The stormy night The gray clouds had been threatening to rain all day‚ but it was only as she left work that it started to rain. The past few days had been horrible. She didn’t get a promotion at work and the only things she did gain were more hours and late nights. When she left the office‚ it was pouring like it never had before. She got into the car and left‚ the thought of kicking off her shoes and watching TV more inviting than ever. As she drove‚ the sight of a huge car behind her caught
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Dark and stormy night It was a dark and stormy night when she came to find me. I was sitting at my work desk‚ writing my daily report of the day’s work when my ears caught a soft knocking at the front door‚ timid but distinct against the fury of the tempest. Who could it possibly be at this hour and in this kind of night‚ I mused as I pushed back my chair irritably to answer the door. As I was about to slip back the latch‚ a small‚ seldom heard voice in the back of my head‚ which only spoke in
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to immediately fall asleep and wake up to a better day. That night I dreamt of a place where the sun was always shined so bright it almost glowed‚ a place where everything there was no noise apart from the occasion sounds of nature‚ and the water was so still it could be mistaken for ice‚ a place surrounded by luscious green trees and colorful flora and when the sun set there was complete silence across the entire countryside. That night I dreamt of a place where I could feel connected and at
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The last time I was in the hospital visiting my grandma I found out she had cancer. It was like any other day‚ getting out of school‚ going home‚ and yet something didn’t feel right. All day as I listened to my teachers teach but yet my mind was somewhere far off. I just kept thinking to myself something’s not right‚ something’s up. At this moment‚ math seems to be troubling me. I knew that 5 times 5 equaled 25‚ but somehow I couldn’t write it down. Some may say it’s a supernatural thing whenever
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survive in a concentration camp and surviving meant only caring for yourself. Eliezer arrived at Auschwitz in 1944 with his father and didn’t know of the horrors that lied ahead of them. “Never shall I forget that night‚ the first night in camp‚ which has turned my life into one long night‚ seven times cursed and seven times sealed.”
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violent acts to happen. This one most accurately represents Elie Wiesel. Ellie was a jew raised in transylvania who wrote about his story going through the daily life at extermination camps with his father during the second World War in his novel‚ Night. For Elie‚ faith was a huge part of his life growing up‚ but as he experiences the horrors that go on in the death camps he loses his faith little by little until he eventually becomes cynical towards religion. From a young age Elie was a very religious
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In the book Night by Eliezer Wiesel‚ is about how he and his family was before and after they were placed in a concentration camp. Eliezer talks about how the concentration camps and the conditions they were facing had affected him and the other jews‚ gypsies‚ etc‚. Eliezer knew what was going to happen‚ if he and the other refugees give up hope of survival during the years or months they have been in a concentration camp. In the late year of 1944‚ after‚ being placed in the synagogue‚ the jews
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significant change in Wiesel? Provide examples from the text. 4. Was any section of the book particularly striking to you? Which one and why? Provide textual examples. 5. Why do you think Wiesel titled the book "Night?" What are the literal and symbolic meanings of "night" in the book? Use examples from the text. 6. How does Wiesel’s writing style strengthen the overall mood? Provide textual support. 7. On page 59. Wiesel describes the soup cauldrons as lambs waiting for slaughter
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Starry Night is a beautiful painting‚ representational in the type of art. The size of the painting is 29 in. by 36 ¼ in.‚ and oil on canvas were the materials used. Van Gogh is using an expressive quality and an emotionalism viewpoint. On the left side of the painting‚ there is a group of black lines that curve in waves upward‚ coming to a point. To the lower right‚ there is a small town that leads up to hills and then mountains. The painting is set at night‚ and the sky is a wondrous swirl of bursting
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Visualize running miles and miles on end in the cold‚ only getting a ration of soup and a ration of bread once a day‚ and getting forced to see people dying left and right. The main character in the book Night by Elie Wiesel had to go through these exact circumstances. The book Night shows Ellie loses hope throughout the book because of these circumstances‚ in the beginning‚ he has not much to worry about‚ and then when he does‚ he stays hopeful for a while‚ and then in the middle he starts to question
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