Night and Day

All aspects of gender are constructed by social, societal factors. Within just one day, I recorded the instances I found myself or someone around me “doing gender.” “Doing gender” means that people constantly create and change aspects of “gender” based on human interaction and social life, mostly without even being aware of it (Lorber 1). Additionally, the media is repeatedly shaping what masculinity and femininity “should” look like through magazines, films, and politics (Miss Representation).…

positive and negative changes in relationships holds true for the prisoners of the Nazi concentration camps of World War II. Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor and Nobel Peace Prize winner, writes about the hardships endured by prisoners in his memoir Night. The daily hardships caused some relationships among prisoners to flourish and others’ to crumble. Throughout Wiesel’s memoir, he describes the severe physical and emotional pain they endured daily and how this affected his relationship with his…

for the strength to endure a difficult one,” - Bruce Lee My hook relates to the book Night, a book by Elie Wiesel who is a Holocaust Survivor who had suffered in a concentration camp with his father, because it is saying how you can’t pray for an easy life, you have to be strong enough to live through it.It is about horrors of the Holocaust in first person, and how Wiesel and his father endured it. In Night, Elie and his father’s relationship changes throughout the book because in their home…

How does the poet create themes of hopelessness and what effect does it have on the reader? The poem Refugee Blues, describes the time during the Jew holocaust, where two refugees together lost all rights and freedom in their country. Throughout the poem, themes of hopelessness and isolation were conveyed throughout. The poet Auden does this by using various techniques and language devices. This has an effect on the readers as they start sympathizing for the two refugees in this poem. Auden…

Wiesel spent his early years in a small Jewish community in Eastern Hungary as one of four children. His instructor, Moshe the Beadle, is the first character introduced in Night whose lessons and values resonate throughout the book. Moshe’s words shape the conflict of Elie’s struggle for faith, which is one of the main themes within Night. Moshe returns from a near-death experience and warns everyone that Nazi aggressors will soon arrive and disturb the tranquility of their lives. Despite the…

At the beginning of Night, Eliezer describes himself as someone who believes “profoundly”. Traumatic events can make someone change or completely lose their faith. This is what happens to Eliezer(Elie) this is what happens when he and his father are sent Auschwitz, then Buna two concentration camps the Nazis used in the Holocaust. Below are quotes describing how Elie’s faith had changed through the course of his stay at the concentration camps. At the beginning of Night Elie had very strong…

This loss of faith is best described by Elie in the “Never shall I forget” passage that is found at the top of page 32 in Night. This passage is placed in the book as Elie is spending his first night in the concentration camp. However, it makes more sense to look at this passage as a testament of Elie’s views after the Holocaust had ended because he is recounting events from his experiences that he will never…

In “Night to His Day," Lorber describes how parents use gender markers such as earrings and flowered sneakers to make sure others view their child as a female (Lorber 13). The unconscious marking of one’s gender solidify the assumption that people need to be in one…

Renowned for its high-fashion content, Vogue magazine is often considered to be a staple in numerous homes of the middle or higher class status. With its reading spanning from all corners of the world, this fashion magazine has become a global phenomenon. Due to its content, individuals often seek fashion or overall life advice through the pages of a particular issue. One particular issue of L’uomo Vogue featured Kate Winslet, a well-recognized British actress. Based on this image, Winslet, who…

If you were a sports fan in Hartford the day of my birth you had probably traveled to Dell Rapids the night before to see the West Central Boys basketball team. The Trojans, who defeated the Quarriers 76-68, were lead by Tucker Hansen, who had 23 points (“West Central 76, Dell Rapids 68” 4C). Also from around the Sioux Empire the police were searching for the driver of a truck that hit a pedestrian. The driver of truck hit a man from behind on 31st Street North and between Cliff and Van Eps…