How To Write A Book Report On Night By Elie Wiesel
The book is called “Night” by Elie Wiesel. This book is a first encounter of the Holocaust where Germany prosecuted and sent Jews to camps to be prisoners and tortured or killed. In this personal encounter of Elie he is sent to Auschwitz along with his father, mother, and sister. Elie experiences terrible events that happen at the camp including his father's death and abuse. Throughout the book Faith and Terror were a huge part of the holocaust.
In the book Elie went through a rollercoaster in his faith. When Elie and his family were first taken, everyone prayed, hoping their God would protect them through the journey. When things started to get horrifying Elie and all of the prisoners started to question their God, asking why would God put them through something like this and asking where he was while they were being …show more content…
When Elie first arrived he saw children, babies even, being thrown into flames, whether being dead already or being burned alive. This sights horrified Elie. When prisoners would disobey or break the rules, they would be hung on the gallows. Other prisoners were forced to watch them being hanged which left scars in Elsie's memory. One of the worst was watching a child being hanged but when he dropped the child did not die immediately but slowly was choking and later died. One of the worst experiences for Elie was watching his father die slowly while at the camp. His father was very weak and exhausted throughout the book and when his father had collapsed that day and couldn't take any more he was taken at night to the crematorium, dead or alive. Elie had waken up to his father gone and knew he had been taken to his death. Elie was relieved that his dad did not have to suffer anymore. All of these things brought terror into Elie’s life. Quote: page 23- “ Our terror was about to burst, are nerves were at breaking point, our flesh was creeping. It was though madness was taking over all of
In the book Elie went through a rollercoaster in his faith. When Elie and his family were first taken, everyone prayed, hoping their God would protect them through the journey. When things started to get horrifying Elie and all of the prisoners started to question their God, asking why would God put them through something like this and asking where he was while they were being …show more content…
When Elie first arrived he saw children, babies even, being thrown into flames, whether being dead already or being burned alive. This sights horrified Elie. When prisoners would disobey or break the rules, they would be hung on the gallows. Other prisoners were forced to watch them being hanged which left scars in Elsie's memory. One of the worst was watching a child being hanged but when he dropped the child did not die immediately but slowly was choking and later died. One of the worst experiences for Elie was watching his father die slowly while at the camp. His father was very weak and exhausted throughout the book and when his father had collapsed that day and couldn't take any more he was taken at night to the crematorium, dead or alive. Elie had waken up to his father gone and knew he had been taken to his death. Elie was relieved that his dad did not have to suffer anymore. All of these things brought terror into Elie’s life. Quote: page 23- “ Our terror was about to burst, are nerves were at breaking point, our flesh was creeping. It was though madness was taking over all of