Denial

In the passage from the memoir “Night” By Elie Wiesel, he uses imagery to achieve the desired effect of sorrow. Imagery is the use of vivid or figurative language to represent actions, or ideas. It can be found that Elie Wiesel uses imagery in his memoir to portray sorrow. “SOME TEN THOUSAND MEN had come to participate in a solemn service, including the Blockälteste, the Kapos, all bureaucrats in the service of Death.” (Page 67) After the Oberkapo were arrested and roll call was taken, the…

Between retrospective and contemporaneous writing, many diaries and other forms of literature have come from the victims and survivors of the Holocaust. These different styles of writing have enabled us to learn more about this period in history from multiple perspectives. I believe the excerpts from Moshe Flinker and Dawid Sierakowiak’s diaries are equally great examples of contemporaneous writing from the Holocaust for high schoolers to read during your two-week unit. First of all,…

. While most educated individuals can agree that it is not wrong to use the diary for educational purposes, the argument of how they are teaching it tends to come up in conversation quite often. Students are being taught while reading that they can relate to Anne and the things that she is currently going through. Students tend to believe that they are facing some of the issues that Anne was forced to experience. Ultimately, leading to a false understanding of what people actually experienced…

Do people even try to understand? The monotonous clicking of footsteps rang in my ears as I sat on my isolated park bench. The anonymous owners of those steps have no idea what I’ve been through. Do they even want to know? The remark “I could never imagine what you’ve been through” (Klay, P.) repeated itself with each clicking step, like a broken record. I felt so alone. It was another one of those days; one where my mind is enshrouded with my tragic past. I was stuck in my horrific memories…

The Hiding Place, an inspiring nonfiction novel written by Cornelia “Corrie” ten Boom with the help of John and Elizabeth Sherrill, describes Corrie’s personal experience as a prisoner during World War II. Over two million copies of The Hiding Place have been sold, and countless readers—myself included—have been inspired by this true story. This book tells of the trials and tests the God-fearing ten Boom family faced, and how they continued to do what they felt led by God to do despite their…

Human instincts are what keep people alive in dire situations — they’re what motivate people to do things they normally would never think of doing; however, this instinct also gives people power to disregard typical societal norms, which sometimes allows people to discard their emotional bonds with others. Such instances have taken place throughout history, leaving survivors who miraculously outlived their hardships. One particular instance is in the novel Night, where Holocaust survivor Elie…

There are many events in the world everyday that can affect a child’s innocence. In Elie Wiesel’s Night, Elie demonstrates how the concentration camps has changed his view of many different aspects on life and how he has to change himself to survive the horrific events of Aushwitz. Elie’s loss of innocence contributes directly to the survival of the Holocaust. Elie’s loss of innocence is shown when he has to change his beliefs between right and wrong, when he witnesses events that even adults…

The Function of Memory Elie Wiesel, a Nobel-Prize winning writer, once said, “ Without memory, there is no culture. Without memory, there would be no civilization, no society, no future.” Wiesel, explains the importance of memory and why it 's important to remember, even when people might want to forget. Memories are the moments people remember from their past; memories are essential to a large extent, because it’s the glue to what holds a person together. Memories are important because someone…

Surviving the Unsurvivable “Having survived by chance, I was duty-bound to give meaning to my survival.” Eliezer Wiesel is a Holocaust survivor, political activist, and nobel peace prize recipient and he has impacted our country in numerous ways, Throughout Elie Wiesel’s life he wrote many books about The Holocaust and how it has impacted his life. Elie Wiesel has given America an inside look into The Holocaust and helped show how the past is not just the past and it could still affect people…

The Holocaust inspired many works of art such as the memoir Night and the poem “Mercy and Grace,” which both show how faith and religion declined with the Jewish people, with the more suffering, and torture they endured. For example, in the memoir Night, by Elie Wiesel, a Jewish citizen of Sighet, and a Holocaust survivor, is watching the world slowly drip into chaos. Often times in his society, people are being dragged to concentration camps, and their families are separated. Then, as Wiesel…