Frank, and Mrs. Frank. The Van Daans consisted of Peter, and Mr. and Mrs. Van Daan. The families were soon to be worried abut their lives. The Franks were now trying to hide from the Nazis. Margot got a letter from the nazis wanting her to work in a camp. The Van Daans also got a letter. So the Franks and Van Daans planned to go into hiding. So…
The main focus in “A Night Divided” is a historical fiction informing life in East Germany during the time of the Berlin Wall. This novel was about a 12-year-old girl, Gerta, which had her family divided due to the Berlin Wall. Gerta, her mother, and her brother, live in the Eastern side of Germany, controlled by the Soviets. Gerta’s dream is to be united with her family and leave this place they all once called home. But one day Gerta’s hopes got up. Her father was pantomiming a dance. A dance…
Through times of hardships the belief in God is tested but it is the person's choice to keep or let go of their faith .In the book Night by Elie Wiesel, Elie goes through may be one of the toughest times in human history the Holocaust. one question that was reoccurring several times in the book was, how could I watch this happen to so many innocent juice. some axe why, some lose faith in the god they want to leave then, and some remain loyal and hope that God Will Save the Day, but that is what…
Not much has been going on at camp. Every week a group of people get taken away, and they don’t come back. All the adults say that they are taken to the gates of hell. Brother told me that the people were taken away from Auschwitz and reunited with their families in another place far from here. Mama came here with us, but left us to go to another camp. She told us that we would be reunited in the other place. I believed them with all of my heart. *** “Rosa!” yelled out my brother. “James… when…
The Forgotten by Elie Wiesel, is a story that focuses on unlocking the past. Today in one’s old age, progressive forgetfulness is commonly referred to as Alzheimer’s disease. However, at the time that this book was written it was assumed that amnesia was the cause of the minds decomposition. At the beginning of the novel, the author hints at Elhanan Rosenbaum’s struggle to hold on to memories and as the story unfolds the reader finds out that he has been diagnosed with amnesia, which will…
Nobody knows when their last breathe is, how they will die or if they would be “selected”. Everyone slowing dying of torment and lack of food. Everyone slowing wondering when their last day to live is in this unhumanity labor camps. The brutal acts by the Nazis with extremely cruel behavior. Elie describes the terrifying experiences and what he suffered as a Jewish. He recounts those unfortunates who experienced it. Not knowing if you will see your family again. Now till this day, still in fear…
first hand account of his experience in Auschwitz. The horrors he faced are described vividly and the effect it had on him is made clear in his memoir. From beginning to end, the memoir is intense and illuminating. Wiesel uses overstatement, or hyperbole, to evoke strong emotions in order to encourage people to treat everyone respect, so that the horrors of Auschwitz never happen again. The terror the camps created can be seen even before the Jews enter Auschwitz. Wiesel uses overstatement to…
Elie Wiesel’s memoir, Night, recounts the horrors of his time spent in concentration camps during the Jewish Holocaust. The emotionally raw, firsthand account of the horrors millions of Jews faced during the Holocaust gives a devastating point of view on how these experiences scar survivors, like Elie Wiesel, forever. Pushed to breaking points, both mental and physical, victims undergo shifts in personality and morals. Night examines the limits of human self awareness and the extents of which…
The Dark Life When you think of injustice what pops up into your mind? Well, in the autobiography, Night, by Elie Wiesel, he explains how he has suffered from injustice. Injustice is a big issue in this world. A major issue is skin color, and for being different. There are world maps of Genocides that show where people were tortured and killed. It is hard to believe that in this world, innocent people were tortured and killed for no good reason. Fighting for justice is still the…
Elie Wiesel, the boy who lived. At age 15, he and his family of four were taken from their lives to be sent to concentration camps. Thrown head first into a new reality, Elie did not know much. He knew not of what lie ahead of him on this treacherous journey through hell. The beginning of Elie’s new life had now been stowed upon him. All devastation commenced once the towns people were stripped from their rights and lifestyles. Being forced upon travel carts to where ever they are sent to. It…