Relying on Different Instincts In the book Night‚ Elie Wiesel utilizes similes and metaphors to prove that as people despite facing the most cruel dehumanization will continue to struggle to survive by relying on animalistic and mechanical instincts within themselves.. For example‚ as Holocaust prisoners were being shepherded from one camp to another in the Death March during the winter‚ Elie recounts “I was putting one foot in front of the other‚ like a machine. I was dragging this emancipated
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is from Elie Wiesel in his Nobel Peace Prize Speech. I agree with the quotation. In the story Night by Elie Wiesel‚ many elements correspond to the quote and to the idea of silence and complicity. Wiesel says in his book that many different people were silent because they were not directly affected by the Holocaust‚ and thought that if they did something to try to stop it‚ then they themselves would get hurt. He also explained how people like Moshe the Beadle and other characters in Night who were
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After Elie Wiesel and his family neglect to flee the Jewish town of Sighet‚ Transylvania back in 1944‚ they start to experience the very brutality of what is today known as the “Holocaust.” They were taken from their homes‚ stripped of their valuables‚ and severely tortured beyond human limits. In this dark story‚ the reader can experience pain and suffering like they have never experienced it before by looking through the eyes of the young Elie Wiesel. For a person to endure as much suffering as
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light heart. “I happened to cross his path. He threw himself on me like a wild beast‚ beating me in the chest‚ on my head‚ throwing me to the ground and picking me up again‚ crushing me with ever more violent blows‚ until I was covered in blood” (“Night” 53). As a result of running into an angry SS officer‚ Wiesel first-hand encountered pure rage and torture. Being beaten senseless‚ regardless if you were a child or not‚ was not uncommon in the concentration camps. Although Wiesel was only fourteen
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and his sister. He will clearly remember those eight words probably forever. ""Night. No one prayed‚ that the night would pass quickly. The stars were only sparks of the fire which devoured us. Should that fire die out one day‚ there would be nothing left in the sky but dead stars‚ dead eyes." Eliezer‚ ch.1 " This quote shows the pure terror and fear among the people. This also shows how much they depended on the night and longed for it each day. "Some talked of God‚ of his mysterious ways‚
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Night by Elie Wiesel Lisa Cormier-Léger December 6th 2010 English 22211 Journal Chapter 1: I felt anger and disbelief. Why couldn’t they have known where
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people will make you mad‚ disrespect you‚ and treat you bad. Let God deal with the things they do‚ cause hate in your heart will consume you too." Will Smith proves hate is a bad feeling to have since hatred only leads to more hatred. In the memoir Night‚ Wiesel shares his story about his life in concentration camps‚ and how hard it was to obtain survival during World War II. Throughout the memoir‚ Wiesel develops hatred towards God for the genocide of Jews‚ and this hatred “consumes” his faith for
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In the memoir Night‚ Elie Wiesel uses figurative language and diction to illustrate that in the darkest of times‚ if one keeps on going and persevering‚ success will always be possible. Wiesel uses figurative language to show how hard it was to keep on fighting to survive and how difficult it was to not give up like the thousands of others. Elie writes‚ “I was putting one foot in front of the other mechanically. I was dragging with me this skeletal body which weighed so much. If only I could have
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Night Narrative The train ride was jagged‚ people where silent‚ laying around me like dead bodies. My daughters fast asleep‚ the whole world felt as if it was at peace with itself. If only it persisted. Screams came from the train‚ “Fire‚ Fire‚ Oh Flames…” the lady had lost her mind. “Mother what is she talking about?” my daughter asked with a frightened face. “Nothing darlin’ don’t worry about it.” I said. The young boys in train took her down and started beating her until her cries and
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War II in an era called the Holocaust; Elie Wiesel’s memoir‚ Night‚ is just one story from one man’s perspective of the horrifying event. Wiesel sets the dark and depressing tone with great word choices of the heartbreaking sights he has been forced to see and encounter. This holocaust survivor has been through so much and he is trying to set in stone what Hitler and the Nazis did before it is wiped away like most of the history people do not like to face. Night is a great memoir which tests the readers
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