The Banning Of Elie Wiesel's Book Night

My mom used to tell me “If kids don’t learn about topics in history then they will never understand the true meaning of it.” In Elie Wiesel’s book “Night” he talks about the many brutal things that were happening in concentration camps at the time of World War I. The Nazi’s were inflamed by the fact that the Jew’s were still alive. As a result, many people think that this book should be banned in schools because it’s either too violent or it can send out a bad message to kids, but it shouldn’t be banned. When reading Night I felt a connection with Elie Wiesel that made me think about the Holocaust more. The anger, dread, and trauma that these people had to feel when living in these camps is disturbing. Chlemantine Wamariya, who felt a connection also, led her to write “I Remember Night” explaining the importance of this book which can change people for the better.

In spite of this, in our society we have forgotten about these topics, which can be scary in many ways. People like Chlemantine Wamariya, who wrote the article “I Remember Night” have actually experienced this hardship through racism. As she states in her article “Elie Wiesel and his book Night have changed my life, shifting the way I see and treat people”(Par.7). When “genocide broke out in Rwanda” (Par.2) Chlemantine felt a burgeoning pain inside her that she thought would never go away, but with Wiesel’s writing she found her way just like many other’s did when reading Night. Because with a book like Night, people feel a