Living through inexplicable horror may cause one to have problems expressing themselves, but conveying a message to avoid future injustice is important when portraying the unimaginable. From 1933 to 1945, about six million Jews were killed brutally in concentration camps. Adolf Hitler's attempt to exterminate the religion failed for there were numerous survivors who constantly have trouble explaining what happened. However, no words or languages are strong enough to accurately describe the monstrous treatment Jews went through. So how does one describe this inconceivable time in their life? The unspeakable can be conveyed through imagery, word choice, and the description of one's personal experience.
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An excerpt from the novel "Night" well describes one's personal memories as Wiesel recalls his first night in the camp where saw the most horrific things that would prepare him for an awful time. As he arrives in Auschwitz that first night, "flames, huge flames, were rising from a ditch"; already frightened for what this must be, "A truck drew close and unloaded its hold: small children." To "see this, with my [his] own eyes" must be incredibly scarring for Elie as well as one reading about "children thrown into the flames". The night frightens most of us, symbolizing Elie's fear that first night and the following days as he felt like he was living in the dark. Elie additionally states losing the desire to live, showing that he may want to be in the dark forever. Wiesel says the unspeakable by describing exactly what happened and how it affected him on a deeper level, connecting it with God and his faith being destroyed which is a dreadful feeling that no one should ever …show more content…
Documents A, B, C and D accurately demonstrate these writing techniques through each individuals’ stories and representations of the Holocaust. The Holocaust must teach us to speak up for our own rights and not let a dictator like Adolf Hitler rule us, for nothing remotely close to the Holocaust should ever go down in history again. We must rise above hate and ignorance, we must help each other and create peace, love, and respect in this world. For as Martin Luther King Jr. once said, "The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty of the bad people but the silence over that by the good
One effective writing technique used to …show more content…
An excerpt from the novel "Night" well describes one's personal memories as Wiesel recalls his first night in the camp where saw the most horrific things that would prepare him for an awful time. As he arrives in Auschwitz that first night, "flames, huge flames, were rising from a ditch"; already frightened for what this must be, "A truck drew close and unloaded its hold: small children." To "see this, with my [his] own eyes" must be incredibly scarring for Elie as well as one reading about "children thrown into the flames". The night frightens most of us, symbolizing Elie's fear that first night and the following days as he felt like he was living in the dark. Elie additionally states losing the desire to live, showing that he may want to be in the dark forever. Wiesel says the unspeakable by describing exactly what happened and how it affected him on a deeper level, connecting it with God and his faith being destroyed which is a dreadful feeling that no one should ever …show more content…
Documents A, B, C and D accurately demonstrate these writing techniques through each individuals’ stories and representations of the Holocaust. The Holocaust must teach us to speak up for our own rights and not let a dictator like Adolf Hitler rule us, for nothing remotely close to the Holocaust should ever go down in history again. We must rise above hate and ignorance, we must help each other and create peace, love, and respect in this world. For as Martin Luther King Jr. once said, "The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty of the bad people but the silence over that by the good