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    Watching and Reading If you were to watch or read something the feeling or perspective you get may be a little different for each. In the message spoke by Elie Wiesel you can see him and watch him speak. The other version of Elie Wiesel’s speech was written. In the written you read his speech and cannot hear the actual tone used when he reads his speech. Watching him speak you hear the emotion in his voice. He says in his written speech‚ “ The presence of my teachers‚ my friends‚ my companions……

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    In life‚ many instances occur solely because one has been unfortunate enough to be placed into a location at the exact time when tragedy will strike. As a result‚ the victim is unable to control their fate. A primary example of an occurrence of fate transpired in the life of Alice Walker‚ the youngest child in an impoverished sharecropping family‚ when she was shot in her right eye with a BB gun and was forced to lie about the accident. Due to the injury‚ Walker would become blind in the right eye

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    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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    In Elie Wiesel’s memoir‚ Night‚ there are three main universal themes that are addressed; religious beliefs‚ inhumanity towards other humans‚ and the importance of father-son bonds. Throughout the beginning of his memoir‚ he shows a strong understanding with his belief in God‚ and how God has and will teach him everything there is in the world. A world without God is a world not worth living in for him. Throughout his childhood struggles‚ any problems that he encounters are always fixed with a

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    Acceptance Speech The Baker by Heather Cadsby and The Nobel Peace Price Acceptance Speech by Elie Wiesel both reject the idea of “forgot the past” when it comes to torturous experiences. Nevertheless‚ Heather Cadsby and Elie Wiesel have different opinions on dealing with the hatred which is brought by these traumas. Heather suggests to use the past suffering to appreciate the we have now while Elie Wiesel advocates for the pursuit of peace. First of all‚ both the Baker and the Nobel Peace Price

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    November 7 2011 Loss of Innocence Portrayed in To Kill A Mockingbird Innocence is a term used to indicate a lack of guilt‚ with respect to any kind of crime‚ sin‚ or wrongdoing. In a legal context‚ innocence refers to the lack of legal guilt of an individual‚ with respect to a crime. (Wikipedia-Innocence) Innocence‚ that is the main theme in the book To Kill A Mockingbird. In To Kill A Mockingbird‚ Harper Lee uses the mockingbird as this symbol of innocence she also uses the characters in

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    emotions overwhelmed Ralph for he could not bear but “wept for the end of innocence…” (p.225). William Golding’s fictional allegory novel ‘Lord of the Flies’ portrays the loss of innocence through several characters and symbols. Throughout the novel‚ it is clear that the loss of innocence is a vital theme as the reader watch the boys descend into savagery. As the boys spend more time on the island‚ their loss of innocence is illustrated through three main factors; the Beast‚ the feast & dances and

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    (1950-53) and the Holocaust (1938-45) are in most aspects different‚ however‚ there is a heartbreaking similarity existing between the two incidents. That is‚ the pain of the victims gained from the separation of the family. While reading this novel Night‚ for several times we questioned the reason why the Jews ‚ despite hearing the Nazi plans of annihilating the entire population dispersed throughout nations‚ didn’t take chance to flee from the town. As we discussed in class‚ primarily‚ the Jews were

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    The dehumanization of Eliezer by the Nazis in Night by Elie Wiesel In Night‚ by Elie Wiesel‚ a young boy‚ by the name of Eliezer‚ becomes a victim of the Nazi’s cruelty and abuse. Because of the abusive treatment Eliezer witnesses and endures at the hands of the Nazis during WWII‚ he is stripped of his former self forever. No longer is he the secure‚ connected and loved young man whose faith in God is unshakable; instead‚ he is a disillusioned shell of a man who has lost family‚ God‚ and the belief

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    a diary where she recounted her social and educational life as well as her changing body‚ chronicled her life in the annex‚ examined her relationships with her family‚ and avowed her worries about the war. Her loss of innocence is seen

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