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Night, by Elie Wiesel, provides a short and moving account of Wiesel's experience in Nazi concentration camps during World War II. The subject matter is difficult to think about, but it is important to deal with and remember nonetheless. Night is well written, and a good resource for teenagers and adults who are reading about the Holocaust for the first time or studying the subject in depth.

Pros

Honest, firsthand account

Accessible - A short volume with clear writing

Important - A story the world needs to remember

Cons

Heavy content - Not beach reading

Description

A teenage boy ripped from his home by Nazis

A faithful Jew whose God dies in a Nazi death camp

A true story that we would rather not think about, but need to hear and remember

Book Review

Night, by Elie Wiesel, is a hard book to read. The writing is clear and the volume is short, but it is difficult nonetheless. Who wants to read about torture and genocide, about people being ripped from their homes, losing their faith and turning on their own families? It is depressing, to say the least.

Night is not, however, primarily about making the reader sad or dwelling on the past. It is about remembering. Wiesel wrote his memoir so that we would remember what happened and remember what civilized humans are capable of.

Part of me wants this book to do more than remember.

I am disturbed by the fact that Wiesel never returns to hope or faith. He raises big questions about humanity and suffering, but the book never points toward a meaningful answer. I want redemption or at least some hint of light.

But Wiesel did not experience light, and Night will not let the reader pretend the Holocaust was anything other than what it was.

Wiesel tells the complete truth about his experience, and the reader is left with hard questions.

Remembering, however, is not a fruitless task. We remember so that we can tackle the big questions honestly and so we can change. We remember because Rwanda and Darfur prove the lessons of the Holocaust still need to be learned. We may not want to remember, but we should. So, read.

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Night, by Elie Wiesel, provides a short and moving account of Wiesel's experience in Nazi concentration camps during World War II. The subject matter is difficult to think about, but it is important to deal with and remember nonetheless.

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The review is brief but it tells the main ideas. It  talks about why the book was written and the emotion behind it. I don't think this review really did the book justice. The book is so much more than a memoir. This book takes you back into history with so much detail it's as if you were there.

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"Never shall I forget those flames which consumed my faith forever. Never shall I forget that nocturnal silence which deprived me, for all eternity, of the desire to live. Never shall I forget those moments which murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to dust. Never shall I forget these things, even if I am condemned to live as long as God Himself. Never." (Wiesel 34).

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Hearing this quote pulls at your heart strings. As you read that quote you can hear the pain he has.  The quote is referring to when he was in line and saw the bodies and the smoke from the crematorium. This one quote tells of so many human right violations, the biggest violations the quote shows is freedom, freedom of life, and freedom of religion. They are enslaving Jewish people and killing them. This takes away their life, freedom, and shows the Nazi's prejudices and discrimination towards Judaism. Anyone would feel awful for horrendous things that happened during the Holocaust. This quote is an example of all the pain the Jewish people felt.

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Wiesel, Elie, and Marion Wiesel. Night. New York: Hill and Wang, 2006. Print.

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Elie and Oprah at Auschwitz (Fixed repeats)

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Logan has played difficult roles before such as Charlie in Perks of Being a Wallflower. I think Logan could play the role of Elie because Logan has a sad look to him which goes with this awful event. I think he could get into the role of Elie because Logan has played sad roles well as if the events happened to him. I don't think anyone could truly feel what the Jewish people felt/feel. I think Logan would capture as much as anyone.

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I would give this 10 out of 10 stars. I would definitely recommend this book if you like history. The book is sad but shows good characteristics in Elie and his father. They never give up. The book makes you feel like you were there. You are at the camp, you are Elie. You fell what Elie felt, you see what he saw. This book is a time machine. This book should be something everyone reads. If you like reading or not, you will not be able to put this book down.