Torsten Wiesel

PTSD, also known as post traumatic stress disorder, “derives from situations where persons have been involved in a life threatening event and lived to tell about it” (Calhoun). A group of individuals it affects are Holocaust survivors. In The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, Liesel Meminger survives the consequences of WWII. Although she was not a Jew who went to concentration camps, she still experiences trauma that would leave someone scarred for life. What she experiences during the holocaust was…

Physically Free, Emotionally Bound Connor Alforque explores David Fengel’s inspiring story from extreme depravity and captivity to his freedom journey home. Will David’s long and agonising ordeal inside a concentration camp deprive him of finally experiencing true freedom, or can he radically rebuild his mind after the experiences he endured during his excruciating past? Held captive and abandoned, David’s mind was in darkness, his eyes were blind to the outside world and David was…

Living the life I live today, I could not imagine having to live off of goat milk, eggs, UN rations, or whatever I could grow along with getting brutal beatings in and outside of school. In Of Beetles and Angles by Mawi Asgedom, it tells the story of Mawi and the difficulties, hardships, and experiences that he faces in the refugee camp in Umsagata, Sudan in the early 1980's. In differeation to my life, Mawi had to experience a lot of difficulty in the camp; there were brutal beatings in and out…

Summary and Reaction to ‘There’s More to Life Than Being Happy’ Emily Esfahani Smith’s article ‘There’s More to Life Than Being Happy’ (The Atlantic: June 2013) discusses the ideas in a book written by Viktor Frankl, a prominent Jewish psychiatrist and neurologist who was a survivor of a Nazi concentration camp. In his book, Man’s Search for Meaning, Frankl concludes that camp prisoners who had found meaning in their life were more satisfied and therefore more likely to survive. Those that had…

In Cormac McCarthy’s novel, The Road, the story follows a man and a boy who struggle with the repercussions of living in a post-apocalyptic United States. Throughout the novel, there are many physical obstacles they have to overcome, such as hunger and disease. Cannibals and street thugs who kill other survivors run rampant through the wilderness as well. Although they have close encounters with all of these things, the man tries to protect the boy from physical harm. The surrounding culture…

Chapter 1 Summary: Their in a small town and people were taken by soldiers Key quotation: “It belonged to everyone since it no longer belonged to anyone” Questions/Reflections: What is a Yellow Star? Why were Jews told to wear them? Why did the storyteller and his family get to stay and everyone else was taken? Chapter 2 Summary: The story teller and his family were taken into a train with the rest of the people and were brought to the first camp that they stay at. Key quotation:…

had known all along. On April 12th, 1999, Elie Wiesel, a Holocaust survivor himself and Nobel Laureate, gave an impassioned speech at the White House, hosted by President Clinton and the First Lady. To convince his audience of the dangers of indifference during times of peril, Wiesel…

peace winner, Elie Wiesel, brought his story to the hearts of many, teaching and inspiring the youth about his past. Wiesel and his family were taken to Auschwitz concentration camp with millions of other Jews.…

Elie Wiesel, in his book the Night, described the horrific events of the Holocaust that occurred during the 20th century by writing about his experience in the German concentration camp, Auschwitz. By telling his story, it was possible for people to learn specifically what happened to the Jews during the Holocaust and identify the brutality of the German Nazi soldiers. However, despite these facts, Elie Wiesel at first, swore not to talk anything about the Holocaust. He had to bear so much pain…

the future and this catastrophe happening again. A surviver and Nobel peace winner, Elie Wiesel, brought his story to the hearts of many, teaching and inspiring about his past. Wiesel and his family were taken to Auschwitz concentration camp with millions of other Jews. During his journey he is faced with obstacles that seem to be the end for him, but his father keeps him going and motivated to survive. Wiesel didn 't know if he would…