Because of what happened, the torture and the genocide, the people getting torn from their home, people turning on their family and losing their faith. But the book is not just about making people sad by …show more content…
The author did portray the experience as a light one, and I don’t think let the book portray to the readers anything other than one hundred percent of what it was like during that time. In his experience, he told the complete truth, and left his readers with the hard questions.
Despite the fact that this book isn’t necessarily a historical account of what happened, this book is often mentioned as one, considering the books mixture of testimony, ejection, an affective and moving truth-telling portrayal with its resemblance those of the work of the memoir genre. It’s evident that the author is intended to a great extent, to serve as a substitute and a representative. Small details where changed, what happened to the Wiesel in the Holocaust is what happened to Eliezer in the book.
While reading this book, it becomes evident that the author wants the reader to read, discuss and evaluate the Genocide and Holocaust literature related material. In doing so you begin to understand the effect of Anti-Semitism and the effects of racism. You also begin to obtain awareness of the reality of a genocide today. Ask the difficult questions about intolerance and inequality, questions individuals about the responsibility to help sustain civil rights, and to also bring awareness to these