Day, Dawn, The Night Trilogy: Night

I think everyone should read this book. He has an amazing way of making you feel pain, fear, and remorse all at the same time. It gives you simple yet vivid insight into the lives of those haunted everyday by this disaster, that for lack of a better word, we call the Holocaust.

All my 17-year-old granddaughter asked for me to give her this Christmas was this book. It arrived in what seemed like minutes. I didn't realize when I wrapped it, however that the author had autographed it with a blue sharpie on the inside cover. She discovered it fast enough, and could not believe I had secured for her an autographed copy. She will treasure it forever. You made me the hero this year. This book is a must-read for anyone studying the Holocaust.

This book was purchased b/c my daughter had to read the book Night for her dual enrollment class. In reading the description of the book I decided to read it also. The book Night is well written and takes one into the concentration camps and gives a glimpse of the atrocities that the Jewish people suffered. The other two book in the trilogy are fiction works that the author also had written. I did not get that impression when I bought it. None the less, Dawn the first of the fiction works was good and kept me reading. The second fiction piece, third book in the trilogy, Day was not compelling as the other two works.

I have read these books many times over the past 30 or 40 years and regularly buy them again as gifts. I did this Christmas and hope they will continue to make as powerful impression on others as they have on me. The big numbers in the Holocaust can be numbing and dull us to what happened. Here is a compelling first person narration that leaves you trembling even after all these years. Read it.

This book has been an interesting journey. For anyone that needs to see the human side of this tragedy this is it...Elie Wiesel and his wife have used words to paint a remarkable picture of his experience and have allowed the reader to ask deep questions and struggle within himself for some of the answers..

Definitely worth the journey...

The first story documented his horrendous experience in the Nazi death camps. The tragedy of his family's deaths and his miraculous survival. Could have been expanded and perhaps more detailed but made its points. The next two stories chronicled his dealing with and progress through what could be PTSD. Somewhat philosophical but insightful as well. All in all a good read.

I thought this was a well written memoir and as hard as it was to read it is something that should be read by every living person. We need to step up and not allow this to happen in any country and it is so sad to see it happening everywhere. When will we learn our lessons?

A must read for anyone who is interested in a first-hand account of the profound humane emotional experience along with a religious and spiritual journey in a context that goes from home to concentration camp where survival was literally the daily struggle and smoke meant more than mere burning. The new translation of The Night offers an autobiographical insight from one who could live hell on earth and then choose not to be silent about it, he felt his duty to tell; Dawn is an incredible and plausible narration of an initiation into death within a grass-roots organization. To end with Day which deals with one of those moments in life when one would like to quit to leave an unsatisfying life. A pleasure to read, a shame I had not known Elie Wiesel before!

I've just started my journey into reading about the Holocaust and Nazi's. My first was Victor Frankl's "Man's Search for Meaning" and I appeared to have an incorrectly preconceived notion on what a Nobel Prize winning author would write about; actually I don't quite know what I was looking to find. The read was intense yet quite easy to understand; but, did little beyond giving the sense that if you survive an incident like this you question why. It has furthered my interest in reading other books on the timeframe. I would certainly purchase it again.

It is a history to be transcribed for generations to come...read about rather than relived. But can we shift away from our toxic nature as a species, or will that feigned shift become the denial which gives us to our rapacious nature? Fascism Overtly eXpressed creates the vitriolic emotions necessary to scapegoat a group with blinding hatred while leaders sanction their corporate insanity. We have yet to escape The Night Trilogy.

Buy it. Read it in one sitting. It is a horrible and challenging story told by a gifted writer and honest human being. His story will make you angry and it will make you weep. You will find it difficult---even impossible---to read him without questioning the goodness of God. Be forewarned: you will hate the injustice and inhumanity of the Nazis to the point of hating the silence and inattentiveness of God as well.

This touching first hand account written by Elie Wiesel, was disturbing. The irony of the survivor, is the transformation that happened to their values within the context of the Concentration camp. This was a suggested book for our book club and it stimulated great discussion. The book came on time and was in almost new condition. I always order our book club picks on the store.

Night was a very compelling story that touched me like no other book had. Dawn and Day had the same effect, but was supposed to be about survivors of the death camps. I'm super glad my teacher decided for us to read "Night" for the Holocaust section of my class, because this is a book you'll never ever forget. This is the kind of book(s) that will take more than one read to really understand. This is the book(s) that will put your beliefs in life to the test. This is the trilogy you will remember for a lifetime. (Sorry if I sound dramatic, but it's true!!!)

Buy it. Read it in one sitting. It is a horrible and challenging story told by a gifted writer and honest human being. His story will make you angry and it will make you weep. You will find it difficult---even impossible---to read him without questioning the goodness of God. Be forewarned: you will hate the injustice and inhumanity of the Nazis to the point of hating the silence and inattentiveness of God as well.

This touching first hand account written by Elie Wiesel, was disturbing. The irony of the survivor, is the transformation that happened to their values within the context of the Concentration camp. This was a suggested book for our book club and it stimulated great discussion. The book came on time and was in almost new condition. I always order our book club picks on the store.

Night was a very compelling story that touched me like no other book had. Dawn and Day had the same effect, but was supposed to be about survivors of the death camps. I'm super glad my teacher decided for us to read "Night" for the Holocaust section of my class, because this is a book you'll never ever forget. This is the kind of book(s) that will take more than one read to really understand. This is the book(s) that will put your beliefs in life to the test. This is the trilogy you will remember for a lifetime. (Sorry if I sound dramatic, but it's true!!!)

What an amazing journey Elie Wiesel eloquently captured in this book. It's a must-read for everyone. We often forget that this account was not that long ago. We must remember the past to change how we move towards the future.

Powerful literature, easy to read, and a must-read. As a German, this is a very dark time in my country's history, and in order to make sure that it is never repeated, books like this are very important!

I had read the first book ("Night") for my AP Literature and Composition course in high school. I decided to go back and reread after college. This trilogy definitely opens your eyes to the horror and inhumanity the Jews faced during the Holocaust. The individual that reads this book needs to be mature as there is some disturbing, yet true and factual, content in the book. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone.

I have not read it yet but I'm sure I will love it/not the circumstance for the book, but I've heard a lot about him so I'm sure he'a a good storyteller.. I bought th book just from knowing his "history".

Ok folks, the reason I hated this book is because I LOVE this book, however this is not the real version of this book, it is an updated, changed and highly edited version that takes so much away from the original passionate story. Buy the 1980's version of Night! Not this one! It leaves so much out and it dumbs down what is still included in the story. A very different reading experience from the original story.

I loved the first and third stories... the second not exactly my style. Very informative to what really happened during the Holocaust in Night. Day was fiction, but you can easily see how it could have been true. The "violence" really isn't bad, but some may consider the explanations of what happened violent... it was not graphic, though.

It is interesting to anyone, including myself to read about the Jewish people! What a horrible time in their lives.............
It is very sad what happened to soooo many of their lives and how this did happen saddens me but, it is history and
all true..........

I received the book Rey quickly and it is in great condition, like new! The book did disappoint me however. Night has always been one of my favorite books so I really wanted to read the other two. But I really just can't get interest in them.

This novel was informative. It is made of three sections of false and true acounts of the Holocaust.
The first part, Night, is a truthful autobiographical account of a consentration camp. It definately helps a person understand how to feel about survivors and vitims of the Holocaust. You will have a new respect for these people after reading a first hand account of what they went through.
Dawn is a fictional story about a young man of 18 after his experience in a camp. The symbolic meaning between the two books, Night, being symbolic of death, second, Dawn, a re-birth, is another way to make one think about what happened not only during, but after the war. It may not be a first hand account, but it did happen. Things like this still happen today.
The Accident. This is the third book, also fictional. Mostly symbolic, as the others, it is different than one may think. It contains symbolism of death and dawning. It shows how the conditions of war affect a person's being. Just as fighting in a war affects someone, so does being a victim of war, a representitive.
Things like this still happen today. People need to be aware of these things. Discrimination, war, and for the most part hate and intolerance. This book will help to open your eyes and your mind.

.... for the price, that is. The "burst" does not stand out as clearly as leading brands. Being a bit colorblind, the varied colors do not do me much good at 25 yards or over. The free shipping helped though.

The Night Trilogy by Elle Wiesel is a gruesome account of the suffering he and his family faced during World War II. A time of Death, loss, and torment. This was one of history's nightmarish memories that will never be forgotten. The Nazis were cruel dictators killing innocent human beings without a hesitation. The page in this book showed it all.

Young Elle Wiesel experienced what no other teenage boy should have faced. He and his family were just one of countless numbers herded onto cattle cars. Usuhered to their death. The showers of death, the endless starvation, beatings, and cruelty killed so many humans. Humans who didn't know what lied ahead.

As I read this book, it brought me back to something I wish I never knew about. Something that should never have happened. But it did. A memory that no being can wash away. The smoke from the screaming dying corpses in the "shower rooms" and the endless fears were terrorfying to revisit. It survivors like the writer who show the world what happened and may happen again.

The Night Trilogy is memoir that will always be remembered. Survival, loss, death, and much more. Terrible days that never end. Even with so much time having passed. It is a gripping and well-written book. I recommend this Holocaust story to readers worldwide.

I got this copy from Goodreads. This, is my voluntary review.

The first book was heart wrenching, a first hand account, nonfiction. The other two as fiction don't quite fit into a real trilogy. Book 2 is another main character. Book 3 is back to Eliezel, but fiction.

Here's what I thought of Night, which I read for a book club. Ultimately, I did finish reading the trilogy, but Night's the one that really hit me.

Night: This book, wow. My heart hurts. That this could happen, did happen, is beyond tragic. Survival, shattered faith, loss, suffering. And his father, so close! I feel like crying. I borrowed the trilogy from the library, but I don't know if I have the heart to keep reading the others. I need to think about it.

So yeah, I'd recommend this. Night was my favorite of the three because it was a real account, though the other two are real in a sense that the people who survived the atrocities of the holocaust have to deal with these things, the memories, the guilt, the emptiness, the self-hatred, the loss of faith in humanity. The second two books really delve into those things, using two very different events as a backdrop for that. Despite the titles, all three key in on night, dawn and day. I'm not sure any of them actually reach the metaphorical day, though.

