response #1

I cannot believe I am only 46 pages deep in this story. The events that have ben reviled make it seem like I've been reading this book for 100 pages. I'm saddened and sicker by the events that wiesel is telling his reader. I can't even begin to feel the sorrow and hurt people is this time must have gone through. My heart twists and tangles at the thought of even living in this time period as a witness from the sidelines or better yet, the victim. I can't even imagine having to witness the events that were happening and being witnessed. My heart turned to stone when Elie Wiesel stated,  “A truck drew close and unloaded its hold: small children. Babies! Yes, I did see this, with my own eyes…children thrown into the flames” (32). I can't even imagine what that must have been like to see let alone read about. Other events such as shaving their heads really stuck out to me also because they were taking away what really makes them who they are. I find this very relevant to how we has human treat animals. Just like we would strip a sheep of it's wool, the Germans stripped the Jews of their hair. 
I feel as if because these events were written from a point of view from a holocaust survivor who was out From concentration camp to concentration camp, witnessing these events they left more of an impact to the reader. Something that was truly hard to understand as someone never living through the time was how bad it really was. As a student I understood that many died and many truly saddening events happened but never the ones reviled by Wiesel. He takes the step no one has ever taken and going back in history that he has forgotten no create a story again to show everyone what really happened behind the scenes. I cannot imagine how someone could read this story and get a positive vibe from this book or even feel good about themselves. This book is getting good but I'm nervous as to what the outcome is going to be.