Jews rely heavily on tradition as they have more than 6,000 years of it. The Nazis were brutally good at defiling the Jewish people, in an attempt to exterminate their culture. In the camps they were forced to break dietary laws and shave their heads which is considered taboo. This sense of tradition is so great that even after Eliezer seems to loose all faith in a good God he still clings to the traditions. Elie writes in the first volume of his autobiography, All Rivers Run to the Sea, about this.” My anger rises up within faith and not outside it…I had seen too much suffering to break with the past and reject the heritage of those who had suffered.” (Wiesel) Eliezer clings to the traditions like it is all he has
Jews rely heavily on tradition as they have more than 6,000 years of it. The Nazis were brutally good at defiling the Jewish people, in an attempt to exterminate their culture. In the camps they were forced to break dietary laws and shave their heads which is considered taboo. This sense of tradition is so great that even after Eliezer seems to loose all faith in a good God he still clings to the traditions. Elie writes in the first volume of his autobiography, All Rivers Run to the Sea, about this.” My anger rises up within faith and not outside it…I had seen too much suffering to break with the past and reject the heritage of those who had suffered.” (Wiesel) Eliezer clings to the traditions like it is all he has