"As for me, I had ceased to pray. I conjured with Job! I was not denying His existence, but i doubted His absolute justice"(p.45). At this point in the book, Elie has given up praying to God because he sees him as silent and not lifting a finger to help His people. Elie is not alone in believing God has gone deaf to their prayers. There are those who still have faith in God. Akiba Drumer is just one of those people. "God is testing us. He wants to