Apr 28 2006
Night by Elie Wiesel
Night by Elie Wiesel is a powerful novel. It is a terrifying recollection of the author’s experiences during the Holocaust. It is a very painful novel and will touch anyone who reads it. I recommend this book to all readers who are willing to know about a Jewish individual’s life during this horrific time.
Elie Wiesel is the author and the protagonist of the novel. He is living in Sighet, Romania and in 1944 he and his family are deported to Birkenau, a concentration camp. Here Elie is separated from his mother and sister and is left to fight this struggle with his father, Chlomo. Elie and his father move from camp to camp and pretty soon Elie is protecting his father instead of his father protecting him. Elie loses faith in God and is determined to fight this ordeal on his own. Elie questions God for he doesn’t understand why this is happening to them.
Throughout the novel many incidents affect Elie’s life. His father dies and now it is up to Wiesel to go to the end of the road and survive. Elie Wiesel changes greatly throughout the plot. However, you must read the novel to find out if Elie Wiesel is able to overcome the hardships and live on. This is a very powerful novel and I was glad that I read it. Moreover, I can honestly say that after reading this novel I have been affected greatly.
By Jyotti Pannu
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The novel, Night, by Elie Wiesel, is a great story the author tells about his experience in the concentration camps during World War II. His description creates a great visual for the reader, which helps one understand the inhumanity the prisoners went through. Reading this novel leaves a great impact on one in a way that they will understand the consequences of inhumanity and hopefully try to prevent it from ever happening again.