Question

What is the author’s main purpose for writing the memoir Night?

to describe the terrible conditions of war
to explain why a group of people were terrorized
to provide facts about an important time in history
to make people aware of the horrors of the Holocaust

Answer 1

to make people aware of the horrors of the Holocaust

Wiesel’s memoir is a personal witness account meant to bear witness to and warn about the atrocities and human suffering of the Holocaust, rather than serve as a detached historical summary or analyze causes.