One of the most significant lines in Elie Wiesel's book Night is found on page 16 when he says, '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.' This line is incredibly powerful as it serves as a motif throughout the entire book, providing an overarching metaphor for Elie's journey. The phrase 'seven times cursed and seven times sealed' is a reference to the seven days of creation from the book of Genesis, and the repetition of the word 'night' implies a feeling of timelessness, as if Elie's suffering will never end. The language Wiesel uses in this quote is incredibly effective in conveying the despair and hopelessness that he felt upon arriving
All humans have the will to live in at least one point in their lives, even the smallest will can live in someone unconsciously. Humans were born so that they could live, and many of those people will desperately do anything to survive, especially in times of crisis. This reality is portrayed by Elie Weisel in his book, Night through the use of symbolism, repetition, rhetorical questions, and foreshadowing. In chapter four if Night, Elie had been transferred to Buna from Auschwitz.
In the story, Night the author, Elie Wiesel uses repeated words to show the reader how the character feels. This choice is important to the narrative as a whole because it develops the readers understand of the character traits. When the character stated on page 32-33 ‘’not far from us ,flames huge flames were rising from a distance that would be easier than a slow death in the flames’’.
Do you remember learning about the holocaust? The holocaust was a historical event and lasted twelve years. It was a horrible time in the world. Elie Wiesel in the memoir “Night” explains why the holocaust should never happen again. Wiesel uses pathos, Metaphors, and lastly repetition to support his explanation.
Evyn Ringena Mr. Baker English 1 5 May 2023 Speak up In his acceptance speech, Elie Wiesel indicates how neutrality only favors the oppressor. An example of his central idea, neutrality only favors the oppressor, comes from his book Night.
The book Night made by Eli Wiesel is about a young 15-year-old Romina Jewish boy who was put into a concentration camp with his father in Germany. Eli Wiesel's Book Night was created to create Diction, Imagery, and Pathos to show the dangers of losing faith and the fear of not caring about others' suffering. Throughout the book, He uses imagery to show how being in these conditions can make you not care about others' suffering. For example in the book when he says “When the SS were tried and they were replaced.
Liliana Lopez-Soriano Ms. Salamida English I 6 April 2023 Night: Impact of Cruelty on Faith The author of Night, Eliezer Wiesel, claims, “In the beginning there was faith — which is childish;” after having been in camps for a very long time and having lost his faith after all he lived in the camps. In this story, everything the prisoners witnessed caused them to lose their faith. The prisoners thought they were going to be saved by their God but since nothing happened to save them, they slowly started to lose the strong faith they once had in the beginning.
In 1941 through 1945 there were many atrocities happening at once which destroyed many places around the world during World War II, but there is one specific event that impacted Europe by terrorizing many people, which was the Holocaust. At just 15 years old Elie Wiesel, author of the memoir Night witnessed the Holocaust first-hand, and he realized that it was vital to share his story with the world so people would be aware of what happened and avoid repeating mistakes in the future. In the memoir Night, Elie Wiesel uses imagery, hyperbole, and personification to make the story more realistic for the readers. These 3 types of figurative language help the reader to understand the experience that Elie and the Jewish community went through. The true story Night uses multiple of literary devices to help
In the memoir Night, the author, Elie Wiesel, tells his story about his life during the Holocaust. He talks about his experience in the concentration camps and the traumatic events that occurred. This is all to show a few different meanings. Firstly, the title itself represents the darkness and anguish the Jews experienced. One way Wiesel expresses this meaning is through figurative language, for example, “The days resembled the nights, and the nights left in our souls the dregs of their darkness (Wiesel 94).”
It’s often complicated to metaphorically express a depressing topic with only one word that people can relate to. Author Elie Wiesel had managed to complete this feat, though many may argue what exactly Wiesel meant to express. The word “night” symbolizes fear, hopelessness, and futility. This gives reason to why the word and its extended metaphor are appropriate for the title. To put a start to the claim, the word night symbolizes fear because, at many points of the biography it tells of the situations where Wiesel and his family experienced the horrible emotion.
On a late wiery night, with a full moon shining bright in the sky, there was a middle-aged German steadily walking through the streets of his hometown. Everything seemed normal until he stumbled upon a poster attached to a street light. He didn’t think of it much until he realized that this wasn’t just any regular poster, it was a Nazi poster promoting Hitler and his youth. Curious, he examined it carefully and read it thoroughly. The poster read “Jews.
For example the last sentences of the chapter were, “Then Bloody Juan gathered up my clothes, but I wouldn't let him help me. I dressed myself and walked out to the wagon on my own two feet.”, which shows Mate didn’t regret what had happened nor felt sorry for herself. This is because her walking “on my own two feet” shows she will carry the strength it takes to support the movement. Alvarez effectively used interior monologue and figurative language to show how Mate is willing to do what she feels necessary to support the movement such as sacrifice. Mate at first was only concerned about the wellbeing of her husband since they were in a place of complete vulnerability.
Martin Luther King Jr. once said, "We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope. " Hope and an optimistic attitude are characteristics of a rational and humane mindset. Documenting how these ideals change throughout a period of time in writing can be done through various means of rhetoric including figurative language. In Elie Wiesel 's personal memoir Night, he incorporates similes and metaphors to effectively convey how the victims ' humanity deteriorated throughout the course of the Holocaust. Wiesel 's figurative language at the beginning of the novel conveys how the Jewish people followed commendable politesse and practiced reasonable behavior early on in the Holocaust.
The entire world was so ignorant to such a massacre of horrific events that were right under their noses, so Elie Wiesel persuades and expresses his viewpoint of neutrality to an audience. Wiesel uses the ignorance of the countries during World War II to express the effects of their involvement on the civilians, “And then I explain to him how naive we were, that the world did know and remained silent. And that is why I swore never to be silent when and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation” (Weisel). To persuade the audience, Elie uses facts to make the people become sentimental toward the victims of the Holocaust. Also, when Weisel shares his opinion with the audience, he gains people onto his side because of his authority and good reputation.
The stories it tells, Of places we will never see with our eyes Or feel with our fingers Of emotions that we have never rendered Of lives full of sadness And those filled with greed Of people unhappy Or people in need It tells us of children And old crippled folk Of monsters and dragons And towns filled with smoke Of fairies and princes And crowns made of gold Of falling kingdoms And castles, stony and bold It shows worlds of paper and paints Of villages blessed by the caring of saints Of dark worlds and light We experience all, in the dead of the night When we are captured by enchanting tales Hooked onto the story train’s rail We travel, undisturbed, and it never fails That we finish the pages with a sigh and a wail We fold down the pages
