'Night' 1st Entry

When we first talked about the book in class, the title called my attention. Later on, when I started reading, when I kind of knew where the story was going and what it talked about, I found many ways in which I could associate the ‘night’ with the Holocaust.

Darkness. Only available during the night. Depression, lack of safety, sadness, some of the thoughts and things we feel when in a dark room, the things that darkness commonly represents. So by the title, the author probably meant darkness, and fear.

The Holocaust, a period of fear and sadness…

Now I understand how ‘night’ connects to darkness, and darkness is what the book wants to express about the Holocaust. Though for most of us the Holocaust was something completely atrocious, we have to consider others’ points of view, and see how the differences between each affects a description of the Holocaust.

The point of view shown in NIGHT is a small boy’s. Jew, growing up during the times of the developing of Nazi ideas. Captured by the Nazis, taken to concentration camps and ghettos, Eleizer’s opinion is affected, and therefore his feelings and thoughts are. By his descriptions, him, the speaker, telling us how he felt, making us realize how harsh must all this uncomfortable suspense might have been.

So it makes perfect sense, for the book to represent darkness, because as for the Jews, for Eleizer, the Holocaust was a period of constant fear and worries.

What I like about the title so much it’s its conciseness. The message is so clear, and it is some kind of foreshadowing, making the readers make some connections of what they could think the night represented. It is a nice way to call the public’s attention, too.