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Book # 25

This month has been very busy and hectic for me, so it has been awhile since I have written and updated my site. I have finished the novel, Night, by Elie Wiesel, which was an amazing book about the Holocaust. Ever since about 8th grade, when we really started to learn and focus on the Holocaust in school, I have been interested in it. I love reading books about it especially, although I am not sure what exactly draws me to this topic. I find the literature about it, to be some of the most honest, thought and emotion provoking literature I have ever read.

Night is about a town that was warned about what the Germans would do to a certain town of people, by a beggar that no one listened to. It's an autobiographical recount of what happened to Elie while he lived in the town, then the ghetto, then the concentration camp, and then the work camp. It is a book from his point of view, where he harshly criticizes himself, and others in a time of great distress. I enjoyed this book because it's truthful, not a story, and was vivid, honest, and terrifying. This is a great read for high schoolers these days, because it is non-fiction and yet relevant to their other classes, and maybe to their lives. As high schoolers they would be able to relate to the main character, Elie, because they would be about the same age. They would be reading nonfiction about a real story that happened to someone their age, this would be nonfiction that I think all students could get into. It's a sad, sad, story as many Holocaust stories that are told are, but they need to be told, read, and passed on because that is how we learn from people's mistakes. True stories like this, bring emotions into people, open people's eyes, and show them a world outside their bubbles. That is important in a society or even a world where everyone is always thinking, "me, me, me." I truly enjoyed this book, and would recommend it to anyone.

Rating: (out of seven stars)








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