Hannah Senesh And Elie Wiesel: Poem Analysis

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R As a person in the world we call home, that we see as an extraordinary yet cruel planet, questions constantly are asked about our own human race around us why they do what they do; with knowledge the answers can come as close as we allow them to. When I take my time to look at my family or, other people 's family anywhere I take place not only do I recognize a body structure with fascinating features created but, I also very much so take my deepest effort to see what lies inside beyond that form. Hannah Senesh and, Elie Wiesel are enlightening, willing fighters who bring about answers, they give ourselves reason of how just one person can touch your heart with unbelievable stories. Throughout their lives they took on internal and external …show more content…
She had what we needed in this world, and still do today, when I read a certain line from her poem it caught my eye and, I knew what exactly she was trying to do. " I gambled on what mattered most, the dice were cast. I lost. " When Hannah was ever in a situation where she had to make the decision of helping or not, unsurprisingly she put herself out into the world and did what she could in her own way whether she made a difference or not. During her times before Senesh was killed 1944, war took a great place all around, she had a great loss, and her religion was looked at badly by majority people. Did that let her give hopes up, did the mistakes of others let herself down? The answer is no. People can and will be cruel if the way you take things personally don 't make them feel better, Hannah didn 't let things bring her down. She is a hero because, that takes a lot of guts to be okay with being different and, just to let others know that you will not allow them to hurt …show more content…
When an answer has been the same for a long time, doesn 't it sound good to make your dreams be another clue to the answer? It 's all about taking things to the deeper level, pushing to the next limit because, what is life if there was only one answer only one solution. Like Hannah and Elie and myself, to keep going on with life you have to take every second of it and make it yours. Yes, people are going to ask you and bother you on why you don 't read like they do, why you don 't eat what they do or believe in what they do. What they don 't understand is, you are doing the best you think you are just as another human being, and you have to look at those people as your light; help them understand that the reason you do what you do is to have people like them to look at them with question. That IS hope, nobody can be you, see what you see or make believe like yourself. When it all comes down, it 's up to

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