Dear Governor Abbot, Imagine a society where history is rewritten in a constant loop. After analyzing and reading Clemantine Wamariya’s “I Remember Night: Remembering Elie Wiesel”, not only has it opened my eyes, but Wamariya states that Night had opened her eyes too and helped her understand a genocide that took place in her country that she wasn’t even aware of. I fear that this could become a resulting issue if we don’t properly enlighten children about the significance of genocide. As a student and a young adult, who believes in societal improvement, I advocate for the teaching of major historical events through books like “Night” to prevent future genocides and events like the Holocaust. The few ways that we, as a society, can prevent hate and horrific …show more content…
The people who lived and died during these times deserve to have their stories heard. Otherwise, you’d discard an entire society’s voice. Wamariya only thought of the genocide happening in her country as “noise”. 2. But that was until she read Elie Wiesel’s memoir, “Night.” She connected with the text so deeply, she became a proponent and began to speak up about her experiences with genocide because of the impact Wiesel’s writing had. She decided that it deserved to “not be a secret.” (par. 4) Wamariya and Wiesel followed through with the strong idea that the only way to prevent future genocides was to share the story of the ones that had happened. Simultaneously, as Wamariya went out sharing her story, genocide had still occurred. “You could list the genocides. Rwanda, Cambodia, Bosnia, Syria, and Sudan.” (par.6) But as the stories of their personal experiences were being spread, the more people became aware of the hate atrociously colonizing the world. “Night” was a memoir written to educate about “the hate in the world” (par. 8. And how to defeat it with