The Accident

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Summary: An inspiring and thought-provoking work!
Review: Having read "Night," I found "The Accident" meaningful in the sense that it presents hope in spite of one's history. In the face of cynicism, the character in the book struggled between life and death, love and indifference. I definitely do not regret taking up this book in my Philosophy class.

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Summary: Not just a depressing story. . .
Review: It is not often that a book this small can have such an impact on me... this book is absolutely wonderful for anyone who's ever experienced grief or been tired of life... the whole trilogy was amazingly powerful, but this book I can relate to most of all.

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Summary: Read "The Accident"
Review: The novel "The Accident" by Elie Wiesel is about a young boy named Eliezer who was a prisoner in a Nazi death camp, but who is now trying to get on with his life. However, readers wonder if he is really trying to live his life again when he steps out in front of an oncoming taxi. This makes us question whether the car incident was an accident or a suicide attempt. Throughout the book he has many flashbacks of the death camp in Germany and what horrible things happened there. Along with flashbacks from the Holocaust, he has flashbacks of his grandmother, his mom, Sarah, and a French prostitute whose name is also Sarah. Because of his past, Eliezer is suicidal and does not want to live, but the book still leaves readers with the question of was the taxi incident an accident or a suicide attempt?
I liked this book because although it was depressing at times, it kept my interest and was exciting. It did not have very much history except for Eliezer's past experiences of the Holocaust, but it was still very gripping. In addition to the question of whether Eliezer attempted suicide or not, there is also a question of whether people can move on with their lives after horrifying experiences. For Eliezer, he is trying to get over his experiences in the Nazi death camps, but it is hard because he keeps having flashbacks. These flashbacks seem to prevent him from moving on with his life. Overall, this book was fictionally a great book, but historially, not the most descriptive book to read on the Holocaust.

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Summary: Brilliant
Review: There are few books that touch me as much as this one did. Night and Dawn were both extremely powerful, but The Accident truly was the apex of Wiesel's wonderful trilogy.

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Summary: Absolutely magnificant!
Review: This book is good as it examins theory of god as far as medicine is concerned. It is one of my favorite books by Wiesel, and I've read 24 of them

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Summary: More of a 3.5 really
Review: This Book was a poor follow up to Night. After reading Night I was blown away on how the book appeared to be flawless and inspiring. The Accident however was Elie Wiesel, in a nutshell, mourning constantly about his past. Love and Despair. Life or Death. Some of the things he does in this book makes me despise him. I hope he has found what he wants out of life or death, but please Wiesel do not write another horror story...

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Summary: The Accident
Review: This book was about a young Journalist named Eliezer who steps off a curb into a speeding taxicabs path. It leaves you thinking if it were an accident or an attempt at suicide because of a terrible past he had. There was plenty of times in the book where i didnt get what was going on. It was a well written book though. I think if i would of read Dawn and Night, the other two books of the triology with The Accident, i would of had a better idea of where Elie Wiesel was coming from. I didn't know this book was part of a trilogy, but now that i know i would like to read the other two to have more of an idea of the character's past.

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Summary: Bury the Dead
Review: This was a difficult book to enjoy most of the way through. We understand that this is a Holocaust survivor who has seen everyone he loved die or disappear. We want to reach out and understand him. However, he is so caught up in his past that he is constantly tearing his present to shreads. Frankly, we begin to lose empathy and/or sympathy with him until he is finally confronted with the cause and solution of his inner turmoil. Actually, we know the cause but it becomes clearer as to why that cause is so rooted within him. The solution is brilliant and worth the whole book for the understanding it brings to the reader. "The Accident" that happens is merely a vehicle in which the resolutions are enabled to happen. This book is an important addition to Holocaust Literature and is an essential reading for those truly interested in the subject. Don't despair with the book until you've finished it.

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Summary: Bury the Dead
Review: This was a difficult book to enjoy most of the way through. We understand that this is a Holocaust survivor who has seen everyone he loved die or disappear. We want to reach out and understand him. However, he is so caught up in his past that he is constantly tearing his present to shreads. Frankly, we begin to lose empathy and/or sympathy with him until he is finally confronted with the cause and solution of his inner turmoil. Actually, we know the cause but it becomes clearer as to why that cause is so rooted within him. The solution is brilliant and worth the whole book for the understanding it brings to the reader. "The Accident" that happens is merely a vehicle in which the resolutions are enabled to happen. This book is an important addition to Holocaust Literature and is an essential reading for those truly interested in the subject. Don't despair with the book until you've finished it.