This book of Elie Wiesel’s is a trilogy If I could star it as a trilogy I would give it 5,4,3,stars. Elie Wiesel is a magnificent writer. His writing is dark so dark. However, his life has been dark, concentration camp during WWII, then to Palestine as a terrorist, and finally to NY. At least the character in this book lived these lives. Only the first is Wiesel’s story and it is by far the strongest of the 3 stories. It is so real that the reader can feel the chill, the cold and the rumbling stomach of hunger in the concentration camp. These are the same inhuman stores we have heard time and time about life at Auschwitz. However, as told by Wiesel his time spent in Auschwitz is brutal and real. In the second book there is a dream sequence as Elisha waits to kill a hostage. As he waits he sees his family, himself as a boy, and his lost friends at Auschwitz. He is confronted by these people and told that he will also make them a murderer. I have never liked to read a dream, a dream is unreal, and therefore does not contribute to the story. The break for a dream interrupts the flow of the plot, as does this one. The 3rd of the series is a dark story of love and misery. Our main character has rejected God. Throughout the trilogy Wiesel wrestles with his doubts about God. As a young man, before the war, Wiesel had been reading to become a rabbi. He is obsessed with death and has given God credit for all of the hurts in his life. The book is dark, but I appreciated it as excellent work of literature.

This trilogy is difficult reading, because of the subject matter. Night - the story of the author's time in Auschwitz, is a heartbreaking read. I found this one different from some other first hand accounts I've read, because Mr. Wiesel discusses his guilt over his will to survive overcoming his strong duty to help his father also survive the camp. Most other accounts of this time period just cover the facts - bearing witness, but not delving into feelings much. Material covers the round up of the Jews into ghettos, etc - and how those affected held out the hope that they would all be OK, and trusted that they would soon be liberated once the Allies defeated Germany -- they ignored the warnings of what was to come at the camps, until it was way too late. The author also includes much on how deeply religious he was before the camps and then how strongly he doubted that God existed while enduring all that happened to him and his family. I find the original English translation of this section to be much preferred to the later 2006 version. While the later version is translated by the author's wife - I found the substitution of more modern words here and there to be jarring - so do seek out the original translation.
The other stories that follow are Dawn - a fictional account of a young man tasked with killing another man to further the
causes of Palestine. In trying to find reason to do this horrible task, the main character realizes that Jews must learn to
hate in order to survive - passiveness had caused to much death to their people in the past. In Day (or The Accident) the main character struggles with the ghosts of his experiences in the camps, and has much difficulty forging new relationships or being able to be fully alive and happy. The second 2 stories are harder to get through, as there is much
imagery and thoughts to digest in those. While fiction - they surely contain much fact, and show how difficult life was for the survivors of the camps. Many survivors took their own lives, and this is also dealt with in the last book.

I recently finished the trilogy, Night Dawn Day, by Elie Wiesel. This trilogy consisted of one memoir and two novels. The memoir was a look at Wiesel’s life in the horrid times during the Holocaust in concentration camps. His novels, on the other hand, were fictional stories with him as the main character. The first, Dawn, was a look at the internal conflict he faced when he had to kill a British man after joining a resistance group in palestine. The second of the two fictional novels, Day, was a look at another internal conflict of his as he lived in New York and pondered the ideas of suffering and self-destruction as well as suicide. I chose to read this book because I am very interested in the Holocaust and people's’ different perspectives of it. I have also had family affected by the terrible event. I am pleased to have chosen this book because it was emotional, gut-wrenching, and beautiful all at the same time. I would recommend this book as it is well written and gives insights into the beauty of life.

Throughout the trilogy, Wiesel used a plethora of sensory images, figurative language, and dialogue. For example, Wiesel states, “My throat was dry and the words were choking me, paralyzing my lips." He states this when he first hears as a young boy that they are going to be taken away to the camp. This description makes the scene more intense and allows for the reader to easily visualize the scene as well as imagine how Wiesel feels in the moment. Another piece of figurative language that is used can be found on page 92 where Wiesel states, “All that mattered was to be far from the block, far from the crucible of death, from the center of hell.” This language and metaphor is harsh, which sets the mood for the reader and shows instead of tells just how horrible the situation is. Wisel also continues on with plenty of figurative language in the second and and third parts of the trilogy. For example, Kalman, another worker in the Jewish resistance group, states, “Death is a being without arms or legs or a mouth or head; it is all eyes. If ever you meet a creature with eyes everywhere, you can be sure that it is death." In this tip, Kalman personifies death, allowing the reader to visualize it as a type of spooky creature. These were just a few of the many pieces of sensory images and figurative language that Wiesel included. He also included lot of dialogue, which most of the time showed conflict. In addition, Wiesel proved effective as I was easily able to visualize the scenes, which kept me interested and entice. This style might work for those that love a vivid description or a deep metaphor. However, this style might not work for those who only understand or enjoy literal language as a lot of the language is figurative.

While reading the book, I was able to connect with the author in that I am Jewish and the same thing would’ve happened to me had I been living during the war. The author offered a lot of vulnerability as well, which made it easy for me to sympathize with him and feel bad for what he had to go through. In addition, I think that the characters in the book were well rounded. Wiesel gave a lot of insight into the description of other characters and well as his relation to them and what they were feeling. For example, he describes the moment he met his girlfriend Kathleen in Day and says, “She had a long, symmetrical face, one commonly beautiful and touching. Her almond-shaped eyes were filled with a dark secret fire: an active volcano." Through the descriptions and insights Wiesel provided, I was able to tell exactly who these people were. However, he determined who the reader likes and dislikes because of extensive descriptions which were persuading. Also, the only people that the reader could choose to dislike were the enemies during the Holocaust and in the resistance in Palestine. Towards the end of Dawn, Wiesel describes himself and who he has become. He says, “The tattered fragment of darkness had a face. Looking at it, I understood the reason for my fear. The face was my own." Wiesel characterizes himself as a scary person here, showing that he started out innocent and became a murderer of an Englishman. These descriptive quotes were especially helpful in characterization.

The plot, on the other hand, was a bit tricky to understand. Night was fast paced, which held my attention and made me want to keep reading. Wiesel used a variety of sentence structures to keep it moving along. For example, on page 85, Wiesel says, “Why, but why would I bless him? Every fiber in me rebelled. Because he caused thousands of children to burn.” In this quote there is a rhetorical question, a regular sentence, and a sentence fragment. This varied structure allowed me to read easily and quickly. However, from Night to Dawn and Dawn to Day, I was a bit confused. They were all very different stories and without the prefaces, I would have been extremely confused. If anything, I wish there were better transitions between the different ideas as it was a bit choppy. Moreover, this book was a learning experience for me as I got to hear a new perspective on the Holocaust, learn about resistance in Palestine, and understand the idea of self conflict and how it can lead to self-destruction. The author used some names and fact of history as well, which I liked including Dr. Mengele, the famous Holocaust evil doctor, and Rodin, the famous sculptor.

Overall, I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys history, learning about the Holocaust, and descriptive language. This book was highly emotional and always left me wanting more. I appreciated the different ideas presented in Night, Dawn, and Day, and I am excited to read more of Wiesel’s work in the future.

Night and Dawn by Elie Wiesel are two of the most gripping and telling holocaust novels a persona can ever read. Although Night and Dawn are completely separate books and are about two different characters/families, the novels are closely tied together because they are all holocaust focused literature. Night a one-hundred page memoir about one teens horrific journey to learning the powers of human cruelty. Night is narrated through the eyes of a Jewish teenager, Eliezer, the presumed (narrative) stand-in for Elie Wiesel. Eliezer is a European jew who lives in Sighet, a small town in then Hungary, now northwestern Romania. In his hometown Eliezer’s family is well-respected among the Jewish community and he is a man of God but that faith is tested one day when the Hungarian government had fallen into the hands of the fascists and the Germans begin to occupy Hungary and eventually Sighet. The Nazis start forcing the Jews out of their homes and eventually transporting them across Europe to Auschwitz in the most horrific ways possible. Night showcases to readers one teens spiritual journey throughout the holocaust as he is forced to grow up quickly which results in him doubting his faith and ultimately God. I give Night four out of five stars. Dawn is also a short memoir and it takes place in post-holocaust (and World War II ) Palestine (then controlled by the British) and tells the story of a holocaust survivor who is determined to put his past behind him. The main character, Elisha, moves to Palestine in an attempt to escape the horrors of his past from the concentration camp Buchenwald and is involved in “The movement”-a Jewish group of terrorists who are fighting the British for control of Palestine. After being trained for about seven weeks, Elisha is ready to officially join the movement and is given a mission on which a“brother” was captured. The British decide to keep the brother as a Prisoner of War and in retaliation, the movement takes a high-ranking British officer and threatens to execute him if the brother is executed. The execution of the officer is Elisha’s task. The novel focuses on the internal conflict Elisha has within himself about the execution as well as the impact it will have on not only his life but everyone else’s. Overall, Night and Dawn are both magnificent reads but Dawn provides a more relatable and less tragic piece for readers and therefore I give it five out of five stars.

I found the Night Trilogy to be very well written. I did however find the plot/concepts of the last two books to be unappealing to me. In Dawn, the plot was confined to one pivotal moment so it felt more like a drawn out short story. Day, on the other hand, is somewhat all over the place. The description in the last two books, however, was quite vivid and would be great for someone who likes a story very focused on the thought process of the main character. In general actually Wiesel does a lot with sensory description and figurative language. He is also very good about showing the reader what is going on, rather than just telling the reader. Another thing I liked about the book was the relatable struggle of the narrator’s faith. He didn't try to gloss over what was going on in his mind and it was refreshing. Also when describing characters Wiesel did more than just describe the most apparent physical appearances, but he said something about them as a person. Personally I feel like the books are not similar enough to be sold as a trilogy and should be read separately. I definitely would give Night 5 stars and recommend it to anybody. The other two books I'd only recommend to my very literary friends.

i really liked night. alot happens and it keeps you reading you get close to the character and everything he goes through. the other 2 are alot different first being as they are fictional stories unlike night. i found that dawn was really hard for me to get through as everything is taking place in his head and its all just a single event i kinda got bored with it. day (the accident) was also a single event but it was a little more involved so i found it a little easier to get through but i still found it a task i wouldnt really recommend it. im glad i purchased this as a trilogy instead of separate books i wouldnt have wanted to pay separately for the last 2books they really did nothing for me.

