How is Eliezer in conflict with tradition in Night?

Eliezer lies in conflict with tradition because of the
lack of answers he derives from it.  From the most fundamental of standpoints, Eliezer
cannot fully grasp what is happening, what he is forced to endure, and how his tradition
cannot seem to answer it.  Almost at each step in his horrific journey, spiritual
traditions cannot seem to explain what is happening, why it is happening, or its
fundamental purpose.  From a boy who believes in spirituality, in the courage to ask God
the questions that need answering, he becomes one who is convinced that God is "hanging
there- on these gallows."  The lack of faith in this tradition is apparent in Eliezer's
first night in Auschwitz, where he stands convinced that his "faith was murdered
forever."  It is evident in the stories of Akiba Drumer, who loses his faith and in the
process reflects how faith is not something that is an automatic guarantee to never
disappear in times of crisis.  It is present in the small boy whose neck is so small
that it takes him thirty minutes to die by hanging for stealing extra soup.  It is
present in the children who abandon parents and sacrifice them for survival, something
that Eliezer himself does.  In each of these, there is a conflict with tradition, for
what has been told and taught has no relevance or meaning in life in the camps. 
Survival seems to be at odds with transcendent notions of the good, and it is in this
chasm that Eliezer's conflict with tradition lies.