Elie witnessed babies and children being thrown into the flaming pit at the concentration camp. This horrific sight left a lasting impact on him and served as a stark reminder of the cruelty of the Holocaust.
Babies.
The wagon emptied babies into the flaming pit during the Holocaust, which made Elie question his faith in God. Witnessing the innocent children being burned alive shook his belief in a just and merciful God who would allow such atrocities to happen.
PIT is pitches thrown or pitch count.
Jeremiah.
When Elie and his father are marched into Auschwitz he learns of the crematoriums and what their fate is to be. He sees a large burning pit. Within the pit are burning bodies. He sees people throwing babies and small children into the fire.
Elie Wiesel loses faith in God on his first day at the concentration camp when he witnesses innocent children being burned in a pit. He questions how a loving God could allow such suffering and cruelty to exist, leading him to struggle with his beliefs throughout his time in the camp.
Elie witnessed babies and young children burning in the pit during the Holocaust. The sight of children being brutally murdered haunted him throughout his life and played a significant role in shaping his outlook on humanity and the world.
He didn't choose - he was held in prison during his trial, and on being found guilty, was given the humane choice of suicide, otherwise having his throat cut by a state slave and being thrown into a garbage pit.
A barathrum is a pit corresponding to an abyss, or to hell, especially one in Athens into which criminals would be thrown.
he was thrown into a pit full of bubbling, molten dump by Mark Twain in 2012
Jeremiah was not beaten by family in the Bible. You are probably thinking of Joseph who was beat by his other brothers and thrown into a pit, eventually being sold in bondage - see Genesis 37.
When he was sentenced to death by a court for impiety, he was given the choice of suicide or the normal one of having his throat cut and being thrown into a garbage pit. He chose to drink hemlock.
What prompts him to do this is his curiosity, a good quality to have as a writer. He decides to go at night because during the day, the bodies had already been covered with dirt and he also wanted to see the bodies being thrown into the pit.