4.2 The symbolic meaning of flowers
In The Hours, there are yellow roses that Laura’s husband buys. In the eastern
Under the tyrannical rule of Adolf Hitler, the Nazi army systematically executed over 6 million Jewish people during the phenomenon known as the Holocaust. In Elie Wiesel’s memoir Night, the author uses symbols to portray his horrific tone. In this non-fiction piece, night, snow, and fire serve as emblems of Wiesel’s disturbing past. Through his memoir, Wiesel painfully revisits traumatizing memories of former years and fights to prevent the reoccurrence of tragic events similar to the Holocaust.…
In the memoir Night by Eli Wiesel, the author uses fire as a motif to convey the idea that death does not always mean the death of the body, it could also mean the death of faith and hope. For example the author states,”Never shall I forget the flames that consumed my faith forever. ”(78) This supports the idea that death does not always mean the death of the body, it could be the death of the soul and mind, because faith is part of the soul, so that means part of Eli’s soul died when he saw the flames. After this Eli becomes a different person, questioning his faith.…
To be uncertain means to be unable to rely on; to not be completely confident or sure of something. From 1933 to 1945, “uncertain” was most likely a word the Jews used to describe how they felt day in and day out. The Holocaust was one of the most horrific events that has ever happened to this day. Millions died while few survived; Elie Wiesel being one of the survivors.…
In the novel, “The Spectacular Now” the author Tim Tharp uses symbolism through inanimate objects including a purple coat, a flask, and suits to develop various themes such as respect and reputation, drugs and alcohol, and youth. Set in modern day Oklahoma, High school senior Sutter Keely is charming, kind-hearted, self-possessed, and a budding alcoholic. He can be described as being the life of the party and he loves his job at a men's clothing store. After a night of hard-partying and being dumped by his girlfriend, Sutter wakes up on a lawn with Aimee Finecky, his bookish and unpopular classmate, hovering over him. While Aimee has dreams and plans of a future, Sutter lives in the impressive delusion of a spectacular now and has no plans…
The authors of The Terrible Things, Speech, and Night use symbolism and repetition to teach the lesson that people should be warned to help stop things like the Holocaust from happening. In both The Terrible Things and Night the authors use symbolism to warn us to prevent things like the Holocaust by explaining that if you don’t speak up when things are wrong you may regret it. On pages 6 and 7 of The Terrible Things the author writes “The rabbits scampered in every direction. ‘Help!’…
When people are put in a situation to choose between life and death, do they choose to take the path of brotherhood or cruelty? Back in history arose the Holocaust, which ended up killing millions upon millions of unsuspecting Jews. Once they found out why they were put in this situation, the choice was theirs, thrive or starve. In 1944, Elie Wiesel and his father were both taken to concentration camps after their hometown Sighet was invaded by Nazi German Forces. The Holocaust is now remembered because of the stories Elie logged during his terrifying experience at the camps.…
The Holocaust was a period of genocide in which under Adolf Hitler’s command, 6 million Jews were killed. In this novel, Elie Wiesel shares his experiences in the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camps. In Night, Wiesel exemplifies a number of literary strategies throughout the novel. Through comparisons, symbolism, and personification, the main character’s progression is conveyed at the three different stages of the novel.…
This symbolism can be interpreted as the dew on the flowers is the…
Throughout his memoir, Another Bullshit Night in Suck City, Nick Flynn discusses the varying causes of homelessness in America. He discuses every topic from mental illness to poverty, drug abuse to alcoholism, and how each had there own effect on the homeless. While there are a multitude of possible reasons as to why someone is living on the street, Flynn focuses on the effects it has on an individual and on the reactions of society. Flynn calls attention to the rampant crisis of homelessness in America through the use of personal reflection, metaphor, and symbolism. The memoir is riddled with social criticism, and challenges the reader to understand homelessness in its full capacity.…
Flowers in the context of the watermark represent Ruth’s life in her home. Her life is dull because her family lacks familial love. Ruth also is deprived of sexual love, but she still clings on to Macon, her husband. Flowers don’t have the capability to leave, so they are patient and still, and wait for love and care in order to grow. The flower shows that Ruth is complacent and is using her motherly right to force herself live in a household where she is unhappy and deprived of many rights, showing that women are weak when it comes to independence over…
Between 5 and 6 million Jews were slaughtered during the horrifying years of World War II. Night is a holocaust survivor's memory of the happenings before and inside the concentration camps, giving the vivid details of his horrid experiences. In Night, Elie Wiesel uses bread as a motif to demonstrate that in dire times food can be worth more than life and bring death as shown in Elie’s attempt to keep his tooth, the fight of death in the boxcars, and his father’s death. In the book, because of their starvation, bread is highly valued.…
It is undisputable that the holocaust was one of the most infamous tragedies, or perhaps even the most infamous tragedy, in human history. However, we cannot dismiss it from our minds due to its great magnitude of evil, because we can also learn a great magnitude about the human spirit through the stories of those who survived and overcame it. In such stories, the resiliency of the human spirit is often displayed through symbols to which the author gives traits by associating events and in his or her choice of words. One well-known and powerfully written book is Night by Elie Wiesel, in which he tells the story of his own survival of the holocaust. This story is ripe with deeply meaningful symbols, particularly ones that show that resiliency…
“Men to the left! Woman to the right!”(Wiesel 4). It was the spring of 1944, when the narrator of the memoir, Night by Elie Wiesel, experienced the most unforgettable event of his life: the Nazis began to take control of Sighet, which is the hometown of Eliezer. Not long after the war began to come to a close, the Jews in his hometown were forced into cattle cars. Little did they know, this horrific journey was only the beginning.…
To survive means to continue to live, despite difficult situations. Survival, however, does not necessarily mean to live a high quality life. Night, a memoir, is written in first person by Elie Wiesel describing his memories of the Holocaust. Wiesel is separated from all his family, with the exception of his father, Shlomo and forced to grow up in concentration camps. Horrid events happen to Wiesel, events that mold him into the person he is: a survivor of the Holocaust.…
Discuss the symbolism and significance of the title, Night. The title Night comes up multiple times throughout the book, showing the significance of the word and the importance of its meaning. The word night is usually associated with darkness, fear, the unknown, emptiness, and cold, which is the mood of the book. During his journey to Auschwitz, Madame Shӓchter only screams about the fire at night, symbolizing the fear the took over when night arrived.…