The Night Trilogy : Night, Dawn, The Accident

by ELIE WIESEL | Literature & Fiction |
ISBN: 0374521409 Global Overview for this book
Registered by Sobergirl of Turku, Varsinais-Suomi / Egentliga Finland Finland on 6/22/2005
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Journal Entry 1 by Sobergirl from Turku, Varsinais-Suomi / Egentliga Finland Finland on Wednesday, June 22, 2005
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Dawn:

Dawn is perhaps the most thought-provoking and reflective of all of Elie Wiesel's novels. It is a beautifully written but disturbing novel about an Israeli terrorist waiting to assassinate a British officer in retaliation for the hanging of an Israeli. This novel inspires a great deal of thought about stopping violence with violence and hate with hate. When the nation of Israel was established after World War II, for the first time in centuries, the Jews were not trying to appease their opressors, but they were fighting back, and fighting effectively. Reflecting on the persecution the Jews have suffered, the young assassin Elisha says: "Now our only chance lies in hating you, in learning the necessity of the art of hate." However, Elisha cannot make himself hate his enemey, as much as he desires to. The novel ultimately suggests that hatred is not the answer, that it must be fought, or man will be lost. Wiesel asks the poignant question, "Where is God to be found? In suffering or rebellion? When is a man most truly a man? When he submits or when he refuses?"

Night:

Night is a powerful, beautifully written autobiography of a concentration camp survivor. Elie Wiesel deals with his loss of faith during the holocaust, and relives the horrors of the concentration camp. Perhaps most importantly, he shows how such a life affected the people in the camps--how it changed many of them into something less than human. The question of injustice is indeed an unsettling one, but Wiesle's loss of faith--and the seeming impossibility (at the end of the book) of his ever regaining it--is deeply saddening.

The Accident:

Wiesel's writing style makes this novel, a mixture of biography and fiction, interesting to read. The story itself, however, is often obscure and stubbornly depressing. The narrator of the novel refuses to admit any happiness to his life, even when it is quite possible to do so. The Accident is the most consistently pessimistic of Wiesel's three novels, and the least thought-provoking, but still well worth reading.




Elie Wiesel, the author of some twenty books, is Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities at Boston University. He and his family live in New York City. Mr. Wiesel was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986.

The Nobel Peace Prize 1986

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Journal Entry 2 by Sobergirl from Turku, Varsinais-Suomi / Egentliga Finland Finland on Friday, August 5, 2005
One of the best books I've ever read.

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Journal Entry 3 by sqdancer on Wednesday, September 7, 2005
Looks very interesting, but I have to put it down and finish the rings I'm currently reading.


Journal Entry 4 by sqdancer on Wednesday, October 12, 2005
Very moving, powerful book. Thank you for sharing.

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This book was sent along to the next person in line for it. to celticstar

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