Night, By Elie Wiesel is a devastatingly true story about one man's witness to the genocide of his own people. ... And finally, give my personal opinion on why Elie Wiesel wrote this book. ... Elie Wiesel lived his early childhood in the town of Transylvania, in Hungary, during the early 1940's. ... After witnessing the horror of the first night at the camp and the separation of his family and families of others, the bond between Elie and his father seems to grow stronger. ... I believe that Elie Wiesel wrote this book as a living testament, being one of the few survivors of the Holo...

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While reading the book, Night written by Elie Wiesel, I found it to be a very moving, but disturbing piece. ... Wiesel also writes a great deal about God. ... Because He kept six crematories working night and day, on Sundays and feast days? ... Wiesel, in my mind, is a virtuous person. ... All I know is I would be much like Wiesel himself. ...

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That first night of camp is forever etched into Elie's mind. ... One night-one single night?" ... (Chapter 4, pg. 62) That night, the soup tastes of corpses, for Elie. ... Elie remembers that last night in Buna: "Yet another last night. ... Night falls, but outside the gate, Elie feels that "an even darker night was waiting for us on the other side." ...

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"Night" can be looked at as a memoir of a young Jewish teenager who grew up in concentration camps. However, even though it technically is not a memoir and our author, Elie Wiesel, has altered details, the story that follows Eliezer through the Holocaust gives its readers a detailed, personal, and emotional look into the Holocaust. ... "Night" begins with background information on who Eliezer is. ... She's not the only one here" (Wiesel 26). ... I believe that "Night" is a necessary book for anyone who is studying World War II. ...

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