Elie Wiesel’s writing style in Night is fairly quick and captivating. He has a way of narrating his story in a swift manner while also making the story understandable as well. I was able to read the book with almost complete understanding. For me, it has been incredibly difficult for me to read this book. It had gotten to a point that I could not bring myself to read any longer. Sometimes I had to walk away and do something else. Just imagining what these people have gone through, all the misery and torture, it is just so hard for me too wrap my head around: “Not far from us, flames, huge flames, were rising from a ditch. Something was being burned there. A truck drew close and unloaded its hold: small children. Babies! Yes I did see this, with my own eyes… children thrown into the flames.”(32). When I read that part of the book, I was speechless. I felt the anger and sadness boiling up inside me. For a long time, the only thing I could think about was that quote. I could just picture a truck-load of tiny babies being thrown into a fire to be burned alive. I could not imagine being right in front of the pit, watching the babies faces. Nor could I imagine being the parent, friend, sibling, or even the child themselves. The worst part to me is the fact that Elie would have rather killed himself then go on living like that any longer. The fact that anyone would want to make another person feel like that is just completely wicked. Another quote that hit me hard was: “He told us that having been chosen because of his strength, he had been forced to place his own father’s body into the furnace.” (26) The fact that someone, some human being, would force someone to place their own father in the furnace to die is just inhumane. No person with a brain would do that and feel no remorse whatsoever. And that is why I am having a hard time reading this book.
Naiya,
ReplyDeleteI love how you really put a lot of content into how you felt while reading the book. I felt like I was right there with you while reading your blog because you put in a lot about how it affected you as a reader. I also liked how your blog flowed together and how it was very smooth. Good job!
Naiya,
ReplyDeleteI understand how you feeling about sometimes just not even being able to read any longer, although this is a great book, it's hard to push through all the emotions you have. Sometimes you'll be sad and in the next sentence you're angry. The quotes you chose are very powerful and really help to show why this book is so powerful. After your first quote, I like how you worded how it made you feel. If you had just said, " I felt the anger and sadness inside me." or something like " I kept thinking about that quote." It wouldn't have the same effect on whoever was reading it. I think because you added words like 'boiling' it really impacted how it is read. "I felt the anger and sadness boiling up inside me." by adding a simple word into that sentence, you really changed the effect of the words. and for your second quote I agree with you when you say that no other human should ever force another human to pretty much kill their own father. When I think about that part of the book, the first thing that comes to mind is, 'how did the Germans view the Jews? because it's extremely obvious that in the eyes of the Germans the Jews aren't human.' how do you think the Germans viewed the Jews? and also what would you have done of you were in the boys position of being forced to put your parents into the furnace? would you try to go against it? or would you not want to risk your life?
Naiya,
ReplyDeleteI think your passage was very well written. I liked the way you really showed your emotions. I agree with your emotions. Your paragraph was very well written and I enjoyed reading it. Good job :)