Wiesel uses figurative language to show how hard it was to keep on fighting to survive and how difficult it was to not give up like the thousands of others. Elie writes, “I was putting one foot in front of the other mechanically. I was dragging with me this skeletal body which weighed so much. If only I could have got rid of it! In spite of my efforts not to think about it, I could feel myself as two entities - my body and me. I hated it. I repeated to myself: ‘Don’t think. Don’t stop. Run’” (81). This is a simile because it compares Elie’s movements to a robot or machine because of how forced they were. Elie is forcing his body…
In consideration of the fact that Eli has been mentally dismissed by his father and them not having a very tight father, son bond he has been through many beatings in his mind. Never has Elie been through physical annihilation within his childhood for small reasons. The text states, “I tried to protect myself from the blows,”(41). He believes in trying to protect himself from the thing that he fears the most. As a result of this his grandeur slowly seems to dissipate as time seems to change, but very soon after his beating Elie hears the words, “ ‘Don’t lose hope,’”(41). Those words help bring what small nobility Elie had inside him even though his status still remained the same, he was still not a “human” in the eyes of his…
In the book Night, Elie Wiesel utilizes similes and metaphors to prove that as people despite facing the most cruel dehumanization will continue to struggle to survive by relying on animalistic and mechanical instincts within themselves.. For example, as Holocaust prisoners were being shepherded from one camp to another in the Death March during the winter, Elie recounts “I was putting one foot in front of the other, like a machine. I was dragging this emancipated body that was still such a weight” as they were forced to endlessly run and would be put to death if they stopped, yet he continued to press forward to survive (Wiesel 85). In this simile, there is an emphasis on how Elie feels that he’s just moving…
Reasoning: Elie did not have much hope to live, but his father pulled him through in deciding if he should give in and die in the…
“…in the recesses of my weakened conscience, could I have searched it, I might perhaps have found something like –free at last!” (Wiesel 106). After his father dies, Elie feels relieved that he does not have to help or wait for his father anymore. He is happy he only has to worry about himself and about his…
The two texts “Unlovable” and “Harry Potter” both show the need to belong. In Harry Potter the composer shows isolation and disconnectedness through contrasting the different group’s beliefs and challenges, this effects how well the groups connect and belong. Unlovable conveys not belonging through the characters mistreatment and place of authority.…
In conclusion I would like to say that in this book, Elie shows through the motifs of eyes and/or night he depicts people’s slowy loss in both their faith and their sanity. We must make sure that something like this doesn’t happen ever…
Jurors Three and Eight, from the play “The 12 Angry Men”, have many differences, but they do have some similarities. Finding the differences between Jurors Three and Eight was fairly easy. Similarities were more difficult to find, but they were present. This paper will compare and contrast these two jurors…
I was afraid, my body was afraid of another blow, this time to my head" ( Night 111) This was one the devastated thing that Elie ever experience, having his sick father calling out for him but end up not going anything other than watching and being afraid to get beaten by the officer too, This is one of the most heart breaking thing, that anyone would have read. It shows how hopeless Elie is. In the other quote it shows how Elie woke up to find that his father was already gone.. and he don't even say anything to his father other than hearing his father last words is his name, Eliezer, " I did not weep, and it pained me that I could not weep. But I was out of tears. And deep inside me, if I could have searched the recesses of my feeble conscience, I might have found something like: free at last!....." ( Night 112) In this quote it show how the weight that was holding Elie, was lifting because now that his father die. Eliezer no longer have to look out for his father, he have no longer to worry about anything…
“You’ve got what it takes, but it will take everything you got.” In the end Elie had what it took to survive and live but when he saw himself in the mirror for the first time after the concentration camps he was shocked. He found out this terrible journey took everything out of him. Night after night Elie was put through so much, cold nights, long runs, starvation, and hard labour. The most important decisions in the novel that one chooses is strongly tied with the outcome and the end.…
Elie had injured his foot and stayed in a hospital for a couple of weeks to have an operation for his foot. During his stay the war was getting closer and the kappos were planning evacuation. The two options were either to stay and die, or survive, or to evacuate with everybody in camp. “As for me, i was thinking not about death but about not wanting to be separated from my father. We had already suffered so much, endured so much together. This was not the moment to separate.” (Wiesel 82). Even though his foot was still healing, Wiesel went to walk many miles so that he could be with his father. Knowing the risks, he didn’t care what would happen to him, as long as he was with his father. This helps the reader understand how violence impacted the father and son bond. No matter what, they would do anything just to stay together, even if it means they have to take some risks. As the evacuation proceeded, the men were ordered to run several miles. If they did not maintain a steady pace then they would meet death. As Elie continued running, defeat overcame him and he just wanted to give up and rest, knowing he would be killed. “My father’s presence was the only thing that stopped me. He was running next to me out of breath, out of strength. I had no right to let myself die. What would he do without me? I was his sole support.” (Weisel 87). This also convey an…
As Elie entered the concentration camps, the book foreshadowed that he would experience the most dangerous time of his life or death. But even under the horrible conditions of the concentration camps, it was his decision to survive or die. Eliezer was strong and never gave up; through soldiers beating him, severe working conditions, and starvation, he was a always thought about surviving. A first person point of view is utilized to express the thoughts of Elie as he lives in this nightmare. As he goes through violent harassment, he never gave up. He could have chosen not to eat and purposefully killed himself, but he wanted to achieve his goal of freedom out of this camp. For example,…
The French girl that Elie meet while he was working said this to Elie to gave him hope and told him not to give up. She told him that what was happening to them would come to an end one day and they would be set free. She told him to keep his anger for another day, when they would be set…
This quote symbolizes Elie’s first selection in Auschwitz. As he and his father follow the lines to the selection process, they walk by flames consuming live babies. This part in the book made me wince because just the thought of…
This quote is very stong and filled with meaning. When Elie first arrices at the concentration camps he is very faithful, but as time goes on and things get harder his faith deteriorates. When Elie says "I was terribly alone in a world without God and without man", he is saying that God has deserted him. Elie thinks that all of his life he has prayed to this God but when he needs him he is no where to be found. Elie also feels he is deserted by mankind because they are not helping either, Elie feels isolated and alone where there is no faith or humanity. There is only survival instincts and yourself.…