As soon as I completed this novel, I began researching more about the author and discovered that Night is the first of a trilogy. Just added two more reads to my growing I-can't-wait-until-summer-gets here list! Maybe within these two novels, I will find the answers to my other questions.
- Was his faith in God really completely destroyed?
- What happened to him after that American airplane arrived? (I was so proud that it was an American plane!)
This novel is one that I will lead a discussion with my students following Spring Break...it is a journey that all should take, for this book should be a reminder to us all of two of the many comments made by Weisel that was so poignant...
Still, I told him that I could not believe that human beings were being burned in our times; the world would never tolerate such crimes...
What I do know is that there is "response" in responsibility. When we speak of this era of evil and darkness, so close and yet so distant, "responsibility" is the key word.
May I do just even a small part, by encouraging the reading of this novel, by encouraging still a "response" in my students in the 21st Century that such horrific crimes against humans never occur again...then I think of the women in Africa...so, yes, we still have a great responsibility.
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