"The Night Trilogy" brings together three Elie Wiesel Holocaust-related short novels. The volume begins with perhaps Wiesel's best known work "Night," a deeply personal and autobiographical account of a young boy's extended stays in three different concentration camps. In under 120 pages, Wiesel tells the harrowing tale of being swept up by Nazis to the eventual liberation of the camps.
In "Night," Wiesel writes "A dark flame had entered my soul and devoured it." This stunning sentiment could easily summarize the tone and themes of the final two works, "Dawn" and "The Accident." Both are examinations of the psychological impact of being a survivor of the Holocaust - which one can debate is even a worse fate than being killed in the camps. Both protoganists struggle with death in relation to their pasts. In "Dawn" a young man, now a part of a Jewish terrorist gang in Israel, in an ironic twist must execute a British hostage, while "The Accident" explores the protagonist's will to live and love after the incident simply stated in the title.
Originally published in French, the translations are stylistically very easy and quick reading. Needless to say, the themes and struggles of the each man's story are neither. Haunting and thought-provoking, "The Night Trilogy" give readers a more complete picture and understanding of the Holocaust experience.

Elie Wiesel won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986, for his tireless work in addressing the Holocaust, wrestling with its almost incomprehensible moral questions, and most importantly working to ensure that it never happens again. NIGHT, his memoir of his own experiences in Auschwitz and Buchenwald, was perhaps the earliest first-hand account to be widely published. Totally authentic, written in blood and tears, it quite defies criticism. To assign four, five, or even ten stars to it would be an obscenity.

And yet Wiesel followed NIGHT by two very short fictional works, novellas rather than novels, called DAWN and DAY. Clearly he wanted to explore issues that could not be addressed in a factual memoir. And these two later books are fascinating in showing Wiesel's first steps as a novelist, rapidly gaining confidence and skill. In this respect alone, I feel that criticism is indeed germane.

We all know the advice to writers: show, don't tell. You can see Wiesel encountering the issue even in NIGHT, which is a mixture of simply reported facts and personal reflection. When he is simply telling his own story, the facts stand by themselves, and even at this date reveal aspects of the Holocaust that I did not understand: for example, why the Jewish communities did not move more proactively to resist their fate, and details of the social interactions among the camp inmates themselves. Occasionally the personal reflections get in the way of relating events, and yet how else is the author to tackle his loss of faith and feelings of guilt which seem to have been a heavier burden than any physical indignities? Wiesel's answer was to turn to fiction.

In his preface to DAWN, Wiesel makes it clear that the protagonist, Elisha, is not the author himself, although he admits that it easily might have been, had he been sent to Palestine rather than France after his liberation from Buchenwald. The fictional Elisha is recruited by freedom fighters trying to oust the British and form the state of Israel. After taking part in several guerilla actions, he is ordered to execute a hostage, a British army captain, in reprisal for the hanging of a Jew. The whole of this slim volume takes place in the night before the execution, and poses the question of whether a man who has escaped the hands of killers can ever be justified in becoming a killer himself. The theme is clearly important, and once more topical, but I cannot say that it works as a novel. The fictional background is sketchy and seems constructed with the sole purpose of presenting this dilemma. A large section of the book is devoted to Elisha's dialogue with ghosts from this past, which further diminishes reality. After a few pages, Wiesel stops showing Elisha through his deeds and social interactions, and concentrates instead on the moral dilemma in his soul; in novelistic terms, the result is to reduce rather than enhance the character's humanity. The book thus comes over less as a novel than as a parable.

DAY (originally published in English as THE ACCIDENT), Wiesel's second attempt at writing a fictional sequel to NIGHT is altogether more successful. This is partly because its theme is less absolute and more subtle: the difficulty of returning to a full loving life for somebody who has lived so long in the realm of death. His quasi-autobiographical protagonist (Eliezer, but the name is mentioned only once) is a rounded character with much depth. The book follows him as he recovers in a New York hospital from a near-fatal encounter with a taxicab. Although we still hear his inner thoughts, his situation is shown primarily in terms of his very real relationships with others, particularly his lover Kathleen. He has clearly led a varied and somewhat successful life in the dozen years since his liberation, but, though no longer a loner in practical matters, he still retains a huge void in his heart. Wiesel introduces quite a lot of psychological suspense, and has the wisdom not to make the ending too facile; if there is healing to come, it will still be a long process.

I have not (yet) read any of Elie Wiesel's later novels. Judging by the speed with which he ascends the learning-curve as a fiction writer here, I would expect them to be increasingly filled out in human terms -- perhaps even to the point where his Nobel Prize might have awarded as much for Literature as for Peace?

This is a case where the whole is greater than the sum of its' parts. Although all three books are very good to excellent, the way they fit together creates an excellent story from beginning to end. We start with "Night" which creates the understanding of the Holocaust through the perceptive eyes and ears of the youthful story teller. We then move to the book "Dawn" in which we find the main character as a young man who is involved in a moral dilemna. How he resolves the dilemna makes him realize that there is evil in all of us. His attempt to rationalize his actions are not sufficient to redeem himself in his own mind. We finish up with "The Accident" where we find the main character as a middle-aged man whose anger at the world makes him incapable of love. Certainly all that has preceded in his life helps us to understand his feelings but his anger is uncompromising and a dead end in and of itself. The problem resolves itself in a solution that brings an impressive closure to essentially all three books.
As a matter of clarification, each novel is a seperate story in itself. There is no "common Character" to all the novels. However, we get a sense that this all happens to one person. This is how well these stories fit together. Essentially, these works would appear to be autobiographical which adds to their meaning. Although Wiesel writes extensively about the Holocaust, there is certainly a special common thread to these stories. Read all three and make sure you read them in their proper order. Despite their brevity, it is as good an overall explantion, evaluation and summation of the Holocaust as you will find.

"The Night Trilogy" by Elie Wiesel was different than any other Holocaust book I have read before. I chose this book because being Jewish, I am very interested in the events of the Holocaust and thought that reading about it from a first person experience would give me a better idea of the event. The book "Night" was by far the best part of the trilogy. "Night" is told in first person from events that actually happened to Elie. The other two books were less interesting mainly because they were not true events from Elie's life. "Dawn" and "Day" closely related to Elie's emotions and feelings after the war was over, but were not as intriguing as "Night." Showing versus telling is what made this book, a book. The second two sections especially have very few details and Elie uses explicit details to extent the length of the story. I would highly recommend the first book, "Night" and not so much the other two books. In "Night" Elie used a strong balance of description as well as plot. In "Dawn" and "Day," I felt that Elie used too much description trying to make a plot from all of those details.

This is a type of book that no one can relate to unless they were also in a very unfortunate life threatening event like the Holocaust. Although it is very difficult to connect to this book, one can learn a lot by reading it. I believe that everyone high school age and above should read this book to better understand what happened during the Holocaust. Millions of people suffered during those years, and everyone in present day should be able to understand and learn from those horrific events.

This collection consists of a biography and two novels by Elie Wiesel, who survived the horror of the concentration camps in World War II.
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.

"The Night Trilogy" By: Elie Wiesel is composed of one non-fiction memoir, "Night", and two fictional novels, "Dawn" and "Day". Each of these books can be read individually. Night is an essential read because it summarizes Elie's retelling of his time in the German concentration camps during World War II. I had trouble relating to any of Elie's experiences, but this makes "Night" even more valuable as a memoir. Outsiders cannot comprehend the horrors the Nazi regime inflicted on their prisoners, so in order to prevent history from repeating itself those who experienced hardship in the camps must retell their story. Elie describes his plight with exquisite detail and figurative language, painting a vivid image of the Holocaust for the reader. "Dawn" uses very in depth metaphors to dissect his conflict over executing an enemy soldier. Elie describes the unique relationship between executioner and victim with this metaphor, "We were alone not only in the cell but in the world as well..." (Wiesel 207). "Day", the final novel in the trilogy, makes no reference to "Dawn", only to Elie's experience in the Holocaust. "Day" uses deep metaphors to describe how Elie feels he is already dead. The horrors he experienced during his time in the concentration camps have taken away his will to live. I would recommend "Dawn" and "Day" for mature adult readers looking for deeper meaning in the states of life and death. "Night" is an essential read for high school students and adults alike.

Wiesel commands the heart and soul of his readers in The Night Trilogy. There are a certain number of books that reach a person at the most elemental level and show them light and also unforgettable darkness. The Night Trilogy does this without pretense, without effort and without excuse.
Many people have read Wiesel's account of Auschwitz and Buchenwald through his short novel, Night. If anyone is going to read Holocaust literature they should not limit themselves to a concise focus on the camps, but also what happens to the survivors after the events.
When you combine Night, Dawn, and The Accident together, you as the reader can assemble a true and purer understanding of what Holocaust survivors went through and more importantly what they continue to go through.
The collection is a must read for anyone who considers themselves socially aware. The Night Trilogy is a work that you will go back to time and again. Readers will lend this out to friends not simply to be nice, but because they will feel a yearning for all those in their lives to know what happened and is still happening to Holocaust survivors.
Read this collection until your heart bleeds and pass it on to a friend so that compassion and understanding will bloom.

This was one bound volume of Wiesel's first three books, which concern the Holocaust, survival, and humanity. Night is Wiesel's personal memoir, which relates his personal story before and during World War II, as he and his father are separated from his mother and sister and interned in a series of concentration camps. Dawn is the story of a member of the movement to free Palestine from British occupation and Day concerns how one could move from a past that consumes one's every thought (or even if one should).

Quote: "Never shall I forget these things, even if I am condemned to live as long as God Himself. Never."

I read Night in high school, and always think of it as being a particularly long book, which it is not. Wiesel manages to pack more than I would think possible into a little over a hundred pages, which relates the story of himself and his family during the Holocaust. It is a beautifully written work that relates a terrible story. I found the story of Wiesel's loss of faith and the relationship he had with his father particularly memorable. If you somehow missed this in high school, pick it up, if you didn't, find it again. It's worth it. Dawn and Day are not as catching as the first work, but are still interesting in their own way.

i really liked night. alot happens and it keeps you reading you get close to the character and everything he goes through. the other 2 are alot different first being as they are fictional stories unlike night. i found that dawn was really hard for me to get through as everything is taking place in his head and its all just a single event i kinda got bored with it. day (the accident) was also a single event but it was a little more involved so i found it a little easier to get through but i still found it a task i wouldnt really recommend it. im glad i purchased this as a trilogy instead of separate books i wouldnt have wanted to pay separately for the last 2books they really did nothing for me.

