Unbelievable...

It is interesting to think that Wiesel wrote this book mainly for the purpose of educating people and to prevent something like this to happen again in the future. He didn't want this tragedy to be forgotten or denied. He said - "those who keep silent yesterday will remain silent tomorrow." I couldn't help to think about what would happen when the survivors of the Holocaust are gone and the facts of this may be lost forever as well. I am glad of the journals left behind and the many books written and museums dedicated to the victims in order for us and future generations to not forget. This leads to a discussion question that I have been pondering - can something like this happen again today? It seems impossible and surreal and that it could never happen again. But as we all know - these types of things are occurring right now in foreign lands. With Wiesel's purpose of writing this book in mind, I wonder if there is anything we can do (after reading this book) to prevent such evil from ever occurring again?

The Obvious Discussion Question

So, for the past few days I've been trying to think of a really good question to propose to the group.... but since I haven't had anything out of the ordinary come up...I'll go ahead and state the obvious (age-old) question-- why does God allow things like this to happen??

As I was reading through this book, there were times I had to put it down because I felt quite ill. Putting myself in his shoes, I can't imagine how I would have responded-- to God, to my family, to life in general. And I think the question of evil is easier for me to understand or swallow when it's smaller things-- or inevitable things (e.g. death). But, I mean, this huge thing on such a large scale. This book made the Holocaust a hundred times more real to me.

Done!

I finished Night today. What a sad book! So, how are we doing this? Are we posting questions and/or responding to questions others post? I don't really have a question or comment ready right now. Is anyone else done or close to being done?