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Summary: terrifingly capturing
Review: Elie's memory of his place during the holicost, captured my heart. His ordel was so frightenly real. The way that the true beast comes out in every man who has to battle for there lives. Elie should be comended for his ability to potray his experiences on paper and show how it was such a horrible and unbearable time, something we should never forget for our own sake (for our future). "The death of his innocence". A huge FIVE STARS for Elie's true life story and his courage to share it with us. A truley unforgettable book, I was not able to put it down!
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Summary: Absolutely Breath Taking!
Review: The Holocaust is a very touchy subject for ones to talk about, even if they are not a survivor. Elie Wiesel not only talks about his personal struggles while living in a concentration camp, he publishes it for the whole world to read! That is the definition of a hero. To change the world, he opens himself. I was disappointed in seeing that Night did not receive the Nobel Peace Prize until 1986. I guess that's American Society though. The entire book is of course very emotional and drifts you away into a world very few Americans know about.
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Summary: Moving
Review: I found Eli Wiesel's account of his xperiances during the Holocaust to be moving, to say the least. Wiesel tells his story with great detail thus engulfing th reader into the story to experiance it's fullness. I made special effort to see the Holocaust Museum in St. Petersburg Florida when I heard Wiesel was mentioned there, after seeing young Eli in a picture with fellow inmates I felt as though this was more than a story but a reminder that we shouldn't allow history to repeat itself.
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Summary: So painful, I can't think of an appropriate title.
Review: I've tried to think about how I wanted to review this account of a fifteen year old boy's suffering in several concentration camps during the last six months of WWII. I was shocked as I have always been since I first learned about the holocaust when I was about ten years of age. No matter how many articles, books, or movies that have revealed this experience, I find it impossible to comprehend the behavior of the the German Gestapo, SS, and so many soldiers, doctors, and others. In this volume, Mr. Weisel tells the reader that after months and months of near starvation, some of the guards throw pieces of bread into one of the "cattle" cars that holds people that are dying from the cold, starvation, dysentary, etc. The guards were entertained, and laughed as if watching a slap stick comedy, while these tortured people were fighting each other, some to the death, for a piece of bread to chew. Some of the previous reviewers commented that they could not fight other prisoners for food, let alone a "loved" one. I am grateful I've never had to find out what I would be like if I had been so brutually exploited. I hope that I could "rise" above it, but there is no way I could ever begin to know without the experience. It isn't something I want to think about. But I can think about the importance of the people who survived and the importance of their writings, the survivors who have chosen to do so. I have read some reviews of this book which "compare" this account with others. "This one" was better because of... That one was more...." I don't know how a reader can compare one person's suffering in a concentration camp with another. My belief is it is another story that needs to be shared. They all suffered; they were all brutalized. I personally don't think one is better than the other. Just true. This account is extremely vivid. As a mother, I am most grateful that I have never had to experience such horrors with my child. But brutality is happening to mothers' children everyday, right now, as I write.
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Summary: An 8th Grader's Opinion
Review: Elie Wiesel's "Night" was on our booklist for school. It seemed very interesting, so I bought it at Barnes and Noble. I read the whole thing, and it is incredibly well written and profound. I loved it...because it showed Humanity at its darkest.
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Summary: Inspiring
Review: This book moved me to tears. It was an eye opening account as to how the Holocaust affected even the youngest members of the Jewish community. It makes me sad to think that people had to endure such hardships just because of their religious beliefs. An interesting question brought up in my literature class was about his faith. How did it grow, or diminish as the time went on? This makes me think of my own beliefs, and if I would be willing to die for them. Even middle school children should read and understand this book.
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Summary: There are other books to read with this one....
Review: While I'm glad to see so many high schools are making this required reading (or maybe its just Harbor City, CA's requirement - a book review on Amazon.com for extra credits?), I'm appalled to see there are Cliff Notes to Night. (Are there Cliff Notes to life somewhere that would help me?) In my humble opinion, this book should be on adult reader's bookshelves for periodic refresher readings through-out life, as we encounter more of the ups and downs of life. For highschoolers OR adults, I'd put this book as required reading AFTER the Diary of Anne Frank, as a reading companion for Viktor Frankl's "Man's Search for Meaning," and as a viewer's aide for the wonderful movie, "Life is Beautiful." The book raises questions about the meaning of life, and This is a book to be read and re-read periodically. This book is short, but incredibly deep. Wiesel did not expect to win any kind of reward, he was trying to alleviate some of the horrors he'd experienced while in the camps. When reading this book, a youthful reader could ask themselves (I do this everytime I read this), what kind of a person would I have been, stripped to the core emotionally and physically. Would I have given up, turned others in, hoarded my bread crumbs? If I survived, what would I have done with my life after? Wiesel has dedicated his life to reminding us what happened - I'd also encourage high school students to read "It Can't Happen Here" by Sinclair Lewis - if the object of reading this book is to learn about discrimination and intolerance, that book is an excellent book for the young.
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Summary: Holy Holocaust !
Review: Night gets FIVE STARS! This book is extraordinary! To sit and imagine the pain and suffering the Jews had to endure is merely impossible. I was amazed at the profound faith many Jews had for their God. I can not understand how another human could treat their counter part like the Nazis treated the Jews. As like the treatment of the slaves right here in our own country, USA. This is an awesome account of our History.
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Summary: night
Review: I recently read this book in one of my English class. I really enjoy reading it with my class I learned to not be a racist against other people. I learned that Elie Wiesel had a difficult life when he wrote this story, but after all Elie Wiesel success in his life. I read it all and I saw a lot of racism on this story.
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Summary: night
Review: I recently read this book for my Literature class but I remembered that I read it before. This book is a middle school level. I really enjoy reading it with the class but sometimes I lose in what page we are but I catch on with the rest of the calss. I learned that life is not just happiness. I learned that Elie Wiesel had a difficult life in the Concentration camps, and all the tragedies that the Nazis did to the Jewish. I undrestand that life isn't happy for all of us.
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