Sunday, December 18, 2011









Night,
By Elie Wiesel
pages 120
"Jews listen to me!" Thats all I ask of you no money, no pity just listen to me!" pleaded Moishe. The book "Night" by Elie Wiesal, 120 pages is about a boy named Eliezer who is a jew who lives during the holocast. He befriends a pauper named  Moishe the Beadle who warns the town that the Nazi's are deporting and murdering the jews. Does his family listen to Moshe's warnings  and leave or go about their business? Does the family take their servant Marthas offer to hide the family in the village ?  The book ends with the family being deported to Auschwitz and Eliezer experiencing so much tragedy. Eliezer shows strength and will to survive. The book is a reminder to all to never underestimate what man is capable of doing.

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