May 09 2006
Night by Elie Wiesel
The novel Night by Elie Wiesel is a personal account of what happened to Elie when he was fifteen years old. As a young boy, he had school and religion in his mind. However, this all changed when he and his family was taken out of their home and sent to a concentration camp. There, Elie learns the true meaning of hate and evil. Throughout the story, Elie’s longing to be with his father keeps him going even when he has lost hope of any God, he once believed in. His questioning keeps him thinking and searching for answers. Suddenly, the weight falls on him when his father starts showing signs of weakness but Elie is not willing to give up even when the people around him are telling him to forget his father. Unfortunately, his father’s body is taken to the crematory. Then, the Americans liberate the camp and this sets Elie and other survivors free but not free from the thoughts and memories of the life in the camps
By Nina Bajwa
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The novel Night by Elie Wiesel is a good book, I really enjoyed it. There were some really interesting parts that made me want to keep reading. He is really lucky that he survived the Holocaust and lived to tell about it. Not many people lived through the Holocaust and tell about it later. It was sad how his father died and he did not even get to tell his father that he loved him. They took his father away in the middle of the night when he was sleeping. Although Elie lived through the torture, he still has the memories and horrors of the Holocaust.
I really enjoyed this book. It tells of a teenage boy who survived the Holocaust. It is very powerful. Elie, the protagonist, is forced to make some very difficult decisions. His experiences test everything from his faith in his religeon, to his love of his parents. Night is a very short book that will undoubdtedly leave a long-lasting impact on you.