Wiesel uses these incidents to convey themes of loss of faith and survival struggles in the Holocaust.
Elie Wiesel includes the incidents of prisoners forgetting to say the Kaddish for Akiba and Rabbi Eliahou's son running ahead of his father in his novel to emphasize the themes of loss of faith and humanity amidst the atrocities of the Holocaust. The prisoners' inability to recite the Kaddish represents a breakdown of the traditional Jewish values and communal support system, while Rabbi Eliahou's son abandoning his father reflects the desperation and individual struggle for survival in a dehumanizing environment.
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