Night is a book describing a historic nightmare known as the holocaust. It is a memoir written by a survivor of this nightmare named Ellie Wiesel. Wiesel, in writing this story, has become the voice of the millions who no longer have one. There is great power in the voice of one speaking for many and Night is the evidence of that power. The purpose of this writing is to sum up the memoir of the story teller, to describe the power of his one voice and to express the overall affect Night has on its reader. The shocking and horrific images described in Night and the strength and hope being shattered into hopelessness and despair, then being motivated with nothing but the will to survive, provides a personal level of human understanding
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Wiesel describes himself as a boy who was eager to learn about the world he knew and the religion of his people. His life begins to change as the war effort expands and it is discovered that all Jews are to be placed in certain locations to be called ghettos. Many were removed from their homes in order to be placed in these locations but Wiesel 's family home was already in one of these areas and so he and his family could remain where they were. The situation continues to escalate however and it was soon discovered that all Jews were to be transported to an unknown location. News reaches the Jews of Sighet. Wiesel writes, “”The ghetto was to be liquidated entirely. Departures were to take place street by street, starting the next day”(p. 13). To where they were going, was still unknown. They were told to pack up some belongings and be prepared to leave. Once removed from their homes, they were transported to Auschwitz, a concentration camp known today for the vast number of over a million deaths due to the Holocaust. This camp and the terrors that occurred haunt Wiesel to this day. Since his deliverance from this nightmare in 1945, Wiesel has been searching for answers to why this would happen and why he among so many would live to tell. The writing of the book Night, might be the answer to some of those …show more content…
No reciting of statistics could describe the horrific events covered in this memoir and these people deserve to have their stories told on a personal level. This book is of such importance to our world today, as a means of reaching out to humanity on a personal level so as to prevent such a nightmare from ever repeating
Wiesel describes himself as a boy who was eager to learn about the world he knew and the religion of his people. His life begins to change as the war effort expands and it is discovered that all Jews are to be placed in certain locations to be called ghettos. Many were removed from their homes in order to be placed in these locations but Wiesel 's family home was already in one of these areas and so he and his family could remain where they were. The situation continues to escalate however and it was soon discovered that all Jews were to be transported to an unknown location. News reaches the Jews of Sighet. Wiesel writes, “”The ghetto was to be liquidated entirely. Departures were to take place street by street, starting the next day”(p. 13). To where they were going, was still unknown. They were told to pack up some belongings and be prepared to leave. Once removed from their homes, they were transported to Auschwitz, a concentration camp known today for the vast number of over a million deaths due to the Holocaust. This camp and the terrors that occurred haunt Wiesel to this day. Since his deliverance from this nightmare in 1945, Wiesel has been searching for answers to why this would happen and why he among so many would live to tell. The writing of the book Night, might be the answer to some of those …show more content…
No reciting of statistics could describe the horrific events covered in this memoir and these people deserve to have their stories told on a personal level. This book is of such importance to our world today, as a means of reaching out to humanity on a personal level so as to prevent such a nightmare from ever repeating