Title of the Book: Night
Author: Elie Wiesel
Number of Pages: 115
 Rating: ☆☆☆☆
 Review:In 1944, Elie Wiesel was only 15 years old when the Nazis came for the 15,000 Jews of his home town.  the Jews of Eliezer’s town are forced into small ghettos within Sighet. Soon they are herded onto cattle cars, and a long journey of travelling in a small packed cattle car. After days and nights crammed, exhausted and near starvation, the passengers arrive at Birkenau Auschwitz.

His family was taken to Auschwitz, when they arrived his mother and sister were taken into a separate group. Elie and his father were forced into slave labor groups. Elie struggles day to day through starvation and exhaustion. His Jewish beliefs were suppressed because of Hitler and the German generals. The Jews are subject to beatings and repeated humiliations. A German general forces Eliezer to give him his gold tooth, which is pried out of his mouth with a rusty spoon. Eliezer himself begins to lose his humanity and his faith, both in God and in the people around him.

Wiesel’s tone, as you might expect in a book about Nazi concentration camps, is serious. There wasn’t really much happiness in the concentration camps. The tone is mournful, he mourns the loss of his family, the loss of his childhood, and the loss of his faith in God. The tone is also honest. Wiesel doesn’t shy away from describing moments in full detail. As a reader you would imagine the authors language and tone to be angry and hateful. His language and tone say the opposite. He stays away from blaming and judging people that treated him and his father terribly. Wiesel emphasizes the point that this situation was horrifying and brutal and never should be allowed to happen again. By creating this tone and honesty through his writing, he is able to create a unique read by giving full details really put the reader in his shoes. 

I would strongly recommend reading Night by Elie Weisel. Night is a good resource for learning about the Holocaust. Wiesel is very graphic in telling readers what went on in the camps. We can feel his horror and mourn with him.