Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Chapter Three: The Writer's Voice

Look at chapters one through three to answer the following questions:



1. To whom does Elie actually listen? Cite pages.

2. What happens when he does listen? Cite examples.

3. Identify when Elie, the character, uses his voice. What is the outcome?

4. How does Elie Wiesel, the writer, convey his messages about his experiences?

a. Give examples of tools or techniques he uses to convey emotions in the story.
Think of recurring images and words.

b. What does FIRE represent? What does NIGHT represent? What do TEARS represent?

c. Why does he use imagery and vivid description?

c. Why doesn't Mr. Wiesel just tell his feelings about his story explicitly?

35 comments:

  1. 1). Elie listens to his dad and the inmate in the beginning of the chapter. Elie says, “Fifteen. No. You're eighteen. But I'm not, I said. I'm fifteen Fool Listen to what I say...Your age…I'm eighteen" (Wiesel 30-31). Elie listens to the inmate who tells him he is eighteen because he is afraid of what will happen if he gives the doctor his real age. He doesn't know what to do so he tells the doctor what the inmate says to him. Elie was afraid of meeting a certain danger so he takes the inmates advice about his age. Elie also listens to his dad when they are in the camp and he tells him to come along through the gate.
    2). When Elie listens to the inmate he is sent to the left road and he walks near the crematoria. He was afraid because he thought he was going to be sent to the ovens and be killed. "I’m eighteen… In good health? Yes...The baton pointed to the left"(Wiesel 32). Instead of being killed, he was sent to Auschwitz where he was sent to wait until he was assigned a job. Elie ended up with his father where they awaited their destiny.
    3). When Elie uses his voice people listened to what he had to say. When Elie saw Stein he recognized who he was when his father didn’t realize who he was. Stein asked if his wife and children were all right, Elie’s dad did not know how to answer him. Elie told him, “Yes my mother did here from them. Reizel is fine. So are the children… He was weeping with joy”(Wiesel 44). He lied to Stein about his family because he didn’t know what to tell him. Elie did not want him to lose faith so he told him that his family was all right. This gave stein the will to survive and go on in the camp.
    4). Elie uses repetition and symbolism to convey his message to the reader. He writes, “We were coming closer and closer to the pit, from which an infernal heat was rising… very close o us, the pit and its flames”(Wiesel 33). He uses the fire to represent death and despair and the fate that could await him or his family. When the reader sees these words they get a feeling of death and the way he describes it.
    B). Fire represents death and despair. Every time Elie describes the fire you feel fear because it represents death. People are burned in the crematorium which is represented by the fire. Night represents how the Jews were being killed and there was no one to help them out. They were alone and forgotten. Tears represent pain. The people in the camp cried because they feared being sent to the crematorium.
    c) Elie Wiesel uses imagery and vivid descriptions to give the reader an image of what is going on. He wants the reader to feel what he is feeling and what is going on. If he describes everything in detail you can tell what the author is going through.
    D). The reader wont be able to feel what Mr. Wiesel is feeling. When he describes the reader gets a clearer picture of what he is going through. If the author were to tell his emotions the reader wouldn’t understand or feel it.

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  2. 1. Elie listens to the prisoner who tells him to say that he was eighteen years old instead of saying that he is fiften. Elie actually listens to him. When the SS officer shked Elie how old he was, Elie told him that he was eighteen, exactly what the prisoner had told him to say(p.28-29).

    2. When Elie does listen to the prisoner, he gets sent to the concentration camp to work. He was sent their because he had told the SS officer that he was eighteen. If he had said that he was fifteen, then he would have gone the wrong way and would have been seperated from his father. He would be too week and would be murdered along with the rest of the children that were useless. For example, Elie witnessed babies and children in the flames(p.30). Because Elie listened, he was still with his father and was given food in the camps and a bed to sleep in. He was thankful for these things and would pray at night.

    3. Elie uses his voice when he tells Stein that his family was well(p.41). Even though he knew nothing about Stein's family, he lied to him and told him they were fine. this made Stein happy that he found out his wife and children are well and are living. He is well id his family is well. the outcome of Elie using his vioce, is that Stein became happy to hear good news about his family but then he went to see transport's that come from Antwerp so he can get the news about his family. He left and didnt return(p.42).

