This is an essay written by Kavana Gonur. This is an essay that will amaze you. This is an essay that you will never forget. Believe me. I was taught this very style- the 3+1 method- in my introductory speech and debate class as a way to write an interesting, unforgettable introduction or conclusion. It has proven me not only success in speech and debate, but as a way to convey meaning and my point in a straightforward manner. In my opening sentences, I used a rhetorical device called an anaphora, where I repeat the beginning of a sentence three times, each with a different ending to convey a different meaning. Such is the technique used by Elie Wiesel in his book Night. In this section, he repeats himself by starting with the phrase “Never
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Similarly, Wiesel males such use of anaphora. He references the “smoke” that lifted from the chimneys, the “flames” of the crematorium that burned away his faith, and finally, goes on to speak about the silence he was given instead of God’s love. Wiesel speaks about all this in his book- for example, he notes the quality of the air and smoke at the beginning of Chapter 3, going towards the crematorium in the middle of Chapter 3 (and barely routing it), and how his father whispered, “May His name be celebrated and sanctified…” before. Now, for these references, I had to look back into the book to re-experience the feelings Wiesel provided to us. However, when I read the anaphora, I re-experienced the same feelings all over again with just seven lines. That, and the final “Never.” at the end of the section was enough for me, as the reader, to understand the true weight of the situation, and just how severing it truly …show more content…
I realized that Wiesel could never forget those moments in his anaphora, because it quite simply is impossible for him to forget them. The very first night in that camp was a crucial turning point in his life- it was one of the first times he’d been exposed and involved in such a degree of injustice (to him, the children dying in the crematorium for no tangible reason) and also a huge turning point in his faith- God, who he’d worshipped and respected all this life, who was his North Star- could not be trusted furthermore. Of course, Wiesel could never forget his feelings at the first night in camp, because they were simply too strong for him to lock away. What else can he do with these prevailing feelings in a book about the Holocaust than to incorporate it in his writing? Wiesel had simply been stating what had happened up to this point what had happened and expressed only a little bit of feeling- just explaining how he was deported, what happened to Ms. Schacter- but the anaphora doesn’t state just what happened, it also carries the burden of his
Similarly, Wiesel males such use of anaphora. He references the “smoke” that lifted from the chimneys, the “flames” of the crematorium that burned away his faith, and finally, goes on to speak about the silence he was given instead of God’s love. Wiesel speaks about all this in his book- for example, he notes the quality of the air and smoke at the beginning of Chapter 3, going towards the crematorium in the middle of Chapter 3 (and barely routing it), and how his father whispered, “May His name be celebrated and sanctified…” before. Now, for these references, I had to look back into the book to re-experience the feelings Wiesel provided to us. However, when I read the anaphora, I re-experienced the same feelings all over again with just seven lines. That, and the final “Never.” at the end of the section was enough for me, as the reader, to understand the true weight of the situation, and just how severing it truly …show more content…
I realized that Wiesel could never forget those moments in his anaphora, because it quite simply is impossible for him to forget them. The very first night in that camp was a crucial turning point in his life- it was one of the first times he’d been exposed and involved in such a degree of injustice (to him, the children dying in the crematorium for no tangible reason) and also a huge turning point in his faith- God, who he’d worshipped and respected all this life, who was his North Star- could not be trusted furthermore. Of course, Wiesel could never forget his feelings at the first night in camp, because they were simply too strong for him to lock away. What else can he do with these prevailing feelings in a book about the Holocaust than to incorporate it in his writing? Wiesel had simply been stating what had happened up to this point what had happened and expressed only a little bit of feeling- just explaining how he was deported, what happened to Ms. Schacter- but the anaphora doesn’t state just what happened, it also carries the burden of his