Persuasive Essay On The Book Night By Elie Wiesel

Censorship and libraries could be synonyms in the present. With the number of novels and ideas seen and advertised, there are equal amounts of articles hidden behind the scenes or tucked away. Recently, a debate sparked about books involving mature or violent content being allowed in schools. Night by Elie Wiesel is a book about his personal experience through the Holocaust involving death, excessive violence, and the Jewish religion. Sensitive topics such as these lead others to preach the removal of such harsh writing due to their objective obscenity and effects on students. Some believe that Night should restrict its availability because of the large amount of violence and death; however, disallowing the restriction of these topics in our high school gives the reader a chance to discover the history behind the Holocaust and provides the reader a chance to read the book through a different point of view.

At the end of the book, Shlomo is violently clubbed as Elie sees his “bloody, broken face” and soon after he “climbed into my bunk, above my father, who was still alive.” He vividly remembers the date “January 28, 1945”. Jews were not peacefully killed, they suffered years of abuse, and years of trauma, and were forced to keep living even though everyone they loved died. Those who suffered are remembered and commemorated so that these tragedies never happen again. The Holocaust should never be underestimated and underplayed because this was not a nightmare but real life. The despicable actions that occurred in concentration camps heavily influence how readers interpret their