TOW #22: Day by Elie Wiesel (IRB Part 2)

            Every day must come to an end; but in this case I mean the conclusion of the book, Day, by Elie Wiesel. The book main focus is around the accident of Wiesel. After being struck by a cab, Wiesel is hospitalized for weeks in a full body cast, so close was he to meeting his life’s end. He has so much to live for, but Wiesel only cares about one thing, Kathleen.  Much of the book revolves around Wiesel’s experiences with Kathleen and the others he has encountered through his life. All of these people are from different events of his existence, both past and present.

            Wiesel wrote Day to continue to tell his saga. All readers of his book can easily become addicted to the text due to its interesting topic and brilliant author.  One way Wiesel keeps his readers hooked it through the organization of the book.  He is constantly switching between different points in his life. He could go from his recover time at the hospital with Doctor Paul Russel to the years of complicated love him and Kathleen have for one another in one chapter alone.  He also switched between dialogues with the people around him to conversations he has with himself in his head. His organization keep readers hooked to the end because all the events he recollects come together in the end.

            But one cannot help but feel sorry for Wiesel and all he has had to overcome throughout his life. Fans of Wiesel’s memoir Night already understand the struggles he faced as a child in Nazi concentration camps; but Day allows his readers to see that his struggling at yet to cease. Appealing to his reader’s emotions is just another way that makes Wiesel’s book impossible to put down. The whole book revolves around him being struck by a cab. But, Wiesel’s story is far from over, and one can tell just from the end of the book that thing are finally starting to turn around for Elie.