"The Night Trilogy" brings together three Elie Wiesel Holocaust-related short novels. The volume begins with perhaps Wiesel's best known work "Night," a deeply personal and autobiographical account of a young boy's extended stays in three different concentration camps. In under 120 pages, Wiesel tells the harrowing tale of being swept up by Nazis to the eventual liberation of the camps.
In "Night," Wiesel writes "A dark flame had entered my soul and devoured it." This stunning sentiment could easily summarize the tone and themes of the final two works, "Dawn" and "The Accident." Both are examinations of the psychological impact of being a survivor of the Holocaust - which one can debate is even a worse fate than being killed in the camps. Both protoganists struggle with death in relation to their pasts. In "Dawn" a young man, now a part of a Jewish terrorist gang in Israel, in an ironic twist must execute a British hostage, while "The Accident" explores the protagonist's will to live and love after the incident simply stated in the title.
Originally published in French, the translations are stylistically very easy and quick reading. Needless to say, the themes and struggles of the each man's story are neither. Haunting and thought-provoking, "The Night Trilogy" give readers a more complete picture and understanding of the Holocaust experience.

Elie Wiesel won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986, for his tireless work in addressing the Holocaust, wrestling with its almost incomprehensible moral questions, and most importantly working to ensure that it never happens again. NIGHT, his memoir of his own experiences in Auschwitz and Buchenwald, was perhaps the earliest first-hand account to be widely published. Totally authentic, written in blood and tears, it quite defies criticism. To assign four, five, or even ten stars to it would be an obscenity.

And yet Wiesel followed NIGHT by two very short fictional works, novellas rather than novels, called DAWN and DAY. Clearly he wanted to explore issues that could not be addressed in a factual memoir. And these two later books are fascinating in showing Wiesel's first steps as a novelist, rapidly gaining confidence and skill. In this respect alone, I feel that criticism is indeed germane.

We all know the advice to writers: show, don't tell. You can see Wiesel encountering the issue even in NIGHT, which is a mixture of simply reported facts and personal reflection. When he is simply telling his own story, the facts stand by themselves, and even at this date reveal aspects of the Holocaust that I did not understand: for example, why the Jewish communities did not move more proactively to resist their fate, and details of the social interactions among the camp inmates themselves. Occasionally the personal reflections get in the way of relating events, and yet how else is the author to tackle his loss of faith and feelings of guilt which seem to have been a heavier burden than any physical indignities? Wiesel's answer was to turn to fiction.

In his preface to DAWN, Wiesel makes it clear that the protagonist, Elisha, is not the author himself, although he admits that it easily might have been, had he been sent to Palestine rather than France after his liberation from Buchenwald. The fictional Elisha is recruited by freedom fighters trying to oust the British and form the state of Israel. After taking part in several guerilla actions, he is ordered to execute a hostage, a British army captain, in reprisal for the hanging of a Jew. The whole of this slim volume takes place in the night before the execution, and poses the question of whether a man who has escaped the hands of killers can ever be justified in becoming a killer himself. The theme is clearly important, and once more topical, but I cannot say that it works as a novel. The fictional background is sketchy and seems constructed with the sole purpose of presenting this dilemma. A large section of the book is devoted to Elisha's dialogue with ghosts from this past, which further diminishes reality. After a few pages, Wiesel stops showing Elisha through his deeds and social interactions, and concentrates instead on the moral dilemma in his soul; in novelistic terms, the result is to reduce rather than enhance the character's humanity. The book thus comes over less as a novel than as a parable.

DAY (originally published in English as THE ACCIDENT), Wiesel's second attempt at writing a fictional sequel to NIGHT is altogether more successful. This is partly because its theme is less absolute and more subtle: the difficulty of returning to a full loving life for somebody who has lived so long in the realm of death. His quasi-autobiographical protagonist (Eliezer, but the name is mentioned only once) is a rounded character with much depth. The book follows him as he recovers in a New York hospital from a near-fatal encounter with a taxicab. Although we still hear his inner thoughts, his situation is shown primarily in terms of his very real relationships with others, particularly his lover Kathleen. He has clearly led a varied and somewhat successful life in the dozen years since his liberation, but, though no longer a loner in practical matters, he still retains a huge void in his heart. Wiesel introduces quite a lot of psychological suspense, and has the wisdom not to make the ending too facile; if there is healing to come, it will still be a long process.

I have not (yet) read any of Elie Wiesel's later novels. Judging by the speed with which he ascends the learning-curve as a fiction writer here, I would expect them to be increasingly filled out in human terms -- perhaps even to the point where his Nobel Prize might have awarded as much for Literature as for Peace?

This is a case where the whole is greater than the sum of its' parts. Although all three books are very good to excellent, the way they fit together creates an excellent story from beginning to end. We start with "Night" which creates the understanding of the Holocaust through the perceptive eyes and ears of the youthful story teller. We then move to the book "Dawn" in which we find the main character as a young man who is involved in a moral dilemna. How he resolves the dilemna makes him realize that there is evil in all of us. His attempt to rationalize his actions are not sufficient to redeem himself in his own mind. We finish up with "The Accident" where we find the main character as a middle-aged man whose anger at the world makes him incapable of love. Certainly all that has preceded in his life helps us to understand his feelings but his anger is uncompromising and a dead end in and of itself. The problem resolves itself in a solution that brings an impressive closure to essentially all three books.
As a matter of clarification, each novel is a seperate story in itself. There is no "common Character" to all the novels. However, we get a sense that this all happens to one person. This is how well these stories fit together. Essentially, these works would appear to be autobiographical which adds to their meaning. Although Wiesel writes extensively about the Holocaust, there is certainly a special common thread to these stories. Read all three and make sure you read them in their proper order. Despite their brevity, it is as good an overall explantion, evaluation and summation of the Holocaust as you will find.

"The Night Trilogy" by Elie Wiesel was different than any other Holocaust book I have read before. I chose this book because being Jewish, I am very interested in the events of the Holocaust and thought that reading about it from a first person experience would give me a better idea of the event. The book "Night" was by far the best part of the trilogy. "Night" is told in first person from events that actually happened to Elie. The other two books were less interesting mainly because they were not true events from Elie's life. "Dawn" and "Day" closely related to Elie's emotions and feelings after the war was over, but were not as intriguing as "Night." Showing versus telling is what made this book, a book. The second two sections especially have very few details and Elie uses explicit details to extent the length of the story. I would highly recommend the first book, "Night" and not so much the other two books. In "Night" Elie used a strong balance of description as well as plot. In "Dawn" and "Day," I felt that Elie used too much description trying to make a plot from all of those details.

This is a type of book that no one can relate to unless they were also in a very unfortunate life threatening event like the Holocaust. Although it is very difficult to connect to this book, one can learn a lot by reading it. I believe that everyone high school age and above should read this book to better understand what happened during the Holocaust. Millions of people suffered during those years, and everyone in present day should be able to understand and learn from those horrific events.

This collection consists of a biography and two novels by Elie Wiesel, who survived the horror of the concentration camps in World War II.
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.

"The Night Trilogy" By: Elie Wiesel is composed of one non-fiction memoir, "Night", and two fictional novels, "Dawn" and "Day". Each of these books can be read individually. Night is an essential read because it summarizes Elie's retelling of his time in the German concentration camps during World War II. I had trouble relating to any of Elie's experiences, but this makes "Night" even more valuable as a memoir. Outsiders cannot comprehend the horrors the Nazi regime inflicted on their prisoners, so in order to prevent history from repeating itself those who experienced hardship in the camps must retell their story. Elie describes his plight with exquisite detail and figurative language, painting a vivid image of the Holocaust for the reader. "Dawn" uses very in depth metaphors to dissect his conflict over executing an enemy soldier. Elie describes the unique relationship between executioner and victim with this metaphor, "We were alone not only in the cell but in the world as well..." (Wiesel 207). "Day", the final novel in the trilogy, makes no reference to "Dawn", only to Elie's experience in the Holocaust. "Day" uses deep metaphors to describe how Elie feels he is already dead. The horrors he experienced during his time in the concentration camps have taken away his will to live. I would recommend "Dawn" and "Day" for mature adult readers looking for deeper meaning in the states of life and death. "Night" is an essential read for high school students and adults alike.

Wiesel commands the heart and soul of his readers in The Night Trilogy. There are a certain number of books that reach a person at the most elemental level and show them light and also unforgettable darkness. The Night Trilogy does this without pretense, without effort and without excuse.
Many people have read Wiesel's account of Auschwitz and Buchenwald through his short novel, Night. If anyone is going to read Holocaust literature they should not limit themselves to a concise focus on the camps, but also what happens to the survivors after the events.
When you combine Night, Dawn, and The Accident together, you as the reader can assemble a true and purer understanding of what Holocaust survivors went through and more importantly what they continue to go through.
The collection is a must read for anyone who considers themselves socially aware. The Night Trilogy is a work that you will go back to time and again. Readers will lend this out to friends not simply to be nice, but because they will feel a yearning for all those in their lives to know what happened and is still happening to Holocaust survivors.
Read this collection until your heart bleeds and pass it on to a friend so that compassion and understanding will bloom.

This was one bound volume of Wiesel's first three books, which concern the Holocaust, survival, and humanity. Night is Wiesel's personal memoir, which relates his personal story before and during World War II, as he and his father are separated from his mother and sister and interned in a series of concentration camps. Dawn is the story of a member of the movement to free Palestine from British occupation and Day concerns how one could move from a past that consumes one's every thought (or even if one should).

Quote: "Never shall I forget these things, even if I am condemned to live as long as God Himself. Never."

I read Night in high school, and always think of it as being a particularly long book, which it is not. Wiesel manages to pack more than I would think possible into a little over a hundred pages, which relates the story of himself and his family during the Holocaust. It is a beautifully written work that relates a terrible story. I found the story of Wiesel's loss of faith and the relationship he had with his father particularly memorable. If you somehow missed this in high school, pick it up, if you didn't, find it again. It's worth it. Dawn and Day are not as catching as the first work, but are still interesting in their own way.

