When reading Night by Elie Wiesel and watching the “Save the Children” advert, both pieces use of powerful imagery like the way the little girl faces throughout the video and the first look at the horrors of a concentration camp. A theme that is present in both works is don’t ignore suffering just because it isn’t happening to you.
Wiesel chooses to illuminate the theme through giving his reader a sense of being in the moment he experienced. Wiesel has just been taken from his home and is being transported to a concentration camp in a covered car. Wiesel helps to further indulge the reader in his journey by using imagery: “We stared at the flames in the darkness. A wretched stench floated in the air. Abruptly, our doors opened” (Wiesel 28). …show more content…
This image creates a feeling of dread and uncertainty for the reader. Wiesel also uses scent to convey the uncertainty he felt about what the mysterious flame and smell could mean. Additionally, when accepting the Nobel prize for his amazing novel he doesn’t forget the theme he had tried so hard to convey in his book. In fact, he continues to urge everyone and anyone to help in any way they can: “Because if we forget, we are guilty, we are accomplices” (Wiesel). Wiesel is trying to convey the importance of remembering those who have been treated with cruelty and stared death in the face. Because if they don’t, they are allowing their suffering to happen and continue. There is no doubt that the producers and directors of the advertisement feel the same as they choose a specific of shooting this ad. An extremely important choice made was to always have the little girl unaware of the disaster and decisions being made literally right behind her. For example, when the father is reading a newspaper, the news is playing, or people are having a conversation the little girl stays oblivious to the war and bombings until a direct effect is put on to her. This image of her being unaware of the danger imposed on her creates a terror for
Wiesel chooses to illuminate the theme through giving his reader a sense of being in the moment he experienced. Wiesel has just been taken from his home and is being transported to a concentration camp in a covered car. Wiesel helps to further indulge the reader in his journey by using imagery: “We stared at the flames in the darkness. A wretched stench floated in the air. Abruptly, our doors opened” (Wiesel 28). …show more content…
This image creates a feeling of dread and uncertainty for the reader. Wiesel also uses scent to convey the uncertainty he felt about what the mysterious flame and smell could mean. Additionally, when accepting the Nobel prize for his amazing novel he doesn’t forget the theme he had tried so hard to convey in his book. In fact, he continues to urge everyone and anyone to help in any way they can: “Because if we forget, we are guilty, we are accomplices” (Wiesel). Wiesel is trying to convey the importance of remembering those who have been treated with cruelty and stared death in the face. Because if they don’t, they are allowing their suffering to happen and continue. There is no doubt that the producers and directors of the advertisement feel the same as they choose a specific of shooting this ad. An extremely important choice made was to always have the little girl unaware of the disaster and decisions being made literally right behind her. For example, when the father is reading a newspaper, the news is playing, or people are having a conversation the little girl stays oblivious to the war and bombings until a direct effect is put on to her. This image of her being unaware of the danger imposed on her creates a terror for