I thought that it was very strange that the Jewish people allowed the Germans to stay in their homes. It was unbeleiveable to me that the Jewish were oblivious to what the Germans were doing to the other Jewish people. I was surprised that even though the Jewish people knew that others were being killed they still refused to adhere to the warnings. You can tell that Elie Wiesel's experience was challenging by this quote.
"You don't understand," he said in despair. "You cannot understand. I was saved miraculously. I succeeded in coming back. Where did I get my strength? I wanted to return to Sighet to describe to you my death so that you might ready yourselves while there is still time. Life? I no longer care to live. I am alone. But I wanted to come back to warn you. Only no one is listening to me. Thereafter, life seemed normal once again. London radio, which we listened to every evening, announced encouraging news: the daily bombings of Germany and Stalingrad, the preparation of the Second Front. And so we, the Jews of Sighet, waited for better days that surely were soon to come."(Wiesel 7-8)
He writes as if he has so much emotion inside of him that he is holding back due to the distressful memories. He writes simply and leaves out the details. You can sense the hope of Elie, and it is apparent that the Jews want to be free and out of danger. You can sense something bad is going to happen before it does. He even gives slight hidden important details about objects or people that are crucial to the storyline that are important later.
Mimi, you did a really good job on describing Wiesel's writing style. You also did a good job at expressing the emotions that were triggered by Elie's horrible experiences.
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ReplyDeleteI think you should focus on one of your opinions on his writing and get into more detail about that and and a quote to back that up. But it was pretty good. Also, this sounds like someone else's writing .
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