Summary Of Annotated Bibliography For Night By Elie Wiesel

Annotated Bibliography

Estess, Ted L. “The Holocaust Poisoned Eliezer’s Relationships.” Readings on Night, compiled by The Greenhaven Press, San Diego, Greenhaven Press Inc, 2000, pp. 94-97. Excerpt originally published in Elie Wiesel, Frederick Ungar Publishing, 1980.

“The Holocaust Poisoned Eliezer’s Relationships” primarily focuses on one of the main points of Night, the destruction of Wiesel’s primary relationships due to life in the concentration camps. Estess proves this point by writing about Wiesel’s relationships before and after he experienced the cruelty of concentration camps. Estess covers multiple topics, rather than just Wiesel’s relationships in general. For example, Estess includes Wiesel’s relationship with God, his father,

Because it refers back to the book, this source is not fully opinionated or subjective. Rather than only providing his/her opinion Estess referred back to the book in order to prove his/her point. Compared to Halperin’s piece, this source is more reliable because it goes back to the book more often than Halperin. The writing style and choice of wording are also more effective and convincing than Halperin’s.

This source was very helpful to me in proving my thesis because it gave such a thorough and detailed criticism. It also gave me ideas on what to write for Wiesel’s relationship with his family. This is because, at first I wanted to write about Wiesel and his entire family, whereas this source showed me that I only needed to write about Wiesel and his father to get my point across. Also, there is more information on Wiesel and his father, so there would be no use in including his mother and sisters as well.

Halperin, Irving. “Loss of Innocence.” Readings on Night, compiled by The Greenhaven Press, San Diego, Greenhaven Press Inc, 2000, pp. 30-35. Excerpt originally published in Messengers from the Dead: Literature of the Holocaust, Westminster Press,

Wiesel corrects and revises some important details from Night, while also using the preface as an introduction to Night. In order to ensure that readers would fully understand and appreciate his book, Wiesel writes about his intentions in writing it, as well as the process in which he took to write it. He talks about how he would “pause at every sentence, and start over and over again”. The preface serves as an introduction for readers, who have never read Night, or an explanation for those who have read