Night Pages: 1-50

When I started reading "Night" by Elie Wiesel I thought it was going to be a common Holocaust book like others i have read. but as i kept reading i realized that it is actually very different, it might be because of the author and its perspective. i like this book so far because it gives a detailed description of what has happened to this boy ever since the nightmare started. i think this book is a bit cold if you could call it like that, because it tells everything with no "fear" or compassion. It tells the horrendous events that took place in the holocaust in Auschwitz. considering it is very detailed this book actually makes you feel the pain and fear that the same characters are actually feeling. One scene that particularly left me in schock was when they struck the father. The boy describes it like if he was watching it and had a pen in his hand. You can feel a shiver when they stuck the dad and the sadness when you know the child wants to do something but he barely can.

it is definitely a very depressing book, and most people don't like to read about depressing stuff, but in a way the author wants all to know what really happened. And even though it is really hard to accept it we have to do it. I also like how the kid describes every character, he gives a full description of their face, and he describes them so good you can imagine them exactly like it is said. He tells how he struggles to survive to stay at his fathers side.

A clear evolution is stated in this book, it is incredible how someone can change from one day to another just by the circumstances. You can see that one day he was a happy boy anxious to learn about everyting and at the next day he doesn't want to know about anything or anyone. He was also very picky , for example with food, and now he would eat whatever they would put him in front of him.

Lastly I love how the relationship of father and son is stated. They love each other so much that from my point of view the only way they can express it is being silent.