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Ellie Weilsel's novel Night has nothing to do with today's modern society. This statement could not be more false. There are three main reasons the novel is still relevant today and that is terrorism, bullying, and the power struggles in many parts of the world. These factors show why Night still applies to world activities.

The citizens in America our somewhat sheltered to the facts of what problems our going on around the world. There our countries that are fighting for there freedom against there own governments. Treatment of these citizens is very poor and it is very hard to get in the middle of someone else's business. The treatment in the poor third world countries is very relevant to how the novel relates to unfair treatment and laws.

Terrorism is a huge problem in the world and people need to help each other to overcome this problem. Terrorism is related to Night because people are being killed because of where they are from and how they look. These extreme acts of violence are not only to make money but they have killed many people for no apparent reason. This problem has become so big that it almost seems normal to wake up and hear a story on the news about a car bomb or an assignation of a solider. Not only are the victims and the terrorists being affected but even people from certain countries are being treated wrong. People of Arabian decent our being held up and harassed just because of what they look like and the fact that some terrorist come for there part of the world. The use of profiling and discrimination is what is affecting our society and could make another turn for the worst. This shows how the same techniques used in the holocaust our used still today in different manors and could become a huge problem like shown in Weisel's novel Night.

Bullying is a very big problem especially in America. Kid's and adults face bullying everyday. Most of the time the consequences of bullying our very

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