Through the eyes of others

Literature helps us see how others live life and help us appreciate how others live. In the novel Night by Elie Wiesel he explains what life was life during WWII and in concentration camps for the Jewish people. In the book Night when he talks about the concentration camps he says  “Which is worse? Killing with hate or killing without hate?”. As a young child as Elie was in concentration camps its a hard reality having to think that people are killing people like you for no reason. Looking back on the war we can see what we did wrong but at the time people were to oblivious/ they didn't want to see what was going on. In the book Wiesel makes a good point when he states “We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.” . I believe in this quote we are able to understand how Elie felt inside the concentration camps. Obviously it is extremely hard to understand how life was in concentration camps but with books like Night we can understand how Wiesel view life there. Novels such as these help us see through the eyes of people in different situations then our own.