Each volume in the "Social Issues in Literature" presents biographical and critical information on the author, viewpoints on the social issue portrayed in the book, and contemporary assessments of the social issue as well as a chronology of important dates in the author's life, discussion questions, a guide to additional literary works that focus on the same social issue, a bibliography for further research and a thorough subject index. This book explores the issue of genocide as the theme of Elie Wiesel's book, "Night", describing the horrors of the Jewish Holocaust during World War II, many of which he experienced first-hand.