Night
Night is
about the life of Wiesel as he was growing up during World War II. In the story, he states, “…that I have tried to fight
those who would forget. Because if we forgot, we are guilty, we are
accomplices.” From what he stated, I think he chose to write about this
topic because it has affected his life greatly and remind others about
what happened during World War II in hope that it will never happen again.
An idea that I got from reading
this book was that you never know what one person is like until you see from
their point of view. I feel as if I shall remember this idea for a long time
because it is somewhat a universal theme. I chose this idea because not once
did a Nazi ever felt like a victim being rounded up or being killed. In the book,
Wiesel mentions a group of people that was on the same cattle car as he was
starving after not eating in along time. They fought for their pieces of bread
that were thrown at them by regular people. One boy even beats his own father
to death just so he could have some more bread. This is why I will never forget
this idea about not knowing what a person has been through without looking
through their point of view.
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