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…Night from page 30 Commentary In high school, my students analyzed Night with all the making, frustration and compromise removed. Looking back, they recalled their own frustration: Jenny: "I remember falling asleep more than once when I read Night the first time. I was extremely bored by it. I didn't feel any connection. I felt bad for them, sure, but by the end of the book, I didn't think, 'Man, that was sad!' I thought, 'THANK GOD IT'S OVE...…
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