“Night” by Elie Wiesel gave a horrifying truth about what life was like in the holocaust. Having relatives who have survived through concentration camps myself it was interesting to hear a different experience through such awful times. So far in the novel the absolutely appalling measures people took to ostracize European Jews shocks me. “Infants were tossed into the air and used as targets as machine guns.” (Night pg. 6) No matter how purely evil or mentally ill a person may be, how could someone feel no remorse for using children for ‘target practice’, just because they happen to be a different religion, and impure blood. The most horrific part, is that this wasn't just one awful occasion by one group this happened all over Europe although run by Adolf Hitler overall run by fear. As Elie Wiesel states on pg. 12. “The Ghetto was ruled by no German or Jew; it was ruled by delusion.” An entire massacre of a culture was run by false idealism that blames an innocent race for all of Germany’s difficulties. Elie Wiesel was transported as though a cow preparing for slaughter, quite literally on a cattle car packed with 80 Jews. While separating a culture and slowly murdering them they indiscriminately kill men, women, and children alike. Separating families to let the few survivors have a constant reminder of what they've lost. “Night” showed me more vividly how nauseating the experiences of any European Jew at the time of the Holocaust, proving more how many relatives of mine suffered due to others fear and delusion.
Wiesel uses his childhood view of what was happening to the Jews during the holocaust to show what horrible activity the Germans ensued the rise of fear and violent acts against the Jews. Wiesel used stories from his past with narrations from now to really show the cause and effect of each action. Starting of with a younger viewpoint made some of the awful actions almost tolerable to read while still remaining truthful and unimaginably horrid. The innocence of hearing this from a child displays more cruelty beyond the actions. No matter whether it was German or Jew that had to provide pain and injustice it was still the terror that lead to the bloodshed, carnage, and nightmares.
Mimi,
ReplyDeleteI really liked how you brought you brought up your family. I think it made it more interesting to read. I also like how you mentioned a younger view point. I agree with what you said abut making it more tolerable to read as well.
Mimi, I really enjoyed reading your post! I think you did a beautiful job with your formatting and you really worked hard on the content. I can tell how you feel by reading your post because your vocabulary and thoughts were really intriguing to read. You really analyized the passage in great detail. I also thought it was brave to talk a little about your ancestors. I look forward to seeing your other posts!
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