    4. Elie Wiesel uses litereary techniques in his writing to convey his messages about his experiences duinf the Holocaust. He uses symbolism and imagery. (a)He uses symbolism to represent an idea that is reacuuring in the book. He uses imagery to create an image in the readers mind. He does this by using specific words that help create an image in the readers mind and also create emotions and feelings for the charcters. (b)Fire represents the warning. Fire also occurs when a character is afrais of death. For example, Madame Schachter had alsways screamed "fire" in chapeter two. She really hadnt seen a fire but this was a warning of what will happen to the jews. When Elie had seen the flames and the children that had died, he knew this was a warning for him and thought that he would die next(p.31). Night represents fear. When Elie was taken to the camps he couldn believe that all of this happened at night and couldnt sleep at all from what hes been through. he was scared and feared death. Tears represent sadness and also fear. whenever a charcter crys and tears show up, the character is afraid of death. (c)Elie uses imagery and vivid description to communucate his experience and make the reader feel his emotions. He wants his voice to be heard to the reader and an image to come to mind. Mr. Wiesel doesnt tell his feelings about his story expicitly because he doesnt want to just tell people his feelings, but instead he wants to make people have their own feelings about his story.

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  3. spyro

    Ellie actually listens to his father(14,20,37,38) and Moishe the Beadler(4,5,7). When Ellie listens to the people he understands what is going on. When Moishe teaches Ellie about the rituals of the Jewish ways and he follows them. Ellie listens to his father as well when Ellie is told to wake the neighbors about the leaving of the ghettos. Ellie follows his faters orders when he tells them not to split up while alone in the ghetto and when they are walking through the concetration camps.
    Ellie uses his voice in the book when his freind Yehiel hungs him and begins to cry. Ellie tells him not to cry and this makes Ellie strong and not afraid of what is inside the barracks in the concetration camp. Ellie uses his voice again when his cousin Stein comes looking to hear news about jis wife and children. Ellie lies to his cousin saying he had heared from them. He did this to get food, until Stein found out the truth and stop coming to visit with food.
    Ellie Wiesel the writer conveys his message about his experiance as the narrator of the story. Since he is telling the story from his point of view we can see what he wants us to through his words as a lense. Ellie includes bits and pieces of his experience through the other chracters in the book by what they tell Ellie as a chracter. Ellie Weisel uses descriptive words and imagery to show emotions. He keeps writing "crying" when some life lesson his chracter learns. He also includes the image of the chimmney to show the fear the people had of being cremated. Wiesel also repeats the word fire or flame to show how people were scared about being burned to death.
    Fire in the book represents the Jews fear of being burned. They didn't want to be burned to death. The fire is a symbol of fear that the Germans were inflicting on the Jews. Night represents death and the end. When night comes along in this book it symbolizes the end of hope the Jews had and the death that was waiting for them. Tears represents sorrow and joy. The tears can be good or bad depending on the situation that person is crying for. The tears synbolize pain and joy.
    Ellie Wiesel usses imagery and vivd description to show all the horrible things he faced. By Ellie being descriptive the reader can picture what life was like during the Holocaust. Wiesel dosen't tell his feelings explicity because there would be no meaning behind it. The rader wouldn't learn the lesson the Wiesel is trying to express through his work. It is better to understand something by picturing it than listening to it.

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  4. 1. Elie listens to the prison guard in chapter 3. When the guard asked Elie how old is he, Elie replied that he was 15. The prison guard corrected him and told him that he was 18. "Here kid, how old are you?"..."I'm not quite 15 yet." "No eighteen." "But I'm not." i said(28). He listens to the prison guard because he doesn't know what the consequences were, he could of got killed if he would of answered back more than he did already.

    2. When Elie didn't listen, he was sent off to go await his new lifestyle with his father. When the doctor finished talking to him, the Jews were sent off either to the right or the left. Elie was sent to the left not knowing if it would lead him to death, or lead to another lifestyle. Instead of going off to the crematory, he was sent Auschwitz where he is forced to work, and he is reacquainted with his father.

    3. During chapter 3, Elie does use his voice very well. When Elie's relative Stein found out that Elie's father was in the same camp as him, he went to go say hello. Elie's father didn't recognize him at all but had some what of a memory of him. When Stein asked a major question and said, How is my family?" Elie's father hesitated to answer his question because he didn't know if his family was safe or not. Elie stepped up and used his voice and said "yes my mother's had news from your family. Reizel is very well. The children too....."(41) Elie used his voice to say that Stein's family was okay and safe but he really didn't know.

