First They Killed My Father

The nurse came in running. She told me that my husband killed two people and himself for our triplets. I was sad but happy at the same time. When the nurse told me it was like I could breathe Like if their was a bowling ball on my chest. The nurse told me to calm down or I will cause problems. The nurse left and I was questioning what was going to happen for me and my kids. How will I support for my kids? How will they survive without a father? How will my future will be without a husband?…

In the novel Night by Eliezer Wiesel, the bond between father and son is something that proves to be a theme that stands out very clearly. Other than the relationship between Elie and his father, many other fathers and their sons come into the forefront of the novel, and those relationships have very different but still similar dynamics to Elie and his own father. Their inclusion and ultimate influence on Elie shows the theme survival versus mortality in the face of horror. The commentary traces…

I’ve downed several flasks of whiskey now. My mind feels clouded, disoriented and dizzy yet I keep drinking. Reckless, I am under the influence of spirit, I know it’s right for me to stop but I won’t, I can’t. Despite my hazy state, I still feel pain, I’m drowning, suffocating under the guilt, remorse and oh the pain…... There is no escape whatsoever. What I felt before, when the lust of battle died in me, when I started cursing everyone without a second thought, is nothing, NOTHING, compared…

Doing this for the Jews, signifies that they are giving blessings over the dead and asking protection over themselves. Throughout the book, Elie’s faith in God goes back and forth. “For the first time, I felt revolt rise up in me. Why should I bless His name? The Eternal, Lord of the Universe, the All-Powerful and Terrible, was silent. What had I to thank Him for?” Elie at this point in the story, when he says this, is no longer wanting to…

relationships to needing them at the end. For example, Haddon states, “The next day Father said he was sorry that he had hit me and didn’t mean to.” (pg. #85) Even after Christopher’s father got mad at Christopher, he tried to patch things up because he knew that Christopher was the only person in his life. Additionally, the text says, “‘It’s going to be alright. Honestly. Trust me.’” (pg. #122) Christopher’s father tries to regains Christopher’s trust but…

still ruled Germany. Twelve-year-old Elie Wiesel and the rest of his family are sent to the concentration camps after their own town is taken control of by the Nazis, sadly Elie's mother and sister are killed off early on when they reach Birkenau. For the remainder of the story, Elie and his father encounter many hardships including starvation, disease, and the selection. The saying “Never let them…

playing The Eleventh Hour on my computer that evening when a taxi stopped outside the house. Mr Shears was in the taxi and he got out of the taxi and he got out of the taxi and threw a big cardboard box of things belonging to Mother onto the lawn.” (p.259) In the next quotation, Christopher talks about his Father’s…

ancestor Ricardo has sinned against Alfonso the Good and in order to correct his sins Alfonso the Good visits the present to cause suffering to Manfred’s family. Conrad suffers death and later the bad opinion of his father. Matilda suffers the death of a brother and bad behaviour of her father. Hippolita suffers the impending doom of a divorcee. Manfred suffers the death of a son, the grief of murdering his daughter and the loss of his throne. All of these sufferings can be traced back to…

Anne Frank, a young Jew who was killed in a concentration camp, once said in her famous diary, “In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart.” Like Anne Frank, Elie Wiesel, the author of the memoir Night, the first-hand account of a Holocaust survivor, also experienced the horrific events of the Holocaust. Elie Wiesel illustrates through his use of characterization that he too believes there is still hope for humanity even in the darkest of situations. Elie…

At first glance, it could easily be said that Father Bobby is a Socratic man. For example, he was a father figure to a lot of boys in the community and he tried to keep them out of trouble. In a way, he was like a God. He had such a love for the people in the community and viewed all of the children as his own. There was one in particular, Lorenzo Carcaterra who completely adored Father Bobby. Lorenzo came from an abusive household with an abusive father. It was only natural that…