Friday Night Lights

Inner Thoughts It was a cold, windy, and rainy night in the inner-cities of Chicago. The darkness seemed to absorb all of the natural light it came into contact with, leaving the glaring neon to mock and distract the drivers as they hastened past. The rain splatters on my windshield, made me thankful for the warmth and protection of my little car. It had been a long day at the factory and my arms and feet ached. I literally couldn't take the time to process one more thing beside my head hitting…

Springs. This is why they died. It was late winter when I started to hear the voices. It all seemed like a bad dream that I couldn't escape. I tried to ignore them, but that's what made the souls appear. Every night at 3:20 they would circle my room, scream, slam doors, pull my covers, flick my lights, and throw my shoes . But why me ? The Wednesday before the first victim, is when…

but will help you release present moment patterns that you experience daily. During the ceremony or throughout this course, you will most likely notice that certain negative patterns are being experienced over and over again. For example, every Friday night you may binge, and every Monday morning, you may start a diet again. It is really important to change the negative energy pattern by acknowledging it and declaring that it actually exists. Acknowledge your patterns by filling in the blanks…

nostalgia. Thesis statement: In the short story, “3 AM and the Stars Were Out”, the author, Ron Rash, introduces the reader to Carson, an aging, retired veterinarian who contemplates the life he lived and death he has seen. Using a late night cow birth and the lights that shine in the dark as a metaphor for the human experience, Rash explores the pain of being alive and rewards of living. II. Paragraph 1: Accepting/acknowledging…

A traditional definition of a family is defined as a group made up of 2 or more people stitched together with love for one another that is usually taken for granted in modern times. Throughout Elie Wiesel’s memoir Night Wiesel tells his firsthand account of how he had to live for both himself and for his father the nightmare in the concentration camps . This proved to have both benefits and consequences. Seeing his father every day gave him a reason to keep going. Once Wiesel’s father dies, Elie…

The world was silent during the Holocaust. The people that were involved in the Holocaust were Adolf Hitler, Nazis, and the victims Jews, Soviets, and many other groups of people. The Holocaust took place from 1933 to 1945 in Europe and northern Africa. It happened because Adolf Hitler wanted a "pure race" and he chose to blame and use the Jews as a scapegoat since they were not well liked at the time anyways. He also wanted to eradicate the Jews for many other reasons, such as land, bankruptcy…

situation, people begin to think more about their own safety than the safety of others. With the approach of first-person narratives in both Night by Elie Wiesel and The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien, the reader can hear about and recount the events as they happened from the individual’s perspectives the way that those individuals experienced the events. In Night, where Elie recounts his experiences as a survivor of the Holocaust and a prisoner in multiple concentration camps, and The…

concentration camps among other Jewish people in his 1956 memoir, Night. He narrates first hand what he and his family experienced and their journey throughout this very horrific time. He shares how the Wiesel family was moved from their home in Sighet, Transylvania to a ghetto, and later on to Auschwitz in which they are seperated from one another. Elie loses everything he has once known and loved except for his father. As the novel, Night, progresses so does Elie as a person, mentality and…

as we grow up? The truth is, we are susceptible to almost anything in our environment as we mature, which can either hinder or strengthen our beliefs, relationships and overall health. A great example of this vulnerability is displayed in the novel Night by Eliezer Wiesel, which is told through the perspective of the author first-hand as he tries to survive through multiple Jewish concentration camps during the Holocaust. He has to experience traumatizing scenes throughout the book that are…

Night- Elie Wiesel Characters Eliezer- Night traces Eliezer’s psychological journey, as the Holocaust robs him of his faith in God and exposes him to the deepest inhumanity of which man is capable. Despite many test of his humanity, however, Eliezer maintains his devotion to his father. Shlomo- Even though he is the only character other than Eliezer who is present throughout the memoir, Eliezer’s father is named only once, at the end of Night. He and Eliezer desperately try to remain…