The book The Night Trilogy by Elie Wiesel, is a personal narrative accounting on different parts of his life. The book is broken up into 3 parts, Night, Dawn and Day. This book was chosen because the subject about the holocaust seemed very interesting and intriguing to read about. I personally am happy I chose this book because it was an interesting read and kept me intrigued at most times. Wiesel’s use of vivid imagery and color words really made reading this narrative a wonderful experience. On top of the part in the trilogy about the holocaust, Wiesel also writes about his life afterwards and how it was impacted, and what went on in his life as a repercussion to the holocaust and being a survivor. In general, I would recommend this book for others to read.
Wiesel’s style throughout the book is very easy to follow and very interesting to read. He uses a multitude of color words, and vivid imagery to describe people, scenes, places, and often times how he was feeling since it was a personal narrative. Along with sensory images, Wiesel also did more showing than he did telling. For example, Wiesel wrote, “And the crowd behind me, the crowd of petrified silences, whose shadows absorbed the light and turned it into something sad, funeral, hostile, was silent as well. Their silences were different from mine; they were hard, cold immobile, lifeless, incapable of change” (Wiesel 196). The author goes in to great detail about an awkward silence and uses vivid and colorful words to describe this one instance of silence, which had great impact on him. Wiesel also used dialogue in the book to give more detail and insight on the actual events that happened and to give them a more real experience. Most of the time, these stylistic elements were more than enough to keep my attention, and I really liked how he described events and people. However, he sometimes rambled on about one specific event for way to long and lost my attention. Most of the rambling was imagery and trying to describe events or people in a colorful way. This type of style would probably work best for adults who have more experience with life. There are some comparisons and descriptions that children or young adults would not get.
With this book, I wasn’t able to relate to the author about the experiences that he went through. I obviously have been through a holocaust and have not been a survivor of one. However, I was able to connect to the author through what he was saying. I was able to feel the feelings he was having at certain points in the book because what he wrote was powerful to read. Overall, the characters in the book were all very cut and dry. They often times did not do much except for a few exceptions like Wiesel’s father in the beginning of the book. For the most part, I enjoyed all of the characters and had no problem with them. I was able to judge for myself the characters I liked and disliked. To introduce or give a description about a character, Wiesel used vivid imagery and colorful adjectives to describe them. For example, Wiesel wrote, “Every day, my father was getting weaker. His eyes were watery, his face the color of dead leaves” (Wiesel 125). Every description that Wiesel made was very effective in giving us updates on how the character was doing or what he/she looked like.
The plot in the trilogy was ordered in chronological order from beginning to end. For the most part, the book held my attention. I felt as though Night, and Day were very easy to follow and kept me into the reading the whole time. Dawn, however, was hard to follow at times because the whole section was about one how Wiesel was scared and hesitant to kill the British officer John Dawson. I felt as though the book slowed down when there were just descriptions after descriptions. If the was dialogue or something to break it up, I was more manageable to stay focused and not get boring. The book really hooked me during parts very there were very intense things happening. For example, in Night, whenever Wiesel said anything about something happening within his journey in the concentration camps or getting transported to and from, it was very easy to stay with the reading and always had me turning pages. Wiesel wrote, “The night was pitch-black. From time to time, a shot exploded in the darkness. They had orders to shoot anyone who did not sustain the pace” (Wiesel 135). When the prisoners were getting transported due to the Russians’ invasion, Wiesel accounts for all the events that occurred in a very descriptive way, which kept me hooked. Overall, this book was a very good learning experience because before reading this book, I did not know how a concentration camp was set up, what it looked like, what the prisoners did on the daily basis, and how everything was ran. On top of that I got to learn how Wiesel specifically acted and lived on as a survivor of the holocaust. I liked how the book was in depth and gave many good descriptions and accounts for different events that occurred.
Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed this book as a whole. From Wiesel’s accounting for his life as a prisoner of the holocaust, killing a British officer, and having relationship troubles with his wife Kathleen, the book has many different events and plots that will keep someone on their toes while reading, wanting to know what happens next. I was intrigued for most of the time while reading this, and at some points I did not want to put the book down. I personally would recommend this book to people who are interested in learning and feeling what a holocaust survivor went through.

Elie Wiesel gives you a wide range view of the Holocaust and the continuing lives of the survivors. The story Night was the best of the three stories in the book. Night was the best because Wiesel wrote the story with more passion and emotion. The horrific incidents described in the book were so real that reader could connect with the author's pain. "I've got more faith in Hitler than in anyone else. He's the only one who's kept his promises, all his promises, to the Jewish people." These words were spoken by Wiesel because he feels that God abandoned him. Incidents such as the Holocaust lead Wiesel to speak these words and loose his faith in religion. Any book that can capture this emotion should be indulged.
Both Dawn and the Accident showed a great deal of symbolic meaning. They both made refrences to Night a number of times. This showed that even though the Holocaust ended, Wiesel still continued to suffer. An example of symbolism in the book is Wiesel's transformation from the death in Night and the rebirth in Dawn. If there is to be a book required to read in school The Night Trilogy should be it.

The series The Night Trilogy, by Elie Wiesel, is a set of three books, Night, Dawn, and The Accident. These stories follow the author through his trials in Auschwitz’ concentration camp as a young Jew, his struggles in an Israeli terrorist organization to fight for the freedom of Israel, and his contemplations on life as he recovers from a car accident in New York. These stories account for a very interesting tale about how suffering affects the mind and soul, how the nature of faith can be affected by that suffering, and the scars that it leaves. I chose this series because I am Jewish, and wanted to read an in-depth account of a holocaust survivor to see not only their trials in the concentration camps, but how they fared upon their return to society afterwards. I was very happy with my choice, as it not only revealed the scars and pain left over by that horrific event, but it allowed me to see how much of an effect suffering can have on a person, and how even years later, those scars are still affecting those who lived through such trials. I would recommend this book to anyone who is interested in the role of suffering in the human condition, or to anyone who is interested in the detailed accounts of a holocaust survivor.
Elie’s tone throughout the story is usually one of calm contemplation and pessimism. It is easy to see the mark that his tribulations have left on him, as he sees very little joy in his day to day life, and constantly makes metaphors about death, and how mankind’s flaws. He does this very well, by using imagery from his past to make a comparison in the present.. In Night, his girlfriend, Kathleen, called him a saint, because in her mind, only saints knew of true suffering. Elie strongly disagreed, “‘Suffering brings out the lowest, the most cowardly in man. There is a phase of suffering you reach beyond which you become a brute: beyond it you sell your soul- and worse, the souls of your friends- for a piece of bread, for some warmth, for a moment of oblivion, for sleep’” (Wiesel 192). This style was good at keeping my attention, for it showed an interesting perspective on the nature of suffering through the use of figurative language and imagery based on personal experience. I believe any audience that enjoys intricate comparisons, metaphors, and analogies would like this story. This style also helps one to sympathize with the author.
The author makes his experiences easy to sympathize with, but difficult to relate to. His tale is one of such unrelenting suffering, that I doubt few could truly relate to him. However, many of the characters in the book were much easier to relate to. For example, his girlfriend Kathleen was a very well rounded character. When she and Elie first me, she was a kindred spirit, who was stubborn, loving, and thoroughly enjoyed life. This was evidenced by her demeanor in the beginning of The Accident, “She liked to relate everything to us. We were always the center of her universe. For her, other mortals lived only to be used as comparisons” (Wiesel 209). After the car accident, she became much more somber and reclusive. Seeing her beloved come close to death nearly broke her. The author also describes the characters well, as evidenced by the quote. It shows her obsession with the love that the two shared, and how it was her whole world. Such descriptions also help to sequence the book.
The plot was sequenced chronologically, as the series start with him as a 15 year old boy, and ends with him as a young man. This made the book easy to follow and read through without getting lost or confused. This also made it very good at holding my attention. My favorite part of the series was Dawn, when Elie was in constant danger, and death threatened to claim him everyday. This gives true substance to his suffering, “I bade farewell to my father, to the whole universe; and, in spite of myself, the words formed themselves and issued in a whisper from my lips: Yitgadal veyitkadach shme raba … May His name be blessed and magnified … My heart was bursting. The moment had come. I was face to face with the Angel of Death” (Wiesel 43). This book helped me learn a great deal about the nature of suffering on the human soul, and how those who go through such horrible experiences can be scarred for the rest of their lives. Not to mention, that it gives an extraordinary account about the personal experiences of Elie in Auschwitz. These lessons are what made the book truly amazing.
The Night Trilogy is an amazing series. I would recommend to anyone interested in the nature of suffering or of in-depth account of a holocaust survivor. Elie’s story is interesting and eye-opening, and his lamentations on the human condition will leave a mark on readers years to come.

My senior English class was instructed to choose a narrative based on a selection of books. Growing up Jewish, I was drawn to the trilogy “Night”, by Elie Wiesel. “Night” is a thrilling start to the trilogy. Spoken through the prospective of Elie, he and his father embark on a tough journey and try to survive the torturous concentration camp Auschwitz. Elie recalls thoughts and actions by both himself and his father. The page turning book touches on both life and death and relationships between a family at such an awful time period. The next two books “Dawn” and “Day” are based on what Elie thinks his life could have turned out to be. It is not all factual, but he bases characters and event from his real life. After such a thrilling first part, the next two books were very disappointing. “Dawn” is set at night right after the war has ended and the Jews were liberated. Elie is recruited by a terrorist organization to kill the Englishmen living in Palestine. He is ordered for the first time, at the age of eighteen, to kill a man the group has held captive. The story explores Elie’s thoughts as he contemplates whether he should kill the man before dawn. The last book “Day” is set in a more present time in the city of Manhattan. Elie is dating a woman named Kathleen, who he claims to be the love of his life. One day, Elie is hit by a taxi crossing the street. The rest of the story is about Elie’s thoughts when he is in the hospital and the relationships with the people in his life. “Night” was one of the best books I have ever read and would recommend it to anyone. It is important to read a book like this because you actually feel like you are there with Elie and his father during the Holocaust. Although “Night” was such a fantastic book, the other two in the trilogy were disappointing after a first great read.
Elie Wiesel is a great narrarator. He sucks the readers into his stories by his use of imagery and the ability to show the readers what he experienced rather than just explaining to them what happened. When Elie and his father reached their first concentration camp, Elie brings the horrific scene to life. He writes, “ Not far from us the flames, huge flames, were rising from a ditch. Something was being burned there… Babies! ...Children thrown into the flames” (Wiesel 50). This scene was the part of the story that stuck with me the longest. The poor Jewish people were walking straight to their deaths, and instead of Wiesel just writing that, he instead showed the reader what he saw through his eyes. He took the reader inside his thoughts so we could experience exactly what he did. The other two stories did not have the drama that “Night” had, but I enjoyed reading parts of them because I could draw pictures in my mind of what every character looked like and could imagine every scene he described. The drama in “Night” can attract any type of reader. It is the type of book that you do not want to put down because there is so much going on. The other two stories are yielded to a more mature audience. They are both very depressing and have many themes and symbols younger children wouldn’t be able to pick up on.
Unless you lived through the Holocaust, it is almost impossible to relate to Elie’s thoughts. His character angered me because I couldn’t understand why he couldn’t live with himself happily after the war. The only thing I could relate to was the way Elie felt towards his father. They have a pretty standard father son relationship and he takes care of his dad a lot during the events. Throughout the second two novels, I don’t think there was anything to Elie’s character, but depression. He could not posses another emotion. This is why the second two books are so hard to read. I believe the author was very open to interpretation on every character by writing about both good and bad traits. Wiesel introduced all of his characters with a lengthy description. I believe this made the last two stories easier to read because every character was very unique. In the book “Day”, Wiesel writes about his girlfriend Kathleen. “Kathleen was beautiful when she suffered, her eyes were deeper, her voice warmer, fuller, her dark beauty was simpler and more human” (Wiesel 238). This is a great introduction to this character because it is a bit confusing until you read the rest of the book. “Day” is not only a story about Elie anymore, it is also about his girlfriend and how his attitude affects her.
The three books were in chronological order. “Night” starts at the time of the Holocaust, “Dawn” occurs right after the war, and “Day” is set after the events in “Dawn”. “Night” was able to hold attention because something exciting happened on every page. “Dawn” and “Day” were awful at holding attention. In both books, Elie would have a thought, or a word would trigger a story and the next two or three pages would be some unrelated story as to why he hated that word or what ever triggered that thought of. It was confusing keep up on all of his depressing feelings and whom he liked or disliked. Throughout “Night” different occurrences and events made it easy to want to read more. For example, Wiesel writes, “ ‘There are eighty of you in this car’, the German officer added. ‘If anyone goes missing, you will all be shot like dogs’” (Wiesel 142). After reading this, I had to read more just incase someone decided to leave. Events like these happened frequently during the book, making it a thrilling read. All three books, although not a happy fun read, is a learning experience. There are many novels written about the Holocaust that teens my age read, but it is a different experience reading a book by the person who actually lived through the events. Also, most Holocaust books are just about what Jews went through when they were in a concentration camp. No one really thinks of how these people lived their lives after they survived. The “Night” trilogy is an interesting perspective on the Holocaust.
I would definitely recommend “Night” because it is a different experience than reading a fictional Holocaust story. I also think it is important for Jewish people to read because it is apart of our past and we should learn what our ancestors endured. I would not recommended the other two books because they are dry compared to “Night”. Readers won’t be left hanging if they only read “Night”. The other two books skew your vision of Elie. Also, the last two books have nothing to do with each other. None of the events that occurred in “Dawn” are ever brought up in “Day”. Overall, I believe Elie Wiesel did a fantastic job in portraying his events through the Holocaust in the story “Night”.

