#Night book holocaust how to#
He just needed to eat, heal, and begin the process of learning how to feel human again. He was so emotionally, physically, and mentally defeated by the time he was liberated that he no longer felt human and could not even fathom revenge. The death of his father, which came three months before the liberation, was the final straw that destroyed his will to survive. Eliezer's anger was the result of the atrocities committed to him, his family, and all others with him in the concentration camps. He was in three different concentration camps between the time he left Auschwitz and his liberation, and he became angrier and more spiritually broken as time went on. Eliezer did not stay long at Auschwitz but it was the last place he saw his mother and younger sister alive. He questioned why God did not intervene on behalf of the Jews and why he would allow such evil. As a boy, Eliezer valued his faith but began to struggle once he was sent to Auschwitz as a teenager in 1944. One of the main themes is the struggle of faith. I have read Night several times since then and am reminded each time of its importance.
I did not fully understand the power and life lessons of the work at twelve years old but I felt awe and knew it was special. I was captivated from the very first page and read the entire book that evening. I found it at my school library and the barbed wire and shadow of a boy on the cover immediately caught my attention.
I came across Night by Elie Wiesel while in middle school.
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