IRB Exposition

Brian Oh
Language and Literature 10 ACE5
Mrs. Lee
9/6/12

In the beginning of the memoir, it starts off with a foreword from a reporter that talks about his encounter with the Elie Wiesel, the author of this memoir. He talks about how, like the diary of Anne Frank, Night shows the dramatic horrors of World War II in a Jew's point of view. He also adds that this memoir has a very big spiritual aspect, focusing on faith and other religious aspects during certain sections of the book. He concludes by saying that he was inspired by the book and it brought tears to his eyes.

The book is written in the perspective of a twelve year old Jewish boy named Eliezer. He is the only son of a orthodox jewish family that lives in the Transylvanian town of Sighet. His family conforms very highly to Jewish rules and traditions. A man named Moshe who was captured by anti-semetists tells stories about how they made people dig their own graves, but the people dismiss him as a lunatic. The Hungarian government falls and, it leads to the time when the Nazis take over and begin to take away Jews.

This memoir seems really interesting to me because I thought that The Diary of a Young Girl was the biggest memoir on Jewish Holocaust experiences but, After starting this book i realized that this book will probably be even better. It is in the point of view of a boy so i feel like i will be able to empathize better than i did with Anne Frank.

Since it is only the beginning of the book i think that a lot of the dramatic and horrific events are yet to begin. I just read the exposition, and I am yet to get to the rising action. I hope that this book really turns out to be as interesting as it seems at this point.