After finishing Night by Elie Wiesel, my eyes were open to the crazy and obscene events that were read in this story. It surprises me even as a teenager that a book so small like Night carries all of this information and sorrow that I wasn't expecting. I was expecting a list of facts and simply just things that would happen to Jews during the holocaust but this gave me more than what I bargained for which was this scary emotionally damaging adventure in this mans life that was far too much to any human to endure in their life. It made me thing twice which is what any good book should do. It made me think about human nature and how sick and selfish it is.
Its scary to read that Wiesel was fascinated with death in this section because it made the pain of this event go away and gave them a better life beyond this "hell". Seeing all this pain around him, I imagine Wiesel wanted this pain to end through death but he didn't want this death so close to the end of his journey which is so understandable in anyone's eyes. The easiest thing someone can do is give up, Wiesel wanted this to end the pain in his life by giving up. He knew that giving up so close to the end would leave him with no satisfaction in the matter because he could practically taste victory. By the end his father is giving up and he is tired and it's almost as if Wiesel has to drag him along to finish this fight with him though he dos not.
By reading this book, my eyes have forever opened on what the holocaust has truly done to lives of those who suffered. It truly scared me how humans could do this to one another. I am greatful for this book but I however resent it.
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