Elie Wiesel And Langston Hughes

One of Nelson Mandela’s famous song lyrics is “It seems impossible until it’s done” Elie Wiesel & Langston Hughes are both authors of a book and poem about their lives of discrimination. The author’s use of imagery and tone help the reader understand what they felt and their attitude towards their experience. The novel and poem have many similarities through imagery and tone. Using imagery both authors describe their attitudes during their experience. In the novel, “Night” by Elie Wiesel, he states, “The Kapos were beating us again, but i no longer felt the pain. We were naked, holding our shoes and belts. An order: “Run!” The way the author uses imagery to explain his experience makes the reader feel what he felt and insight on his attitude. The author made it seem like he had gotten use to getting beat and the harsh conditions of …show more content…
Furthermore, an example of this difference in Night is “Never shall I forget the small faces of children whose bodies i saw transform in smoke under a silent sky.” This tone conveys inconsolable attitude toward his experience during the Holocaust because he was being destroyed mentally and physically. He was shook by the smoke of these little kids who have been burned. He will never forget the sorrow he felt. Throughout the story his tone was changed from persistent, to dismay, to indigent, to capitulate. However, Hughes’ tone is different. For instance, in the poem, the author wrote, “Besides, they’ll see how beautiful I am and be ashamed” Showing that the author was proud of who he is and how he looks, no matter what they thought. Also the first person point of view really helps the reader understand how the authors truly felt and their attitude on their experience. It almost makes the reader feel as if he/she is in the authors