When I was a Junior in High School, a new girl came around during the middle of the first semester. Having minimal knowledge of her and who she was, my only impression was her reaction to her very first assignment-a research paper on the Holocaust. She responded with great fear and extreme difficulty. In fact, she finally earned special exemption from the assignment. Her reaction stupefied me. I knew that the Holocaust dealt with repulsive subject matter, but I figured it was so far in the past and so isolated to the modern age groups that her reaction was somewhat immature. However, that was only what I thought before having read Night. I now see it for what it was.
             Elie Wiesel was more than just a mere observer of the Holocaust; He was a participant in its most dynamic stages, from beginning to end. It was so bad for him that, by the end of the book-or rather, much sooner-he loses his faith in God that he so firmly grounded at the beginning of the book, before the drama began. He learns to view life from the most pathetic perspective available to human form-that is, a perspective which has allowed him to become desensitized to all kinds of death, pain, and suffering. No longer is he bothered by insignificant issues that modern-day folks deem as "frustrating" (to put it lightly). No, he has advanced to such a state that a sheer inconvenience might serve as a relief to him.
             Eliezer's entire personality changed throughout the course of these events. He entered this inferno with an attitude of youth and innocence. He, as well as most others, kept a somewhat optimistic attitude as he/she packed up all valuable belongings and went on their way. They pursued self-deception, as they convinced themselves that, from a rational standpoint, certain things could not possibly happen. It would not be too bad, they thought. Soon enough, however, their innermost nightmares became reality. There really was fi...