In this excerpt, eliezer is in auschwitz, and he has learned the truth about the crematoria. in his barracks, a search is underway for prisoners who have new shoes. excerpt from night by elie wiesel i had new shoes myself. but as they were coated with a thick layer of mud, no one had noticed them. i god, in an improvised prayer, for having created mud in his infinite and wonderful universe. which statement best describes eliezer's viewpoint of the fact that the mud hides his shoes? eliezer does not view the mud as an act of god but says the prayer out of fear. eliezer does not view the mud as an act of god but says the prayer because he does not want to upset his father. eliezer views the mud as an act of god because his faith in god is still strong after entering auschwitz. eliezer views the mud as an act of god out of habit because that is how he viewed the world before entering auschwitz.