NIGHT ESSAY
Night, Elie weisel's harrowing first-person account of the Holocaust demonstrates
the murder of his family and his own survival in the hell of Auschwitz and Buchenwald.
His account reaches a person at the most elemental level and shows them light and also
unforgettable darkness. At the concentration camp, Jews were made to live in inhuman
conditions, where there was a lot to endure but less to eat. All prisoners were the victims
of the same fate and were made to endure the same mental and physical agony. Night is
taught as part of the grade 10 curriculum. Hence, in my opinion, Night should continued
to be taught as part of the Grade 10 curriculum because it gives students the historical
image of the Nazis' brutality in exterminating the Jews in Germany in 1940's, and the
importance of love and faith in such inhuman conditions.
Firstly, "Night" is a historical novel and gives a clear image of Nazis' brutality in
exterminating the Jews. It tells the students about the hatred Germans and particularly
Hitler had for Jews. Jews were depopulated by the anger of Hitler, their homes and
properties were taken and they were deported from their country. Night gives a vivid
image of how the Jews were killed. For example, Jews were imprisoned by the Germans
and they were sent to concentration camps, where their lives were extremely difficult and
sometimes lead to death. The novel also teaches how inhumane Nazis' were to the Jews.
For instance, Elie, the author and the main character of the novel says: " Humanity?
Humanity is not concerned with us. Today anything is allowed. Anything is possible,
even these crematories..." (p.31). It is even hard to imagine how prisoners were disrobed
and distressed. Most of the prisoners died of starvation and were exposed into mass
graves like animals in the c...