Required High School Reading In Elie Wiesel's Night

Required high school reading is something that all high school students have to do, but some are obviously going to be against the idea. It may be because the book isn’t interesting to them or because they just don’t like to read. Night by Elie Wiesel is a book that informs as well as entertains and should be a required high school reading for multiple reasons.

Night informs students about the history of the holocaust and can be used to find more information on the subject. Elie Wiesel tells about what the camps were really like first hand, which some students finds very fascinating, myself included. He explains the true horrors of the camps and everything that the prisoners had to undergo. He talks about the concentration camps that he went

to and some of the differences about them, such as the camps Auschwitz and Birkenau. Elie also provides information on how they transported Jews from one camp to another. They did so in cattle cars, having a hundred or so people to a car, leaving very little room. Overall, Night is a very informative book which can be used to have more knowledge on the holocaust.
Night teaches important life lessons that teens could learn from by telling the story of a young boy, Elie, who survived terrifying experiences, but was never quite the same. In the beginning of the book, Elie was living a normal and happy life before the Germans came. This shows how life can change in an instant, and what one has now shouldn’t be taken for granted. Elie had also experienced extreme emotional trauma, having to endure terrible conditions and situations, which had a huge effect on him. This shows how traumatic and harrowing events can damage someone for life. He did survive, but the scars from what he has endured has never healed.
In conclusion, Night by Elie Wiesel is a very informational book that tells an emotional and heart-rending story of how he had survived the holocaust. The story that Elie has told was very compelling and gripping , and had everyone on the edge of their seat. Night has been my favorite reading assignment so far, and I believe that other students will enjoy it as well.