When reading the first chapter of Night by Elie Wiesel I came upon a passage that was very shocking to me: “Without passion or haste, they shot their prisoners, who were forced to approach the trench one by one and offering their necks. Infants tossed in the air and used as targets for machine guns. This took place in the Galician forest near Kolomay” (Wiesel 6) This passage made me feel as if I was standing right there when it happened. It also made me realize how lucky we are to be living here and doing what we want without somebody telling us to stop.
The language Elie Wiesel used is different then what we are used to hearing today. In one of his passages he is very repetitive: “Man asks and God replies. But we don't understand his replies. We can not understand them. Because they dwell in the depth of our souls and remain there till we die.” (Wiesel 5) Elie also makes his writing more interesting by using a different arrangement of words like: The real answers, Eliezer you will find only within yourself (Wiesel 5) Verse: Eliezer you will only find the real answers within yourself.
Ella May I like the quote you used although I don't understand how it connects to you emotionally.Maybe if you elaborate on it would be easier to understand. The way you described his writing was very good.
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ReplyDeleteI like the quote that you used alot but you could go into further detail on why it made you feel that way and what connections you made.
-Sophia