"Night" Response
Ever since I was a weird, small child of 10, I started reading Holocaust books--mostly historical fiction ones. I immediately gravitated to book about historical instances of oppression and denied human rights because I think these are parts of history that need to be read and remembered, especially with the increase in Holocaust deniers. Those who deny the occurrence of this act of genocide are trying to invalidate the horrific experiences of those who have suffered and died as well as those who have suffered and survived. As far as my reaction to Night goes, I was at first excited (selfishly) to read the book because it was the shortest one of the assigned books for this quarter, but after actually picking it up and going through it, I realized that the fact that the book was shorter in length did not mean it was easy to read. Elie Wiesel has a way of making the reader feel (as much as is possible) the heart-wrenching struggles he experienced as a teenager in an Auschwitz concentr...