The Night Trilogy by Elie Wiesel is a collection of his three books that capture many perspectives of the Holocaust. In his first book, Night, he shares his personal story, experiences, and thoughts as a young Jewish boy transitioning into adulthood while being contained in several different German camps alongside his father. In both Dawn and Day he attempts to view the Holocaust in an entirely different perspective than his own. This includes the perspective of a German soldier faced with the terror of killing an innocent Jewish man and the perspective of a man who struggles between finding the beauty in both life and death. While society learns a great deal about this time in history, we are not able to entirely grasp the feelings and emotions experienced by people on different sides and in different situations. While we acknowledge that millions of Jews were killed, we often fail to recognize that each of these people had a story; a life. We also view the German soldiers as terrible human beings with a heart filled with ice. However, Wiesel is able to both understand and communicate to the reader that these soldiers did not necessarily have a choice to perform the actions that they we forced to do. Searching to learn more about the depths of the emotions felt during the Holocaust, this book captured my attention and did not disappoint. I would highly suggest this book to anyone not only wanting to learn about the Holocaust, but mostly about the true feelings felt by each out of the millions of Jews and German soldiers.
Wiesel’s talented ability to use sensory images with a mix of figurative language painted pictures for the readers in which they were not only told what occurred, but shown. In Dawn Wiesel created the picture of Jews scrambling for their lives while being surrounded by German soldiers armed with guns, as the Jews had no where to run. He wrote, “They ran like rabbits, like drunken rabbits, looking for the shelter of a tree. They seemed to have neither heads nor hands, but only legs. And these legs ran like rabbits sotted with wine and sorrow. But we were all around them, forming a circle of fire from with there was no escape” (Wiesel 163). Instead of Wiesel simply stating that Jews were scattering for their lives and German soldiers surrounded them, he skillfully used a mixture of figurative techniques to portray the image of helpless, drunken bunnies bouncing around, trying to find cover that was nonexistent as they were trapped in a ring of fire. He used this type of imagery in all three of his books that allowed the readers to feel as though they were there; to feel the true terror of what occurred. His type of writing best suits those who enjoy when an authors creates a picture and uses and entire paragraph to describe even the simplest of actions. Those who would rather an author get straight to the point to simply tell a story may finding his writing rather wordy. However, he excels in painting a vivid picture for the reader that allows him/her to feel as though they were at the scene with the character.
Wiesel uses the thoughts of the narrator to successfully depict the characteristics of both the main characters and other characters. In Night, Wiesel narrates the novel in first person. The readers are able to primarily learn about him as he shares his true thoughts. For example, we watch him change his feelings about his father before he enters the camp and a while after he enters the camp. This is shown to the reader not through dialogue, but from the narration of his true thoughts and inner feelings. He also skillfully decides the feelings of the reader towards specific characters through his narration of their actions and appearances. He was able to convey the cruelty of Franek, a once kind and caring man, to the reader by describing his vindictive actions. Wiesel wrote, “All of a sudden, this pleasant and intelligent young man had changed. His eyes were shinning with greed… he knew my weak spot… My father had never served in the military and could not march in step… That presented Franek with the opportunity to torment him and, on a failing basis, to thrash him savagely” (Wiesel 73). As he narrates the situation, Wiesel is able to decide the feelings of the reader towards characters. He revealed the true weakness that was once found in even the strongest characters. He described how some characters changed their morals as their situations changed. Although readers cannot necessarily connect with their experiences in the Holocaust, they are able to relate to the feelings and emotions experienced by these characters as they change in ways they never thought they ever would.
This book is a fantastic read as it is able to educate the readers about a concept that is nearly impossible to fully comprehend. Unless one goes through such a traumatic experience, the feelings felt by these people can not be understood. However, Wiesel is certainly able to convey these emotions successfully with his word choice and creative language. This book is not suitable for youth as it has concepts and descriptions that are too advanced for younger children. However, for teenagers, adults, and our older generation, the collection is very telling. Nearly every generation can relate to it in some way regardless of the reader’s views and experiences.

I chose The Night Trilogy, by Elie Wiesel for my memoir to read for my senior English class. I chose this book because I am very interested in the holocaust, and the stories about the survivors and the traumatic events that they went through. The Night Trilogy is about the author, Elie Wiesel, and his experiences that he went through during and after the holocaust. He talks about the struggles that him and his dying father faced while in the concentration camps. Elie also talks about his life after the holocaust and how much his thoughts and feelings towards the English and Germans have changed. I would most defiantly recommend this book to others.
The Author uses a variety of different styles of writing throughout the book. He uses different examples of dialogue, sensory and figurative language, and showing vs. telling. Wiesel says “In front of us, those flames. In the air, the smell of burning flesh. It must have been around midnight. We had arrived in Birkenau” (Wieslel 46). This was an extremely good example of sensory language. Wiesel also did a good job of using showing s. telling. “Now I tried to look into his eyes, but they were two globes of fire, two suns burned my face” (Wiesel 185). These types of styles keep my attention the entire time. I really did like how Wiesel used all these different types of writing styles. These types of styles may work best for people who like to picture what they are reading because of all of the descriptive words. This book used dialogue, but not that much. People that do not like books with not a lot of dialogue would not look this book too much.
I personally could not relate to the authors experiences at all. I did not have any
family members in the holocaust. I thought that the characters in the book were well rounded. I did not dislike any of them. I just became very annoyed with the main character as he faced his struggles after the holocaust. I became annoyed because he changed so much. As a reader, I believe that the author gave us a choice of whether or not we could like the characters or not. In the book, the author takes about how he had to walk from concentration camp to concentration camp. He says, “ My wound had reopened and was bleeding. The snow under my feet turned red” (Wiesel 100). I feel like this quote made me feel very sorry for the main character. The techniques used were describing what the character was going through. He would give detail that would give you’re a vivid picture of how this character must feel or look like. This technique seemed to be very effective.
This plot was sequenced in chronological order. It starts when the main character first experiences the beginning of the holocaust, and ends with the aftermath of the holocaust. It talks about his changes over the past years since the holocaust. I believe that this book held my attention most of the time. I thought the middle was good. the main character is faced with the difficult task of killing a captured English solider. “When he pronounced my name he was already dead; the bullet had gone through his heart. A dead man, whose lips were still warm, he pronounced my name; Elisha” (Wiesel 220). I learned from this book, that the holocaust was truly terrible. I knew before I read this book that it was terrible, but this book just widened my understanding of all the brutal events that took place in there. I really enjoyed how honest the author was when he wrote this book.

I really did enjoy this book. I would most defiantly recommend this to others. I would recommend this book to someone who is interested in the holocaust. Also I would recommend this to someone who really wants a god read.

I received this book as a gift several years ago and quickly forgot about it to indulge in other topics that seemed more interesting without ever really even reading the dust cover. After all that time I picked it up and thought, "Why not?" Now that I have read it, I am pleased I waited for so long, as it would not have held my interest. This book, a collection of three stories, tracing the lifetime of one man in the first person is like a wading pool with a sloped bottom, you can dive as deep as you want. At the shallow end it appears to be a simple biography of a Jewish man sent to the Nazi camps, later turned murderer, and then ending as a suicidal journalist. A bit deeper is the story of a man maturing, his childlike wonder and zeal for the spiritual crushed by heartless reality, then his present forcing him to kill his past and become something he did not wish to be, and finally just wanting to end it all as his suffering has worn him down and slowly made him cease to feel anything but the pain of his existence. There may be deeper stories at work here, but until I grow more mature, I certainly will not be wise enough to peer into them. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes to read deeply and find hidden meaning within every line, but not to someone who is looking to find an account of the life of a typical Holocaust survivor.

The Night Trilogy contains Elie Weisel's most popular book, Night, and two other lesser known works, Dawn and The Accident (now called Day).

Dawn is the story of a Holocaust survivor who is recruited into an underground organization in Palestine and ordered to kill a British soldier taken as hostage. The novel reads more like a sketch than a full treatment of the subject. The characters make may speeches that by and large prevent the reader from feeling that Weisel is creating a living, breathing work. In the end, the rather obvious moral is spelled out for us, and we are left feeling disappointed.

But The Accident redeems Dawn. Here, in the love story between Catherine and the narrator, Weisel finds a very effective voice, exploring some deep topics about love, death, control and guilt with masterful strokes. Rather than reaching conclusions for us, Weisel lets the reader draw conclusions (or in my case, not) from this dark tale of love. Meaning, he tells us in this complex short novel, must be wrestled not only from life, but from the books we read.

