Examples Of Juxtaposition In Night By Elie Wiesel

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About six million Jews died during the Holocaust; however, there were some people that survived. Elie Wiesel is one of the survivors in the Holocaust. He wrote his memoir, Night, using figurative language to describe his life in the concentration camp. Two of many literary devices Wiesel uses to connect with the reader is syntax and juxtaposition.
The first literary device of the two literary devices Wiesel uses is syntax. Syntax dictates words from different speeches to convey a complete thought . “One died because we had to” (Wiesel 89). This quote represents syntax. Wiesel uses a dependent clause at the end of the quote to help the reader understand there was no escaping death. Furthermore,
The second literary device that Wiesel

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