How Does Elie Wiesel Describe The Horrors In The Book Night

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Elie Wiesel describe the horrors of Auschwitz in his acclaimed book Night. So does every other book written about Auschwitz. They all proclaim the distress they encountered, the SS guards, the gas chambers, the crematory, the barracks, the death, hopelessness, and fear. The authors tell us what happened, but we will really never understand the true terrors that occurred. However, Night is written unfiltered. Nothing is sugar-coated. Everything is real.
Elie Wiesel writes to inform. He informs the readers of what really happened and how it changes a person and he succeeds. Elie’s descriptive words of the gruesome events capture the moment and make the audience feel as if they too are a victim. Seen when, “ Their fingers on the triggers, they