is true because through being flawed characters show more of themselves‚ and become more realistic. Elie from Elie Wiesel’s Night and Yunior from Junot Diaz’s Drown are two characters who are flawed and show who they really are‚ and therefore as readers we can connect to them. Elie Wiesel‚ the protagonist in Night‚ is characterized as someone with many flaws which make him a complex individual. Elie has an internal conflict whether
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THE CONTEXT ESSAY Written response to a prompt- a statement about the theme which you are required to “break open” in your response. Theme – “rites of passage” Example of a prompt: “Rites of passage presents obstacles which must be overcome” The context essay can take three forms: Expository Persuasive Imaginary THE PROMPT The prompt or stimulus is what must be addressed in relation to the texts you have explored. Sometimes there may be an image as well as text Discussion of the prompt
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that even in the most brutalising conditions‚ people still behave humanely. To what extent do you agree?” In the text Night‚ written by Elie Wiesel‚ it is a horrific story about how the Nazi’s invaded Wiesel’s hometown of Sighet‚ Hungry and where taken under German control and sent to many concentration camps. During his time at the concentration camps‚ Elie and fallow Jews were in harsh and unforgettable conditions and treated severe from the Germans that no one could imagine. There is plenty
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Night‚ an autobiography by Eliezer Weisel‚ recounts his experience of being a Jew in the Holocaust during the early 1840 ’s. The story explores the escalation of fear in the Jews and its overriding presence in their lives‚ Eliezer ’s crisis of faith‚ and the loss of humanity in the Jewish people including the numerous images of death put forth in the book. Weisel portrays their fears in ways we could never dream of and makes us look at how people are affected spiritually in the wake of dehumanizing
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The distinction between the two concepts is very thin and only a few people who have acquired high levels of intellectual knowledge can know the differences between the two. Elie Wiesel was truly a magnificent writer who brought the two concepts to the mind of the reader in incredible stories about the madness of our life. He has shown the struggle of being a survivor and a “mad” witness of the horror and atrocities of the
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by Elie Wiesel‚ loss of hope is portrayed through the actions and thoughts of the Jews of the Holocaust. Elie’s memoir reveals the true emotions the inmates feel when faced with the horrors of the concentration camps. Their helplessness gradually becomes hopelessness. In the novel‚ the passionate emotion communicated is despair. Elie’s experience tells us of this when he gives up on his religion‚ his family and the world in general‚ including himself. Firstly‚ despair is shown when Elie loses
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Samuel Lechuga Bernstein English 9 honors/Pre-AP/Period 1 25 April 2013 Section 3 1) F-Tzipora 2) G-Stein of Antwerp 3) D-Madame Schachter 4) B-Moshe the Beadle 5) 6) H-Dr. Menglele 7) D- Madame Schachter 8) B- Moshe the Beadle 9) C- Mr. Wiesel 10) B-Moshe the Beadle Section 4 1. Holocaust- A great or complete devastation or destruction‚ especially by fire. 2. Synagogue- A synagogue is a Jewish house of worship‚ often having facilities for religious
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Wiesel addresses the theme of mankind’s inhumanity towards others as he recounts the event on a passenger ship involving the Parisian woman and the native children fighting for a coin in the water. He connects this moment to the horrific scene on the train where men fought to death for scraps of food and German soldiers laughed. We humans can sometimes be the most inhumane‚ from all the destruction we cause to the pain and suffering we create. When one decides to throw everything away in order to
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Each individual in the world that is living at this moment has a past. For a select few of these individuals‚ the past has more longevity in comparison to others. Although many vary in the length of it‚ the kind of past is relevant for everyone. A person’s past consists of different events and situations that all combine to create memories that live inside of their mind. Many of these memories created stay with a person for an extended period of time. For countless others‚ the memories become non-existent
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Plot‚ characters‚ and theme page I read the novel Night by Elie Wiesel. It is about a young boy named Eliezer during the era of the Holocaust and is narrated through his words. He talks about his faith through the Jewish readings but is cut short when his teacher Moshe is deported. Moshe comes back and tells him the Gestapo shot them all down in a ditch and how he narrowly escaped. This sets up the story telling about the inhumane genocide of the Jewish people. After this‚ the Germans occupy Eliezer’s
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