?” Have you ever asked yourself these questions, and then thought that it is wrong to ask? Well, it certainly is not wrong at all to want to know the reasons why you do these things. Questioning is essential to the idea of faith in God. This can be proven in the captivating book Night by Elie Wiesel. In the book, Eliezer’s belligerency with faith is a prominent conflict. In the beginning, his faith was a product of his studies of Jewish mysticism. These studies say that nothing exists without God, that God is everywhere. Eliezer has grown up believing that everything on Earth is a reflection of God’s holiness and power. As he goes through the horrors of the Holocaust, his faith is deeply shaken.