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Night by Elie Wiesel - Blog Post #13

I read this book when I was in high school. When I read this book in high school, I liked it because the story was intriguing. It was just interesting for me to read about the experience of someone going through those camps. This was the only reason I kept reading. The length of the book also made it less daunting to read. I just remember that this book taught me how the holocaust was like. It was my first introduction to the history of the holocaust, and I was just intrigued.

When I reread this novel this time around I was better able to understand and see the horror of the holocaust. I had a clearer picture of what was going on. So of course I still liked the book. It's an interesting view of what he encountered there. The way he lost his innocence at a young age and the way he was seeing his family get sick in the camp made me think about how real and horrific the holocaust really was compared to back in high school. In high school, all of those events were just ideas to me. But now as I'm thinking about whether or not I would teach this book. I'm a little torn. I like the book, but it's also very sad. I honestly don't know if I were to personally teach it. So right now, I will put it in my "maybe" pile of potential books to teach.

If I were to teach this book, I would teach it in a 9th or 10th grade English class. It's a good book, but I don't think it would be my first choice if I had full autonomy in selecting the books I were to teach. Regardless, I do think that many of my students will enjoy this book like I did back in the 10th grade.

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