Last Night Entry and Maus Comparation

Here, I read from approximately page 50 or more untill the end of the book. Ellie is transfered from Auschwitz to Buma then to Gleiwitz and finally to Buchenwald. He ends up loosing many of his friends and eventually his father, who dies three months before Ellie is liberated. After Elie is liberated by the American army, he ends up surviving the Holocaust. Eventhough the story ended sadder than any other story ive read of the Holocaust, this one I felt the most connection with.

The connection I felt with Night is the same I could see within Maus, which is a father-son relationship. Art Spiegelman doesn't get very well with his Vladek, and they often end up fighting over many things. Meanhwile, in Night, Elie wanted to save his father from death, and their relationship becomes even closer as the book ends. I think that somehow they managed to love each other more in the end, because it was basically the only thing they cared about in their world. When I was almost getting to the end, a few tears got out of my eyes, and beleive me or not, this book made me cry! It is one of the few books I've read that has impacted me the most.

Curiously, the day I finished this book,was the day of my grandfather's death anniversary. I can still remember my father getting out of the car and grabbing me very tightly, and seeing water in his eyes. And somehow that image won't leave me in a near future. Sadly, like in Night, we all must face the day in which our loved ones die, one way or another. And I think that was a very important message in this book. Even if Ellie lost faith in God, or in anything, his bond with his father will never die. And I hope mine won't.