Night

                                               Night

   So recently in English class, we are reading Night by Elie Wiesel. It is a very interesting book so far. Night is about a young Jewish boy named Elie who survived the Holocaust. It starts off with Elie and his friend Moishe the Beadle, a homeless man, talking about mysticism otherwise known unto them as the teachings of Kabbalah. German soldiers come into their town for some reason to kick out all the foreign Jews. Since Moishe wasn't really native to the country he was forced to go with the soldiers. But in reality, the Germans came to exterminate that group of Jews. So, Moishe made a hasty escape and told all the townspeople what the Germans were planning to do with the Jews. But, they didn't believe his warnings or story because they seemed irrational and bizarre. Soon, the German soldiers came back and encamped in the homes of the townspeople. So of them said the soldiers were polite and completely disregarded Moishe's warnings. Then the soldiers start enforcing ridiculous rules like no jew is allowed to own jewelry. A couple days afterwards, Elie's father finds out that the Germans are planning on gathering up the Jews and putting them to work at brick factories. so now Elie insists his dad on packing up the family to flee the country, but the only problem is they don't have enough money to run away.
      So now, I want you readers out there to give your opinion on what's happening.
 Why do you think no one believes Moishe's story ? Is it because he is homeless or, what????
And.....What would you do if you were Elie's Dad?? Would you still try to flee? Why or Why not??
How do you think Elie's dad is feeling with all this pressure???