A laborious trilogy. Everything is so black. I understand it was a horrible, horrible time in history and for the people who had to deal with it and are still dealing with it. How they kept their sanity under such conditions and live with such memories is amazing. The only light is in the last few pages and is worth the labor. God gets blamed for the acts of the devil, however.

This book really puts you in place of what was going on, while dealing with the holocaust and terrorists. This shows how the fighting was back then, how World War II effected everyone. This talks about how the Jews fought back during World War II, and they we're fighting pretty well. Although Elisha wants to be the enemy in all of this, but he can't bring himself to be. This book demonstrates that hatred and violence is not the answer. I personally did not enjoy reading this book, but i'm not interested in these types of stories and events. Although, this does not mean you should not read this story. If you like these types of these stories and events, go a head and read it, it will be perfect for you.

The Accident is a book that really makes you think about your life and how well you have lived it. When he gets put in the hosipital by this accident, he starts to think how well he lived his life. I liked how it went back and forth between when he was in the hospital and back to things that happened before the accident. This book has a really good moral, well this is the moral i got out of it. You should put the bad things of the past out of your mind and only keep the good, and live life to the fullest because you never know when it is going to end. there are little saying and conversations in the book that i like very much. there is a part in the book where the guys friend paints a portrait of him while he is in the hospital and the day he gets out he doesnt end up takeing the portrait home, insted he friend that painted it does something with. but over all this is a good book, well if you like books that make you think about yourself.

The Accident by Elie Weisel begins with an accident. A man gets hit by a cab and there it all begins. The man Eliezer is hit and his girlfriend Kathleen rushes him to a hospital..where he fights and fights as he wants to die and the doctor saves me...
Why would a man want to die? The past never leaves us does it. This story is about the Holocaust and its survivors or rather one of its survivors and life as he sees it today - before the accident and after.
While faced with his life or death decision he recalls his time in the German deathcamp at Auschwitz. He recalls the tragedy of of a young girl led in prostitution by the Nazi's, his passionate affair with a woman he will never love, and the horrific events that befell he and his family.
The Accident is a part of a trilogy called "The Night Trilogy" and after reading this one book I am just waiting to lay my hands on the other two.
Excellante!!
A true genius...

Poignant and simply written. The suffering and then the fight to overcome that shadow of pain dogging so many is something I think about almost every day and along with some idea of the many assaults on the Jews through so many centuries reminds me to be alert to and to fight anti semitism wherever it shows up. Unfortunately it does quite often from legos to soles of boots, and sadly and most importantly those turning their backs on Israel.

I had intended to read "Night," the great classic of Holocaust literature, and reading it, I then fell into the others, back to back. The symbols, night and day, death and life, God and man, and one loose, heavy sadness, are the threads which run through these collected narratives. The first (memoir) is a photograph, a moment in time. And the others are like paintings, inspired by the photograph, each with greater depth of color and a new perspective. The author has left three complementary masterpieces and audiences forever contemplating. My thoughts? There is hope at the end, but it comes only after much suffering.

Dawn is the second of a three book series that tells the autobiographical journey of Elie Weisel's life. Weisel is the only survivor of a family that experienced the horrors of the Holocaust, after which, he travels to Palestine to fight for the independence of Israel as a separate state after his recruitment by a terrorist, Gad. Weisel is faced with the fearful task of executing a British soldier, John Dawson, for the sake of the Movement. The British have taken Ben the Moche hostage and are to kill him at dawn, the motive behind Dawson's execution. The book takes place in one evening, several hours. The thoughts and emotions behind having been ordered to end a man's life are the focus of the book, and its depth and intensity will take you to the last page in time sooner than what the plot covers.
Weisel sees the sun begin to rise, and walks down to the prisoners condemnation. The time spent between Dawson and Weisel is unimaginable, and the ambiance so dark and saturated that it is nearly destructive to quit reading before the end.

Dawn is an extremely good book; it was very intense and mature. Not everyone would be able to handle some of the events in this book or interpret a phrase or character in the story. The book is a very fast read and you almost experience the torture along with him, your heart aches at the end along with his. It is an emotional book, not for those weak of heart or mind, but over all is was awesome. I would recommend it to any one who has read Night, if not, read that one first.

This novel was informative. It is made of three sections of false and true acounts of the Holocaust.
The first part, Night, is a truthful autobiographical account of a consentration camp. It definately helps a person understand how to feel about survivors and vitims of the Holocaust. You will have a new respect for these people after reading a first hand account of what they went through.
Dawn is a fictional story about a young man of 18 after his experience in a camp. The symbolic meaning between the two books, Night, being symbolic of death, second, Dawn, a re-birth, is another way to make one think about what happened not only during, but after the war. It may not be a first hand account, but it did happen. Things like this still happen today.
The Accident. This is the third book, also fictional. Mostly symbolic, as the others, it is different than one may think. It contains symbolism of death and dawning. It shows how the conditions of war affect a person's being. Just as fighting in a war affects someone, so does being a victim of war, a representitive.
Things like this still happen today. People need to be aware of these things. Discrimination, war, and for the most part hate and intolerance. This book will help to open your eyes and your mind.

I have never read another book quite like this one. All I can say is it is incredible. It is not a book with happy ending. Though this book is fiction it is at the same time an account of the authors feelings and experiences. He was a survivor of Buchenwald concentration camp. The way he uses words keeps you reading and unable to put the book down. I have not given a great description, because that is difficult. I can say it left me wanting to re read it and to find as many other books by Elie Wiesel as possible.

At first I was hesitant to pick up "The Night Trilogy", but after reading through most of the first book "Night", I became very interested. I chose the book because I knew it was about the Holocaust, but also that it included some fictional aspect about the characters life afterwards. The breaks in his life between each chapter made me want to keep reading. Throughout the three books, Elsie Wiesel used an enormous amount of sensory description, and in the third book, "Day", the author showed the reader what was happening instead of just telling them with long, drawn out sentences. The reader could visualize what was happening and may have also felt the emotions that the characters did. The author developed most of the characters that he introduced into the plot rather than leaving them one-dimensional. The first book was intense and kept me reading, while the second one took on a more fictional terroristic view and left me uninterested. The beginning of the third book picked the story back up but then seemed to slowly decline from there on out. The author did tend to go off on small tangents which seemed irrelevant to what was occurring at that moment. Through the use of style, characters, and the plot, Elsie Wiesel makes the three parts of "The Night Trilogy" interesting for the reader; Despite patches of dry literature I would recommend this book to most people who can handle some sensitive subject matter.

When reading this book I did not have the highest expectations for it. I wanted to try something different and a trilogy was something that caught my eye. The book is broken up into three different sections, Night, Dawn, and Day. Each section has its own unique story, branching from the holocaust, terrorism, and a horrifying motorcycle accident. The author developed most of the characters and that gave the reader an thorough understanding of the characters. One unique thing this book is that it never fails to catch the readers attention. Wiesel catches the reader's attention by using lots of sensory imagery and wording of his sentences. There is no bland sentence in the book. Each sentence paints a picture into the reader's mind and lets the reader get a full grasp on what is going on during that situation. However, this book is not for everyone. There are some extremely dark and cruel moments in the book that can be uneasy to some readers. The overall mood of all the sections in the trilogy is dark and gloomy.Occasionally when reading this book there were times where I could not put the book down because of how intense and fast-paced some of the chapters were. In conclusion, I recommend this book to anyone that is interested in something that is different than the classic narrative.

The Night Trilogy was a very difficult book to read emotionaly. Eile was able to discribe his horrific experiences in such great detail it almost made you feel as if you were there. Elie was able to draw in readers with Night and to keep them wondering with Dawn and The Accident.
Night was by far the best of the three books since it was very facual and provoked your thoughts in ways they have never been provoked. I enjoyed reading this book for its historic value along with it's high emotional content.
Dawn and The Accident were also very good books but they streched the symbolic phrases to a point were you didnt want to hear them any longer. "Eyes" was a phrase heard all to often in the three books. It was a very significant phrase but used to much.
All in all it was a very good novel that I enjoyed reading. I recomend that anyone interested in the Holocaust or for just an enomtional read might try The Night Trilogy.

"Night" is without a doubt, the best of the three works in the trilogy. Wiesel's experiences are heart-breaking, yet he retells his story with a degree of frankness that illustrates the complete emotional breakdown that victims of the concentration camps experienced. "Night" is an horrifying account of the Holocaust, and it ought to be read for years to come as a reminder to what can happen when mankind loses its humanity. Although Wiesel prefaces "Dawn" and "Day" as being works of fiction, the two stories are much less fictional narratives then they are brief insights into the mind of a man who has been emotionally broken by the horrors he experienced. To read "Dawn" and "Day" without associating them with Wiesel as their author would be a mistake, as Wiesel's questioning of God's existence and the goodness of humanity is inherent in both works.

A friend of mine recommended Night to me, & after reading that I am going to purchase this book to finish the story. I'm at a loss for words at how painful Night was to read. The writing itself is thought provoking & really makes you look inside your own life, mind & soul.
This is a must read.

Great three books all in one. My Daughter and I have both read these when she was younger and I bought this copy for her to take to college for her class. Lots of other students asked where she got the combined book. Three tremendous stories everyone should read.

Night is a painful and harrowing story about the madness and evil that darkened Europe during the Second World War. Elie's story begins in Transylvania in a small Jewish neighborhood where Elie and his family live, unknowingly, on the brink of terror.

Elie, his family, and community are captured, shuttled into railroad cars, and transported to Auschwitz, Nazi Germany's largest concentration camp. So quickly turns the fate of Elie and his family that they disbelieve their circumstances even as they witness people being conducted en masse to gas chambers and crematoriums. The weak are killed. The strong become industrial slaves, entitling them only to hope for another day and a slower death.

Elie survives Auschwitz and Buchenwald, outliving both his mother and his sister. But Elie still has his father. Sensitive and intuitive, he notices that many fathers die after losing their children. Elie realizes that if he were to die, his father would soon follow. Elie tells himself that he must live in order to give his father hope for living.

Elie does eventually live to see his father die in an infirmary, emaciated, exhausted, beaten, spiritless, and vulnerable like a child.

While his father's health is still in decline, Elie daily brings half his ration of bread to him, but that would not save his father from the darkness. A German soldier beats the last bit of life out of his father while he lay prostrate on the edge of death. "Elie," his father exhaled with barely the strength to whisper his son's name as his last word. Elie, motionless, unable to utter the words in his throat, confronts the guilt of being unable to help his father. How could he allow the soldier to beat his dying father? Why was he too afraid to cry out to answer his father's call? So helpless against the growing darkness.

