Night Book Review

Elie Wiesel's book, Night, was a saddening book that helped me realize what the Holocaust really encountered.

A theme of this book would be to never give up. In this book Eliezer didn't want to give up and let himself die. Eliezer wanted to stay with his father in the camps and still have hope of returning home with his family. He had faith in this and throughout the book he shows it. When his father is trying to give Eliezer his belongings because he thinks that he is about to die, Eliezer would not allow it. Eliezer had hope that his father would not die. Elizer also did not give up hope when he was temporarily separated with his father. He had hope that they would be back together again and that came true.

In this book the main characters are Eliezer and his father Chlomo. They are both Jewish and sent to camps where Jews are slaughtered. They both struggle to stay alive in these camps. They both have to work because they are strong enough to. When Eliezer has foot surgery he is separated from his father. All he wants to do is really see him again. His father feeling the same thing. They both want to stay together to feel safer. Chlomo is always trying to protect Eliezer and Eliezer is always trying to protect Chlomo. They both do not want to lose each other since they have already lost the rest of their family.

I personally can not make any connections to this book but I am sure that the Japanese Americans can. The Japanese Americans were sort of in the same boat when Japan and the United States were in war together. The Japanese Americans were rounded up and sent to camps similar to the ones in the Holocaust, although I am sure the Japanese camps were a little nicer. Both parties can probably tell similar stories of being rounded up like cattle and sent to camps being treated unfairly.

This book is 119 pages and counts as one book.