NIGHT Night has to be the most heartbreaking book I or anyone else have ever and could ever read. ... The book Night is all about despair, and what happened during the Holocaust. ... This book is famous around the world for the impact that it makes in people's lives. ... We should make peace and not war. ... As I finished reading this book, I cannot think of a worse scenario. ...
The question of how a loving and caring God could allow such evil to prevail is a continuous question raised by Wiesel throughout the book. ... Imagine finally arriving at a camp, after being stripped of everything that we have that makes us "cultured" individuals, being separated from our mother and sister, as Wiesel was, and our first experience of our new "home", is seeing babies, children, men, and women being burned alive. ... Instead of being a victim for the rest of his life, he has chosen to tell the world of his experience and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986. ...
Born in the small town of Sighet, Transylvania, Elie Wiesel was destined to win the Nobel Peace Prize and become a world wide best selling author. ... Shortly after arriving at Auschwitz, the young Wiesel was separated from his mother and younger sister (Wiesel, 27) He hardly had time to consider the fact that he might have been, and would later find out had, seen them for the last time before he was whisked off to the first selection. ... One day he was in a library requesting a book he'd ordered. ...
