Blog Post #1

I opened the book I was tired and not very focused but I began to read. Within the first 3 pages I was intrigued. This book made my brain and my heart hurt, trying to wrap my head around the terrible things a human could go to another human. The book brought clear, and terrible images about the holocaust into my head. It also makes me feel so grateful and fortunate for all that I have, and a little nervous that all the sudden it will all be gone. At many points in the book I imagined what it would be like to be taken from my home and put in a bus with little food  water and fresh air not knowing where you are going. then being separated from my family, most likely never seeing them again. I felt the most emotion in the scene were they separated the boy and his sister and mother. “ Eight simple, short words. Yet that was the moment when I left my mother.” (29) I can't imagine never seeing my family again. And not even being able to say a proper goodbye. I would be scared and nervous what if something happens to them, you will never know. In Night Elie Wiesel writes from the perspective of himself. He starts out with their everyday life, the story start out somewhat slow. But when Elie Wiesel gets to the first ghettos, the pace pics up. Within a matter of time, the family is headed to a concentration camp. When he rights he gets right to the point there is not that much build up before a main event. The book flows well, but jumps at the end of an event most of the time. The language he uses is I feel is strong he uses some complex words but most are pretty easy to understand and straightforward.