Yet Another Immersion Novel Blog Post...

Due to the fact that you did not assign a certain number of sentences to be used for this blog, I am going to assume you would like at least 10. There's one down the drain. Oh, there's two! But in all seriousness, it's time to answer some questions. I learned a lot about the Holocaust from reading the novel. For instance, I didn't know that sometimes one of the prisoners would be assigned to assist the SS officers. They were called a Kapo. Also, I didn't know the names of some of the camps, such as Buna, and Auschwitz. Another thing I found really interesting was the fact that you were actually allowed to bring 20 lbs of your own stuff. I found the ending of the book to actually be really confusing, because it didn't really "end." It kind of just left off with him reflecting on himself in a mirror. It could be considered a powerful ending, I guess. But I don't think that I really see the artfulness of it. The ending I guess could be used to say that things like the Holocaust change the victims. Because Wiesel ends it by saying that the way he looked after he was rescued has haunted him for the rest of his life. That is probably what he was trying to do, but I felt the ending was still pretty weak and I didn't get much out of it overall.