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Night Book Report

Decent Essays

Remember the refrain: We always build on the past; the past always tries to stop us. Freedom is about stopping the past, but we have lost that ideal-Lawrence Lessig. This quote is helpful to remember. We should always keep our head in the present but never forget what happened in the past to bring us here today, and be grateful for our current status.The holocaust was an important event in the past that we shouldn’t forget. There are many stories, biographies and autobiographies written about it today. Night by Elie Wiesel, an autobiography about the holocaust, should be a required high school reading because it is an important event, of many, that show us why we should be grateful for our current state.

This book is very good for details, events, places, names, stories, etc. It shows the reality behind all the events that took place during the holocaust. He made sure to describe as much as he could in as much detail as possible. I have to say that this book deals greatly in imagery and lets the reader keep an image in their head. This book is truly unlike any other because it shows emotions and how people felt about the events that took place, it also shows how unstable the living conditions were and how horribly they were treated. This is all very tragic to …show more content…

Of course, the world today isn’t the best but it is nowhere near what they had to go through. Many people think that when their crush doesn’t like them or that they can’t have a cookie for dinner then it’s the worst possible state to be in, of course that’s a huge exaggeration, but it’s true. Reading this book at a younger age level wouldn’t be the best idea which is why waiting until high school is the way to go, specifically due to the more mature content in the book. However, this book is truly amazing and shall stick with the reader for a long time, if not for the rest of their

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