In the book Night, by Elie Wiesel the parts I found most moving was how trapped the people seemed. They were forced to wait for a fate which they had no knowledge of.
“They went defeated, their bundles, their lives in tow, having left behind their homes, their childhood.” (Weisel 17)
the people have no choice or say on where they had to go, and if they object they get shot. Another thing I was saddened by was the conditions they were put in. They had to stand in a small building sometimes for days on end without food or anything sanitary waiting for a truck to come and take them to death.
One interesting choice to make in the writing was to have two different narratives in the book. One that explained what was happening in the story and another that explained what was going to happen.
"The yellow star? So what? It's not l e t h a l ...
(Poor Father! Of what then did you die?)” (Weisle 11)
In such scenarios similar to this, there is one narrator giving the characters thoughts or actions. A second narrator then will sometimes tell you the effect of their action, thought.
Eli I like the quote that you chose, but I don't really understand were you were going with this. I like how you put another quote closer to the end. I don't really see that much emotion in your blog.
ReplyDeleteEli, I thought how you stated your emotions was great. I loved your quote about how close and crammed they were. The part about the writing was also rather good. However it would be nice if you went into more detail on the two forms of narrative. Overall great blog post!
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