Night

Night written by Elie Wiesel. This wonderfully written about one of the worst events in history, the Holocaust. This is more detailed than any show about it on History Channel. You can feel how he felt. He is really great at tell the pain and struggle he went through when he was a young teen.

A thought that I and Mr. Fielder came to was, how do you leave an experience like the Holocaust and function. People now go through a death in the family and completely shut down. When Elie saw hundreds of deaths and was in constant fear. With a young boy coming out of a horrible event in life and the world and to come out normal, is really fascinating to figure that out. How can something so tragic not affect you, like one death does to someone else. The strength to keep hope is outstanding. Going through any tragic event, most likely, affects peoples’ lives for a while or their life time. Why isn’t this the case for Elie Wiesel?

I think the fact that he knew something was coming similar to what had happened may have prepared him for what actually had happened. In the book he doubts God and doesn’t understand how He could let this happen to him and his people. He doesn’t really use God for strength, he has hope and that’s about. He uses his mind to live and not his heart and soul. He lives his way in the concentration camp to the way where he can live the longest. This man has a powerful mind and can take anything in life.