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William Carver

D. Jones

10th  Literature CP

12-7-2001

                                                 "Night"

           Elie Wiesel gives a gripping acount of the cold facts of the Holocaust in his novel Night. Wiesel does not try to give the reader any emotion, but instead allows the reader to develope their own emotions about the story. Wiesel tells a story of the darkest part of his life. He allows the reader to see what he saw

          Wiesel tells the story of how he lost faith during the hard times he had to endure. He tells of how he lost his father after staying together for so long. that has to be one of the hardest things he delt with from my point of veiw. Making it so far and then being seperated by his fathers death seems so unreal.

          the story starts off on such a happy note that the reader knows that at any moment something has to  wrong.Wiesel tells of his youth in their close knit Jewish comunity and the reader cold almost think he would be safe. the horrible turn for the worst comes after the forshadowing of Moshe the bettle.

          Moshe is a likable character that is the first in the book to get a taste o Nazis cruelty.the burning babies is a terrible thing to see. Wiesel at that point aperently realizes what Moshe went through and truely believes that is the end.though Wiesel lost his faith he also finds the strenght to go on.

         his enduring strenght is his strongest testimony to the human spirit. perhaps not phisical strenth but mental and emotional. Wiesel allows the reader to see the best in man under the worst conditions.