“...Silence encourages the tormentor‚ never the tormented” This means that if you continue to stay silent‚ people will continue to be tormented‚ if you don’t stand to make a difference‚ the world will remain the same. When Wiesel says “I know: your choice transcends me.” He means that the award‚ along with the powerful meaning behind it‚ is more important than him. It goes beyond him. He’s scared because he doesn’t know if he can live up to the expectations that come with receiving the award‚ he
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students and give them the ability to become more aware of a complex history. For starters by learning about the Holocaust efficiently‚ children are given the chance to realize that our equality and free institutions are not simply granted to us‚ but need to be fought for. During the Holocaust‚ there weren’t many people who had chosen to speak up and instead‚ a multitude of people chose to keep quiet‚ sprouting another series of problems. In a speech given by Elie Wiesel‚ he explains how‚ “There is so much
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else’s. They would do anything to survive. Night‚ by Elie Wiesel‚ is a memoir about his life in concentration camps during the time of the holocaust. Before going to the concentration camps‚ Eliezer is a normal boy with a loving family who would do anything for him‚ and he would do anything for them. Throughout his experience during the Holocaust‚ he witnesses prisoners sacrifice others‚ even family members to help ensure their survival. Elie too at times thinks of participating in these events with
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“Night” by Elie Wiesel is an autobiography in which Elie’s life during the Holocaust is explained. Elie Wiesel uses imagery‚ figurative language‚ and pathos as tools to express the horrors he experienced while living through a nightmare‚ the Holocaust. Elie describes his experiences with imagery. “Open rooms everywhere. Gaping doors and windows looked out into the woid. It all belonged to everyone since it no longer belonged to anyone.” “Some were crying. They used whatever strength they had left
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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 in a duration of time. Depending on how long the memory lasts within the mind as well as what the particular memories consist of‚ they all combine to create a personal self. In Engel’s essay titled “Then and Now: Creating a Self Through
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rest of the world pretended to be oblivious from more than a quarter of a decade? Answers may vary but one fact that remains is that many of us can only imagine how this happened much less what it was like to live through. However‚ for people like Elie Wiesel‚ our worst nightmare‚ was a reality. "Eight words spoken quietly‚ indifferently‚ without emotion. Eight short‚ simple words.
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experience” (Rick Yune). The relationship of the quote‚ relates to Elie and his father because it demonstrates that father and son rarely get to encounter the same situation together and when they do‚ it is something that is not forgotten. During Night‚ father and son become closer together due to the experience they encountered‚ while at the concentration camps. Once at the concentration camps‚ and separated from the rest of the Wiesel family‚ Elie and his father create an attachment for one another‚ one
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stand up for something or someone. Compassion should be shown and given by everyone. Elie Wiesel was talking about compassion because this was a terrible event. He was talking about compassion because he wanted to show people that he was strong. Elie talked about compassion because he wanted to show people how easy it is
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“Never shall I forget the little faces of children‚ whose bodies turned into wreaths of smoke beneath the silent blue sky.” That was written by Elie Wiesel. Eleven year old Krystyna and twenty one year old Pavel Friedmann had a harsh life. They both were forced to live in the ghetto. This happened from 1941 to 1942. They were forced to live in the ghetto because they were both Jewish. They both had an unforgettable story of their lives. They have similarities and differences in their lives in the
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“So I was hiding out in the heap of dead bodies because in the last week when the crematoria didn’t function at all‚ the bodies were just building up higher and higher. So there I was at nighttime‚ in the daytime I was roaming around in the camp‚ and this is where I actually survived‚ January 27‚ I was one of the very first‚ Birkenau was one of the very first camps being liberated. This was my‚ my survival chance” – Bart Stern‚ Holocaust survivor. January 2015 marks the seventieth anniversary
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