Book Report On Night By Elie Wiesel

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The book “Night”, written in 1960 by Elie Wiesel, is an autobiography that shows his experience with

his father Shlomo during the Holocaust in the Auschwitz and Buchenwald concentration camps. This book is very popular and controversial due to its accurate account of the horrors which occurred during the Holocaust. Throughout the book, Elie Wiesel shows the themes “ Humans are capable of unimaginable evil” and “ The bond between a father and his son is very important” using deep symbolism and word choice.

In the book Night, Idek is the leader of Elie and his father's work unit and is known by many Jewish prisoners for his frequent bursts of rage. In one scene in the book, Elie writes about when Idek focuses his aggression on his father