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A memoir of a survivor's point of view on the Holocaust and how it changed everything. ( )

Wow. His language is so simple and clear... which makes this grisly story all the more chilling. I see that this book starts a trilogy, so will certainly continue on to the next two. I've known of Elie Wiesel for a long time, but have never read him till now. Since I'm now hooked, I expect to read many more of his 40 books. ( )

This book left a profound impact on me, because before I read this book, I had a very limited understanding about what the Holocaust was, and what so many innocent people went through. After I read this book, I understood how hard it must have been for all those people, and the brutal expoeriences that they went through. ( )

My impression of the book with just reading the first chapter makes me want to read more. At first, I was unsure about reading a memoir, as I had no experience with reading them in the past. All the research I had done pre-reading made me realize that this book has a destiny, and it's purpose is extremely special. In the preface, Wiesel explains that he was a rather shy person and did not know how to speak up for himself. As a lot of his family had died, he felt isolated. His fathers last words and cries was his name. But he did not respond. Because he did not know how to. The Holocaust was such a traumatic event because it dehumanized victims to believe that they were not worthy enough to speak for themselves. However, Wiesel explains that he wanted to account for these people and speak on behalf of them, about the traumatic experiences they had to go through. Gassing chambers, vans, mass shootings, murdering young children, and many more events gradually made these victims go speechless. They were unable to speak for themselves because it was too hard to talk about. However, Elie was gifted with the ability to talk for them, and he wrote this book, Night. I am eager to read this book with my classmates and have meaningful discussions about this memoir as I would like to be educated on what victims in the Holocaust went through. I would like to become the messengers' messengers.