Never Shall I forget
Never Shall I Forget…
“From the depths of the mirror, a corpse was contemplating me. The look in his eyes as he gazed at me has never left.” (Pg. 115) These were the last and final words used by Elie Wiesel in the book Night. The book retells the personal story of the main character and author, Elie Wiesel, and the tales of the suffering he and other Jews went through during the holocaust. Elie and his family were captured towards the end of the Second World War by the Nazis and sent to concentration camps. From then on, death surrounded Elie for the rest of his life. With the use of imagery, metaphors, symbolism, and character development, Wiesel expresses the unforgettable images, his personal experience and truths about the holocaust.
Elie Wiesel uses imagery to recreate the cataclysmic and horrific events that occurred during the time of the holocaust. “Babies! Yes, I did see this, with my own eyes…children thrown into the flames” (pg. 32). With the use of these words, even though they’re not very descriptive, the reader can create a very disturbing image or scene in his/her head. To witness or just read about children, babies or anyone being killed so brutally is an image one cannot forget. He also uses metaphors to ensure the reader can grasp the concept of the holocaust’s effect on the ones who lived during this event. "I could hear only the violin, and it was as though Juliek's soul were the bow. He was playing his life. The whole of his life was gliding on the strings-his lost hopes, his charred past, his extinguished future. He played as if he would never play again."(Pg.94). This metaphor describes the moment when Elie hears Juliek play on his violin whilst surrounded by corpses. He played for the last time that night, and the next morning he was found dead laying next to his violin. The reader can visualize the exact picture of the boy playing his violin, whilst knowing it was his last time to play. One can understand and hear his soul being
“From the depths of the mirror, a corpse was contemplating me. The look in his eyes as he gazed at me has never left.” (Pg. 115) These were the last and final words used by Elie Wiesel in the book Night. The book retells the personal story of the main character and author, Elie Wiesel, and the tales of the suffering he and other Jews went through during the holocaust. Elie and his family were captured towards the end of the Second World War by the Nazis and sent to concentration camps. From then on, death surrounded Elie for the rest of his life. With the use of imagery, metaphors, symbolism, and character development, Wiesel expresses the unforgettable images, his personal experience and truths about the holocaust.
Elie Wiesel uses imagery to recreate the cataclysmic and horrific events that occurred during the time of the holocaust. “Babies! Yes, I did see this, with my own eyes…children thrown into the flames” (pg. 32). With the use of these words, even though they’re not very descriptive, the reader can create a very disturbing image or scene in his/her head. To witness or just read about children, babies or anyone being killed so brutally is an image one cannot forget. He also uses metaphors to ensure the reader can grasp the concept of the holocaust’s effect on the ones who lived during this event. "I could hear only the violin, and it was as though Juliek's soul were the bow. He was playing his life. The whole of his life was gliding on the strings-his lost hopes, his charred past, his extinguished future. He played as if he would never play again."(Pg.94). This metaphor describes the moment when Elie hears Juliek play on his violin whilst surrounded by corpses. He played for the last time that night, and the next morning he was found dead laying next to his violin. The reader can visualize the exact picture of the boy playing his violin, whilst knowing it was his last time to play. One can understand and hear his soul being