Reflection Of Night By Elie Wiesel

At some point in our lives, we sat in our history or English class and learned about the Holocaust either in the form of a film or a book, what we knew about the Holocaust was from Anne Frank and there were concentration camps. A book such as “Night” written by Elie Wiesel as an autobiography, is a book that goes into detail about the Holocaust from his perspective and all that he had to endure. Many can agree that it is a graphic book for students to be reading especially in seventh grade, which is what Toni Baker a mother of a 12-year-old who attends advanced English at Indian Trails Middle School. “To me, reading this material is more graphic. Especially because it’s real. Real people burned and starved.” Is it possible that students should

As someone who has read this book, it can be a bit too graphic for students in the seventh grade, but it is also very informative and real; allowing the reader to understand and comprehend how this historical event came to be as well as how tormenting it was for the victims and survivors. The teacher in charge should be responsible enough to skip over sections of the books that may be too drastic for the kids regarding the parents for them to understand and trust that they are not being caused harm for learning about an event that occurred in our world’s history. On the contrary some states such as Florida it is a requirement that the Holocaust needs to be taught to the students, either through a film or book; in this instance, it was a book. A book that caused Toni Baker to have her daughter removed from class due to being too graphic because it is real, and stating “why couldn’t the kids read something less graphic, like the diary of Anne

Let's say that the Holocaust was not being taught, the students would not be exposed to the graphic descriptions in a way that they would not have a hard time or an emotional time digesting the information, and the parents would not have to take a student out of class due to the parents finding the book uncomfortable and too real. At times not participating in class can cause exclusion within students due to thinking they do not want to or don’t care to learn about the history. On the contrary, if the Holocaust was being taught using this book, students would be learning about it in a school environment where they can ask questions, the earlier they learn about the past and hardships other people went through they will learn how to be respectful towards others. It may seem like there is no win but, what if there were rules implemented for both the teacher and parents that could benefit the