#night trilogy

[caelidesuper]

“Where is God to be found? In suffering or in rebellion? When is a man most truly a man? When he submits or when he refuses? Where does suffering lead him? To purification or to bestiality?”

Elie Wiesel, Dawn

[slrmagazine]

Pure Obsessions & Red Nights drop new single "A little love"

Pure Obsessions & Red Nights drop new single "A little love". #pureobsessionsandredlights

Pure Obsessions & Red Nights, french Dark-Wave Synthpop act, has unveiled their brand new single “A little love“.  The track serves as a glimpse into the forthcoming album, which promises a rich tapestry of darkwave and synthpop blended with the vitality of post-punk and gothic atmospheres. Philippe Deschemin, the visionary behind the project, elaborates on the single: “The saga of Mr.…

Pure Obsessions & Red Nights drop new single "A little love"

[kierrasreads]

Night (The Night Trilogy #1) by Elie Wiesel Review

Plot

Born in the town of Sighet, Transylvania, Elie Wiesel was a teenager when he and his family were taken from their home in 1944 to Auschwitz concentration camp, and then to Buchenwald. Night is the terrifying record of Elie Wiesel's memories of the death of his family, the death of his own innocence, and his despair as a deeply observant Jew confronting the absolute evil of man. This new translation by his wife and most frequent translator, Marion Wiesel, corrects important details and presents the most accurate rendering in English of Elie Wiesel's testimony to what happened in the camps and of his unforgettable message that this horror must simply never be allowed to happen again.

Discussion

Poignant. Powerful. Frightening. Relevant. Important. These are some adjectives that I now use to describe this novel. Recently, I was privileged to visit the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles. If you haven’t gone, you need to. It was a powerful, emotional trip that pulled no punches in educating the public about the horrendous, horrifying part of human history. And where we’ll end up if we don’t put a stop to certain…orange and red politics. If you catch my drift.

Everyone needs to read this book. I cannot recommend it enough.

Rating

5/5

[maybeillwritethis]

We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Sometimes we must interfere. When human lives are endangered, when human dignity is in jeopardy, national borders and sensitivities become irrelevant. Wherever men or women are persecuted because of their race, religion, or political views, that place must – at that moment – become the center of the universe.

[ramshacklefey]

Ok so I do online tutoring, and I had a high school student a couple weeks ago whose class was reading Elie Wiesel's Night trilogy. They had some reading comprehension questions they were supposed to be answering, and they were having a hard time with them because they had no idea what the context of the story was.

I mentioned this story to a friend, and he said that when he read that book in high school, the teacher deliberately didn't give them any context going in because they wanted the students to experience the story along with Elie. . . .

So now I'm curious:

Did you read Night in high school and if so, what background were you given going in?

I read it and was NOT told what the book was about ahead of time.

I read it and WAS told what the book was about ahead of time.

I didn't read this book in school.

Voting ended onFeb 19, 2023

[trustthecanon]

Never shall I forget those things, even were I condemned to live as long as God Himself. 

Never.