Terrible Things By Elie Wiesel

The Holocaust is viewed in many people’s opinions, as the worst time in history. Hitler was the leader of the German army or the Nazis. These Nazis would do the dirty work. They would go and relocate, in their terms, the Jewish to a concentration camp or ghetto. At these camps it wasn’t fun. Often times your friends and loved ones would be selected. This is a process of choosing what people they wanted in their camp. People who were selected, were murdered in crematoria. These were places where the Jews were burned. They’re were also many hangings that took place as a consequence for acting out. You could also be shot on the spot for this same offense. In the stories I have read, consisting of “Night”, “Terrible Things”, and “First They Came …show more content…
In the story, Elie Wiesel is the narrator telling his experiences during the holocaust. In this excerpt all of the foreign Jews were to be expelled from Sighet. One of these is Elie’s teacher, Moishe the Beadle. No one in the story decided to say anything they just watched in sadness. Moishe then returns, telling the horrific events he went through in the concentration camp. When Moishe is having a conversation with Elie, he says, “I wanted to return to Sighet to describe to you my death so you might ready yourselves while there is still time… (and)... But I wanted to come back to warn you” (Weisel). Moishe is warning the Jews of what is to come. He begins to speak up to help stop the Nazis and Germans from taking the Jews of Sighet. This relates to the theme because Moishe is speaking up to help the jews. It is something that the author wants you to learn to better yourself in the future. Even though the Jews were stubborn and didn’t listen, Moishe spoke up and had a great chance to save the Jews. The author shows the theme by someone trying to follow it instead of someone realizing it. This is how the excerpt from “Night” has the theme of speak up for what is …show more content…
In the allegory a nice forest full of animals is used to depict what the Holocaust was like. Bunting, the author, tells about a nice forest with many animals. One by one the terrible things come to take a group of animals. After every group is taken, no one says anything. The only animal that speaks, is the little rabbit. After most times the animals are taken, the little rabbit asks the big rabbit, “Why did the Terrible Things take them” (Bunting). The little rabbit is young and he is trying to wonder why these people are taking them. The big rabbit tries to reassure him by telling him that they don’t need a reason, and that you should keep your mouth shut or we could be next. This connects to the Holocaust well in the fact that, many Jews though this as well. It was a feeling like we won’t be taken, just shut up and don’t make them mad. As the story continues on more animals are taken. Finally the rabbits are being taken, all of the rabbits scream for help. However no one is left. The little rabbit manages to hide by some rocks. After the Terrible Things leave, little rabbit goes into the clearing and thinks to himself, “I should have tried to help the other rabbits, he thought. If only we creatures had stuck together, it could have been different” (Bunting). The rabbit comes to a realization that if he would spoke up for what he thought was right, everything could be