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The Night Trilogy : Night, Dawn, The Accident

The Night Trilogy : Night, Dawn, The Accident

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Rating: 4 stars
Summary: The Legacy of the Holocaust
Review: "The Night Trilogy" brings together three Elie Wiesel Holocaust-related short novels. The volume begins with perhaps Wiesel's best known work "Night," a deeply personal and autobiographical account of a young boy's extended stays in three different concentration camps. In under 120 pages, Wiesel tells the harrowing tale of being swept up by Nazis to the eventual liberation of the camps.

In "Night," Wiesel writes "A dark flame had entered my soul and devoured it." This stunning sentiment could easily summarize the tone and themes of the final two works, "Dawn" and "The Accident." Both are examinations of the psychological impact of being a survivor of the Holocaust - which one can debate is even a worse fate than being killed in the camps. Both protoganists struggle with death in relation to their pasts. In "Dawn" a young man, now a part of a Jewish terrorist gang in Israel, in an ironic twist must execute a British hostage, while "The Accident" explores the protagonist's will to live and love after the incident simply stated in the title.

Originally published in French, the translations are stylistically very easy and quick reading. Needless to say, the themes and struggles of the each man's story are neither. Haunting and thought-provoking, "The Night Trilogy" give readers a more complete picture and understanding of the Holocaust experience.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: What an incredible documentary...dude!
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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Insightful work of literature (dawn)
Review: Dawn is the second of a three book series that tells the autobiographical journey of Elie Weisel's life. Weisel is the only survivor of a family that experienced the horrors of the Holocaust, after which, he travels to Palestine to fight for the independence of Israel as a separate state after his recruitment by a terrorist, Gad. Weisel is faced with the fearful task of executing a British soldier, John Dawson, for the sake of the Movement. The British have taken Ben the Moche hostage and are to kill him at dawn, the motive behind Dawson's execution. The book takes place in one evening, several hours. The thoughts and emotions behind having been ordered to end a man's life are the focus of the book, and its depth and intensity will take you to the last page in time sooner than what the plot covers.
Weisel sees the sun begin to rise, and walks down to the prisoners condemnation. The time spent between Dawson and Weisel is unimaginable, and the ambiance so dark and saturated that it is nearly destructive to quit reading before the end.


Dawn is an extremely good book; it was very intense and mature. Not everyone would be able to handle some of the events in this book or interpret a phrase or character in the story. The book is a very fast read and you almost experience the torture along with him, your heart aches at the end along with his. It is an emotional book, not for those weak of heart or mind, but over all is was awesome. I would recommend it to any one who has read Night, if not, read that one first.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Focusing on Dawn (book 2)
Review: Dawn is the second of a three book trilogy that tells the autobiographical journey of Elie Weisel's life. Weisel is the only survivor of a family that experienced the horrors of the Holocaust, after which, he travels to Palestine to fight for the independence of Israel as a separate state after his recruitment by a terrorist, Gad. Weisel is faced with the fearful task of executing a British soldier, Joh Dawson, for the sake of the Movement. The British have taken Ben the Moche hostage and are to kill him at dawn, the motive behind Dawson's execution. The book takes place in one evening, several hours. The thoughts and emotions behind having been ordered to end a man's life are the focuso fthe book, it's depth and intensity wil take yout othe last page in time sooner than what ethe plot covers.
Weisel sees the sun begin to rise, and walks down to the prisoners condemnation. The time spent between Dawson and Weisel is unimaginable, and the ambiance so dark and saturated that it is nearly destructive to quit reading before the end.
Dawn is an extremely good book; it was very intense and mature. Not everyone would be able to handle some of the events in this book or interpret a phrase or character in the story. The book is a fast read and ou almost experience the torture along with him, your hear aces at the end along with his. It is an emotional book, not for those weak of heart or mind, but over all it ws awe-inspiring. I would recommend it to any one who has read Night, if not, read that first.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Symbolic suffering
Review: Elie Wiesel gives you a wide range view of the Holocaust and the continuing lives of the survivors. The story Night was the best of the three stories in the book. Night was the best because Wiesel wrote the story with more passion and emotion. The horrific incidents described in the book were so real that reader could connect with the author's pain. "I've got more faith in Hitler than in anyone else. He's the only one who's kept his promises, all his promises, to the Jewish people." These words were spoken by Wiesel because he feels that God abandoned him. Incidents such as the Holocaust lead Wiesel to speak these words and loose his faith in religion. Any book that can capture this emotion should be indulged.

Both Dawn and the Accident showed a great deal of symbolic meaning. They both made refrences to Night a number of times. This showed that even though the Holocaust ended, Wiesel still continued to suffer. An example of symbolism in the book is Wiesel's transformation from the death in Night and the rebirth in Dawn. If there is to be a book required to read in school The Night Trilogy should be it.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: It is one of the greatest books that I have ever read.!!!!
Review: Everyone who is interested in how a person could make it throught such an devastating situation should read it. It gives insightful meanings to the things he had to face.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Uplifting yet gut-wrenching.
Review: Having read only a small amount of the literature on the Holocaust, I can put this book up on a level with Primo Levi's "If this is a man" and "The Truce". The conveyance of utter brutality and indifference of the plight of millions of people is completely translated for us by Elie Wiesel. I would like to thank the author for this book and the message it tells.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Three takes on a single story...
Review: I had intended to read "Night," the great classic of Holocaust literature, and reading it, I then fell into the others, back to back. The symbols, night and day, death and life, God and man, and one loose, heavy sadness, are the threads which run through these collected narratives. The first (memoir) is a photograph, a moment in time. And the others are like paintings, inspired by the photograph, each with greater depth of color and a new perspective. The author has left three complementary masterpieces and audiences forever contemplating. My thoughts? There is hope at the end, but it comes only after much suffering.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Three takes on a single story...
Review: I had intended to read "Night," the great classic of Holocaust literature, and reading it, I then fell into the others, back to back. The symbols, night and day, death and life, God and man, and one loose, heavy sadness, are the threads which run through these collected narratives. The first (memoir) is a photograph, a moment in time. And the others are like paintings, inspired by the photograph, each with greater depth of color and a new perspective. The author has left three complementary masterpieces and audiences forever contemplating. My thoughts? There is hope at the end, but it comes only after much suffering.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: definitely much better now
Review: i have been educated on holocaust for many years, usually with deep attraction into literature...anyway, elie wiesel wrote a great book in a much better style than most other holocaust survivors...i do not wish to offend others who are telling a survival tale..i just measure this and others by artistic and journalism quality...on the other hand, night is deeply profound and sad...the dawn was a good physological thought...good situation to think about...the accident..alot of metaphors and symbolism in this story...u gotta to refer back to the night part and see if it really did impact Elie...without the experience, it is taked for granted that Elie wouldnt be thinking deeply and going thru this question of consience


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