Question

Never shall I forget those flames that consumed my faith forever. Which key idea can you deduce from the excerpt above? confusion hopelessness vengeance terror

Answer 1

“Never shall I forget those flames that consumed my faith forever.”

The key idea of the above excerpt is that the speaker is witnessing hopelessness.

The quotation has been taken from Wiesel's memoir. While watching the infants been thrown into the burning flames, Elie's believe in God shattered into pieces. He questioned God that how can he allow such horrible fate to come in the lives of innocent babies. He concludes that if God is allowing such a thing to happen then his faith and believe in God will come to an end.

Answer 2

It sounds like its either hopelessness or vengeance.

Id say Hopelessness because it says "consumed my faith forever" which sounds like they lost faith in something.