Eliezer Wiesel is the author of the memoir “Night”, a book describing the Holocaust from the perspective of fifteen year old Wiesel. The story begins in Sighet, Transylvania as Wiesel is forced from his homeland by the Nazis to Auschwitz and later transferred to Buchwald. Here Wiesel, still an innocent, impressionable young man, undergoes a horrific journey in which his only goal is to survive. His experiences of hopelessness, inhumanity, human suffering, and death in the concentration camps caused Wiesel to go through a transformation. This transformation is best seen in the last paragraph of the book:
“One day I was able to get up, after gathering all my strength, I wanted to see myself in the mirror hanging on the opposite wall. I had not seen myself since the ghetto. From the depths of the mirror, a corpse gazed back at me. The look in his eyes, as they stared into mine, has never left me.” (Wiesel 77)
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I really liked the evocative detail Wiesel used when describing his experiences in the concentration camps. This aspect made the story more realistic and allowed me to connect to the characters better. I especially connected to Wiesel because he often questioned his God’s authority and existence as I do sometimes. The strength of this book is that it cuts straight to the point. The Holocaust was a terrible event in history and is nothing short of what the book describes. Because of this, the book evokes emotion from its reader and makes more realistic. I would definitely recommend this book because it is important to realize what happened during the Holocaust.
In conclusion, Eliezer Wiesel’s main goal in writing this memoir is to remind the reader of the atrocities of the Holocaust and the extent of mankind’s cruelty. Wiesel does a great job of keeping focus throughout the book by explaining his experiences in evocative
“One day I was able to get up, after gathering all my strength, I wanted to see myself in the mirror hanging on the opposite wall. I had not seen myself since the ghetto. From the depths of the mirror, a corpse gazed back at me. The look in his eyes, as they stared into mine, has never left me.” (Wiesel 77)
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I really liked the evocative detail Wiesel used when describing his experiences in the concentration camps. This aspect made the story more realistic and allowed me to connect to the characters better. I especially connected to Wiesel because he often questioned his God’s authority and existence as I do sometimes. The strength of this book is that it cuts straight to the point. The Holocaust was a terrible event in history and is nothing short of what the book describes. Because of this, the book evokes emotion from its reader and makes more realistic. I would definitely recommend this book because it is important to realize what happened during the Holocaust.
In conclusion, Eliezer Wiesel’s main goal in writing this memoir is to remind the reader of the atrocities of the Holocaust and the extent of mankind’s cruelty. Wiesel does a great job of keeping focus throughout the book by explaining his experiences in evocative