Given Wiesels description of the behavior of his fellow Sighet residents, do you think Wiesel views hope as a blessing or a curse? Give evidence from the text to support your answer.

This all depends on at what point in the novel you are referring to. Elie has faith and hope up until he spends time in the camps: then his faith diminishes. I don't see this as a blessing or a curse. Elie is just sad that his God has forsaken him: he wonders if his God is dead.