In Night, what is your opinion of the idea that we cannot often know the consequences of our actions?

I think this statement is true both for the book,
Night, and also real life.  Thinking about the possible
consequences of actions is something that comes with growth, experience, and maturity,
but there is no guarantee that the actual outcome will be anything like what we are able
to predict.

Think about Eliezer's thought to save his gold
tooth.  At one point in the story he could have "sold" it to someone for an extra ration
of food.  In the end, the tooth is stolen from him for nothing.  He knew the gold was
worth something and hoped to hold onto it long enough to make it worth his while, not
knowing that he'd lose it soon without a reward for it.

I
also think about the hospital scene, when Eliezer's foot is healing and his father
convinces him that they must leave the hospital with everyone else before the raid, or
surely they will be left behind to die.  How could they have known that remaining in the
hospital would have saved their lives?

Of course I have
never experienced anything as extreme as the Holocaust (and likely never will), but
certainly there are parallels in my own life where I made a decision based on my belief
of what the outcome would be, and I turned out to be horribly wrong.  I believe this is
one meaning of the trivial phrase, "That's life."