Night By Elie Wiesel Reflection

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The book Night, by Elie Wiesel is a short inspirational story that provides a look into the authors experience in Nazi concentration camps during the second world war. It is a difficult subject to think and talk about, but nevertheless it is extremely important to remember and deal with for its is an important part of history. The book Night was written very well in my opinion and also in the opinions of others, and its also good if you want an account of the Holocaust for first time studying material. It is also a difficult book to read.
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
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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

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