Will Father survive much longer? If he doesn't what will I do? These are just a few things that Elie thinks throughout his journey. This is a true story about a man's experience in the Holocaust. This book is for anyone who would like a good enjoyable story and learn about the part of very cruel history. This book is an eye opener.
Elie Wiesel wrote this book to share his experience of the Holocaust so that kids like me can learn about what really happened. His journey from his home, to the ghettos, to the concentration camps teaches us what happened. He believes that the Germans are nice at first, but then the sad truth comes out as he is herded into ghetto's then to a cattle car where he was transported to concentration camps. The first one he was transported to he lost his mother and sisters. He lived through some of the hardest times in history.
The main character that appears in the entire book is Elie. I liked Elie the most because I liked his attitude, the way he looked at every thing, and his drive to never give up or desert his father. I liked this because in that situation I would want to be like that. My favorite part of the book was when Elie woke his father up from sleeping in the snow. I felt like I was there, I had a real connection with that moment. In my opinion that part of the book was very detailed. The scene just came to me and I felt like I was walking right beside him watching the events unfold. I liked the detail he used and the dialogue that the SS had. He didn't edit or change it in his book, he told us the truth and that made me like and understand the book even more.
The setting of Night is totally different from our world today, and I hope I never have to live through it. This book could prevent another semi-successful genocide. It could teach people the outcome of a genocide and see what would happen from the victims point of view. There would be many more Jews alive today, had it not been for Hitler and the Nazi's. I don't believe that that this book could be improved because it was what he truly saw.
I think Night is mainly directed towards teenagers, people who enjoy learning about history, people who like suspense novels, and people who like non-fiction books. Night is the sick truth of what happened in the Holocaust. This is by far one of my favorite books. Does his father and he make it out alive? Find out for yourself.
