In the book Night by Elie Wiesel, the main character Elie was taken from his home to be transferred to a concentration camp. He was separated from his mom and sister left with only his dad. When he and his father boarded a train heading towards the concentration camp, they meet a lady named Mrs. schachter and her son. She and her husband have been separated and she’s losing hope. She starts imagining a fire when there isn’t one.

           One thing that surprised me the most was that when Elie’s father asked politely for the bathroom the guard slapped him furiously on face. When Mrs. Schachter starts hallucinating I was shocked at how people treated her. They hit her just to make her be quiet. People started treating them differently and more harshly. I understood why Elie said he was 18. He wanted to seem able to work and in good work condition.

          I feel that Elie doesn’t deserve torture. The punishments are harsh and unruly. Innocent people were killed and hurt. I feel emotional towards the action of the guards and Elie’s family. There’s no reason for them to be hurt.

Maus by Art Spiegelman

               When I read this book I was surprised at how the author could fit humor and inhumane stories together. Maus is a graphic book full of crises and tragedies that Jews had to face. When I got up to the parts where the characters Anja and Vladek had to hide in bunkers and hidden trapdoors just to hide from germen solders I felt as though I was in the book with them. Jews were easily killed and no one stopped them. In the book artie the son of Anja and Vladek writes about the story that his father faced.

Along in the book Artie adds personnel stories making the story seem more humorous and realistic. The problems they faced seemed horrible and the way they were treated was rude. When Vladek saw the Jew being hanged I noticed that Germans tried to strike fear into the Jews. When the Jews started to wear masks to conceal their faces it showed me that Jews had to take precautions when in public. I also noticed that throughout the story punishments got worse and worse. It started when Jews had to use coupons to buy food. Then they were forced out into the street. Finally they were sent to concentration camps.

I feel that germen people believed the rumors about Jews and those they were ringing down society. Hitler influenced everyone that Jews were a bad thing. I felt sorrow when Jews had to be forced out of their own homes. People shunned Jews because they thought they brought trouble from germen soldiers. I think that no one deserves this kind of treatment. The book is overall good and it is full of adventure and excitement.