Elie is most vulnerable when contemplating a world without God where darkness prevails. How can we, he asks, witness thousands burned in crematoriums or children being shot, thrown into a pit, and buried without losing our belief in a loving God? How can God himself ignore such evil? Where can we find a place in such a world for the Torah, the Kabala, and belief?

Yet, in a world hostile to belief and hostile to life, Elie witnesses and shows us himself that hope and faith do still sprout up like grass through cracks in the sidewalk, or, more appropriately, like moonlight through cracks in the curtain. The Night is dark, but not pitch-black where yet lives one sensitive soul.

​The Night Trilogy: Night, Dawn, Day by Elie Wiesel, an actual survivor of Auschwitz, is one the most notable pieces of Holocaust literature. After researching reviews and reading summaries, I was interested in reading a Diary of Anne Frank 2.0 because I believe that is one of the best masterpieces ever written. Boy, was I wrong because this trilogy was a huge disappointment. The Night Trilogy starts off with Night, which is the bulk of the trilogy. It takes the reader on a rollercoaster through the author’s young experience as a victim of the Auschwitz concentration camp, describing his change in character and faith as he struggles to survive. Day is the second installment of the trilogy, and confusingly is fictional. It is about a Holocaust survivor, Elisha, who is recruited by the Jewish Movement (a terrorist group that is trying to rid the English from Palestine) while he is in Paris. He travels to Palestine where he trains with the Movement, but the main problem that Elisha faces is he is ordered to execute an innocent Englishman, after Elisha has experienced so much death, in retaliation for the death of one of their Movement members. The final segment of the trilogy is Day, which is about an unnamed narrator who is on a date, but is hit by a cab while crossing the street. Most of the story takes place in the hospital and flashbacks, as he struggles to find reasons to live since he has had such a horrible past. Overall, I think the segments of this book are completely unrelated and confusing since only the first installment, Night, is nonfiction. Even then Wiesel stretches his feelings so much that the book is too dark and cynical for my tastes; this is nothing like the Holocaust books I have ever read.
​One small positive of this book was Wiesel’s style. He never failed to make his writing monotonous since he relied on extensive figurative language, which was constant throughout the three books. For example, I admired that he always personified death, “Death is a being without arms or legs or a mouth or a head; it is all eyes” (160). He also continued to do this in the second book, “The tattered fragment of darkness (speaking of death) had a face…the face was my own” (225). Also, his dialogue used in the first book was notable, unlike the second and third which had very little. In the first, the dialogue from the Nazi officers painted a picture of how disgusting they were towards the Jews, “’There are eighty of you in the car,’ the German officer added, ‘if anyone goes missing, you will all be shot, like dogs” (42). These styles kept my attention since I was looking for examples throughout the trilogy. However, I only found most of these elements in the first book, so my attention was lost in the other two. Wiesel’s overall general style would be admirable by an older audience most likely since his tone and word choice is very mature. Younger audiences might find it confusing since he uses a lot of metaphors and other figurative language. I personally thought it was overbearing at times, but then at other times, style was nonexistent.
​I could never truly relate to the author’s experiences since I was obviously not alive during World War II, but I also have never experienced death or self-guilt because of death. Although most of the audience might not me empathetic, the audience could definitely be sympathetic since the narrator’s emotions are very evident. Most of the people mentioned in the book were side characters since it was written in second person, and the main focus was the narrator’s feelings. But because of this, I was able to make my own judgments on some of the other characters. Obviously the narrator, and history itself, chose my feelings toward the Nazi officers, but characters in the second and third book were sort of vague and I had to find my own feel for them. Wiesel used dialogue mostly to give a picture of each person to the audience. The narrator’s friend of the Movement in the second book said, “’We need victory, victory in war, in order to survive, in order to remain afloat on the surface of time’” (195). This depicted his urge to win, and his only focus was to win. He did not care about lives lost, but more so about the survival of his own group. Other than minor characters, I admired Wiesel depicted the other members of the camp as animalistic since they were treated like animals. This type of style was very effective in getting the point across.
​The trilogy sequence was plotted totally different in each book. Night took place in a series of concentration camps during World War II and the narrator was fifteen. Dawn took place in Palestine when the narrator was roughly nineteen. And Day took place in New York when the narrator was in his twenties. The trilogy as a whole was plotted chronologically, and I believe was a sequence of the author’s growth from the darkness of death in the first book, to being the darkness of death in the second, and then trying to overcome the darkness in the third. Did the book hold my attention the entire time? No. I got lost in between some of the changes of settings, and switch from actual events to fictional, and other twists and turns of flashbacks and hallucinations. But did some parts draw me in? Yes. The first book Night was by far the most attention grabbing installment because it was fast paced and I was interested in what was going to happen next to this poor young boy who witnessed so much death at a young age, including someone very close to him (for spoiler’s sake), “His last word had been my name. He called out to me and I had not answered” (130). His internal battle between faith in God and the reality of the situation he was in was entertaining and got me involved in pondering what I would believe if I were in the situation. On the other hand though, the last two books lost me completely. It was like finishing a marathon reading these last two, because its almost feels betraying to go from being nonfictional to hypothetical—and not even entertaining hypothetical! The second book drags out the thoughts the narrator has (now named Elisha) about killing an innocent man, even though he is part of a terrorist group. What does the guy expect?! And then in the final book, the unnamed narrator has so much self-guilt that he does not want to survive his accident with the cab while other doctors are trying to save his life. This part was the most confusing because he goes from self-hatred, “You see Doctor, what people say is true: man carries his fiercrest enemy within himself” (245) to “To refuse life is a sin: it’s stupid and mad. You have to accept life, love it, cherish it, fight for it as if it were a treasure, a woman, a secret happiness” (297). If anything, the first book was interesting and I learned a lot about a fight against your past-self and present-self, but the other two were an exaggerated waste of time.
​I would like to reiterate that I respect the author, I appreciate what he has done and what he has been through, but this trilogy was just not for me. I understand that the three books and the name changes throughout are signifying his transformation since the days of Auschwitz. But I just felt teased to one nonfiction book and then the other two fictional. I wanted to know the real rest of the story. However, some may like this strategy, like the older generation that is more familiar with the 1940s-1960s. Other than people 65 and up or World War II experts, I wouldn’t recommend this trilogy, but more so the second and third books. I would recommend the second and third books if you are looking for a quick way to fall asleep.

I was given the first two stories of the trilogy to read in my Nazi Germany and the Holocaust class this year and found them to be excellently written and very meaningful. With the help of an excellent teacher who posed all the right questions I was allowed to see the full meaning of these two stories.

I wasn't able to read the Accident, as my teacher chose for us to read the Sunflower by Simon Weinsenthal instead, although I do hope to someday.

Night and Dawn are two great stories which should be read by all.

this book is filled with profound thoughts and insights that let one know what the horrible concentration camps were like and how one changes after experiencing them. this book also tells how one's past molds the future and what life is after such horror and death. it is a great book that everyone should read.

Having read only a small amount of the literature on the Holocaust, I can put this book up on a level with Primo Levi's "If this is a man" and "The Truce". The conveyance of utter brutality and indifference of the plight of millions of people is completely translated for us by Elie Wiesel. I would like to thank the author for this book and the message it tells.

This is a must read - for everyone! A real, raw and riviting account of Ellie Wiesel's personal experience during the Holocaust. Starting when no one believed the pending danger of war... to the formation of ghettos and finally life in a concentration camp. His Nobel Peace Price Acceptance Speech at the end of the book is an important bonus! We must NEVER FORGET... Ellie's account will help.

It is, in a nutshell, the most powerful book I have ever read. It challenges you not only emotionally but intellectually as well. It redefines your views of humanity and the world. To call it a masterpiece would still be an understatement. A definite must-buy for everyone who cares about himself and about the world he lives in.

The Accident
I recently read the first person narrative biography, The Accident, by Eli Wiesel. This novel is very real which leads it to be depressing. I am not real sure I liked the book. It was interesting, but it was never very happy. The main character, Eliezer, comes from a concentration camp to New York and tries to start his life over. He is soon afterwards hit by a taxicab and severely hospitalized in a body cast. He then reflects on his life up to that point as he lies in the hospital all day talking with his doctor about death, pain, and love. His doctor meanwhile tries to figure out if the accident really was an accident.
People interested in relationships or a person's psyche may be interested in this novel. The reader is invited into every thought that Eliezer has. It is very personal, and Eliezer is very depressed from a tormented past from concentration camps and the catastrophe that happens to his people. He contemplates all aspects of living after being so near death. I am not really sure anyone will enjoy this book. This book is more of an eye opener. This is a good book for people who enjoy realism and pessimistic symbolism.

I thought the trilogy was a nice collection of stories, both real and fictional, of experiences from the holocaust. Night gave me a different perspective of what it meant to be a survivor of this tragedy and how it changes a person. The Accident was pretty interesting. It makes you think about your fears and belief system. I liked having all three in one book. It was a fairly quick read.

I'm not sure if you want me to rate the conditions of the book I received, since I bought an used book or if you want me to rate the book itself. I'll rate both.

The conditions of the book was amazingly good for an used one.

The book was recommended to me by my 16 year old daughter. She has read it at school, and became really fond of Elie Wiesel. She bought some others books by him, and wanted me to read this trilogy. I prefered Night, although I enjoyed the all 3.

Night Trilogy by Elie Wiesel is a story about a city of Jewish people who are being killed by a guy
named Hitler. The main characters are Hitler, The Weisel, and a
city of Jewish people. Hitler is a leader who tries to kill all the Jewish people.
The Weisel is a guy who tries to lead all the Jewish people to freedom, and the "Jews" are the people living in the city being killed. My favorite character in the story is The Weisel because he tries to save all the "Jews."
I can relate to the "Jews" because I am Jewish. I have never done
or felt any of the things in the story.
I liked the book because it told me all about what happened to
"Jews." My favorite part of the book was when the families got
separated from each other. I would not want to change anything
in the book.
I recommend this book to older people because of all the gore, but I also would recommend this book to Jewish people who want to learn about their history.

Miklos Gruner, a Nazi Concentration Camp Survivor, claims that Elie Weisel does not have a tattoo and is an IMPOSTER ( ' a LYING WEASEL ' ). See on-line " Stolen Identity - Miklos Gruner "... Please read " The Holocaust Industry ", by Prof. Norman G. Finkelstein. Regarding ' The Nobel Prize ' for Peace, war criminals like Henry Kissinger and Barak Obama are the...' winners '...And please spare me with antisemitism, self-hating Jew, etc., etc.