When Ellie said that "god was hanging from the gallows" he meant that as god look down on his children and creation,with nothing said or done, while they were hung from their necks struggling for survival.


I feel that as Ellie was starting to wonder if god really exist . He starts to ask his self if god really exist , because god wouldn't stand by and watch his people be murder.Ellie's belief in god has changed in many different ways.For example when Ellie at the beginning of the story ,god blessed Ellie to go with his father,during the time the Jewish people were being taken to the concentration camps. Later in the story, Ellie begins to pray and ask god to help him out of perplexing situtations and god was nowhere to be found.