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Book Reports On Night By Elie Wiesel

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Night by Elie Wiesel, should definitely be taught to 10th grade students around the world. Night is a book which will enlighten students on the revolting occurrence of the Holocaust, and to inform generations to come, so similar massacres will not reoccur in the future. Night also incorporates the trait, hope, and reminds everyone to be grateful for what they given. Night is a very heartbreaking nonfiction story about a boy who must survive throughout the harshest living conditions known to mankind. Night introduces a new glimpse of the world from an entirely different perspective of life. Students will read about how the government allowed such devastating actions towards Jews. In the past, there were many genocides that were forgotten and …show more content…

However when the Germans came, every drop of hope was sucked out of him and his family. He was separated from his mother and sister, saw bodies burn day by day, bodies being shot left and right and people killing each other for their own survival needs. Even so, Elie never took the chance of killing himself because he was always around his father. When Elie was running the death march of 52 miles, he never quit even when his stomach felt like bursting. Elie always had a drip of hope even when he didn’t realize it. When Elie’s father was sick, Elie knew he couldn’t support his father, but even so he did everything he could to keep him alive. There are many students around the world that can benefit from Elie’s perseverance. Some students have a problem of giving up to easily. However, once they read about how a 13 year old boy who is younger pushed through when he was on the brink of death; there will be no excuse for them to give up or lose …show more content…

Most people don’t understand the word starvation, let alone how it feels to be starving. All of the Jews had their food drastically reduced from a home cooked meal to a piece of bread and some soup. Working the whole day with one bread and a cup of soup is not enough to keep your body healthy. A son killed his own father for a piece of bread when it was thrown to him from a crowd. A little boy risked his life in order to get another ration of soup. 10th graders don’t have to face the problem of the feeling starvation or dying to get a ration of food. Night informs students on what the Jews had to go through with small food rations and they were still grateful they were given food. Students will understand how lucky they are living under a house, with a nice bed, food in the fridge whenever their hungry and not condemned to ridiculous amounts of hard

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