    4. In order for Elie Wiesel to convey his message about his past experiences in te holocaust.
    a. He used symbolism and imagery. In order for the reader t understand and to feel the experiences that Elie went through, he has to paint pictures with the words he uses. This will give an understanding to the reader.
    b. FIRE represents death and cruelty to me. During the book Madame Schacter is always screaming out "Look, Look at the FIRE!!", but there was nothing there. She keeps repeating FIRE to represent that evil is coming their way, and that this was it for the Jews. Since the Jews were being burned, the fire represents how their going to die. NIGHT to me represents darkness. Darkness only appears when evil is about to strike. Also it means that this is the finish lines for the Jews. Night is the last part of the day and it could represent how the Jews lives were being ended. TEARS represent a cry for help. The Jews were being forced out of their owns homes and being forced to work in the labor camps. Their tears are a cry for help to help them get through this terrible event that was being taken place in their lives.
    c. Elie Wiesel uses imagery and vivid description so that he can paint a picture in the readers mind. He wants the readers to experience what exactly he wen through so they know how he felt and what kind of emotions were running through his head.
    d. Mr. Wiesel doesn't tell his feelings about his story explicitly because then the reader won't be able to picture and imagine what Elie went through as a member of the holocaust.

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  5. 1. Elie Wiesel first listens to the prisoner who tells him that he should lie to the Nazis and tell them that he is eighteen years of age (Wiesel 28). This advice Elie at first does not understand but when the prisoner tries to tell him that he is saving his life by saying so, Elie obeys.

    2. When Elie listens to the prisoner’s advice, he does not get separated from his father and he is not sentenced to become ashes in a chimney (Wiesel 31). After Elie explains his age and suposed profession, the Nazis group him to the left where he was met by his father. Elie believed he was safe because he was with his father. The Nazis however, began to frighten the prisoners when they brought them closer to the trenches filled with corpses and bodies. This scare tactic was actually not what happened to Elie and his father, and instead they were sent to barracks.

    3. Elie Wiesel, the character uses his voice when he tells his cousins husband, that his wife and children were fine because of a letter they sent to Elie’s mother (Wiesel 40). Elie uses his voice to help someone else believe that there is hope and that there is someone worth living for. Elie gives Stein false hope, but nevertheless its hope. It is something optimistic for Stein to look forward to.

    4. Elie Wiesel, the writer conveys his message about his experiences using imagery and symbols. Elie writes about how he passed by one of the trenches near a chimney and saw children and babies burned to death (Wiesel 30). Elie also writes about the smell of burning flesh he smelled while traveling closer to the concentration camp (Wiesel 25). Elie uses descriptive words that target the five senses so that his reader would be able to understand what he is saying and so that they can imagine it themselves. Elie also writes about fire. Elie uses fire to symbolize terror and death. In the concentration camps the Nazis used ovens and dug trenches where they would burn the Jews alive (Wiesel 30). Since fire was used to burn the people, the fire essentially caused death. The fire was also used as a terror tactic because the Nazis would show the Jews what happened to the people and silently threatened that this would be their future. Wiesel also uses night to represent fear. At night Elie could not sleep because he would reminisce about his first day at the camp and thought about what could possibly happen to him if he did not do as he was told (Wiesel 32). Plus in general, many children tend to fear the night because of the darkness and in the concentration camps Elie lived in darkness because to him, his life there was hell. There was no light or hope because eventually he believed that he would be murdered or burned in the chimney. Another symbol Elie uses is tears. Tears represent despair and pessimism. Elie tries to help a rabbi calm down while he is crying but is unsuccessful because Yechiel tells him that he is crying because they’re “...on the threshold of death...” (Wiesel 33). The rabbit obviously feels that he is about to die, and therefore has no hope and all he can think of doing is crying. He feels despair so therefore, he the only thing a person with no hope does- cry.

    5. Elie Wiesel uses vivd imagery to get his message across because he wants his readers to be able to experience what he went through. By using descriptive language and triggering the five senses, he is able to get into the audience’s minds and show them what he saw. He is able to make them feel how he felt and it makes it more enjoyable to read because it is like a movie playing in their head.
    Elie Wiesel does not just write about how he felt explicitly because then his story would be boring and he doesn’t want his audience to just know what he was feeling. If he simply wrote how he felt, they wouldn’t necessarily feel the same way. He doesn’t want the audience to only know his version of the story just to follow him, but instead he writes using techniques and vivid imagery to convey emotions so that he could persuade people to believe those feelings. People are more likely to believe these emotions if they come up with it on their own.

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  6. DENISE SHU

    1. When Elie was walking with his father, one of the prisoners told him that Elie was eighteen and that Mr. Weisel was forty (28). Later when the SS officer came by and asked Elie how old he was, Elie said 18 because he remembered the prisoner had told him to say he was 18. Elie decided to take the prisoner's advice because he was afraid of what the officers were going to do if they knew that he was 15.
    2. When Elie said he was 18, the officer sent him to the camp. Elie was glad when they sent his father the same way. If he hadn't listen to the prisoner and said he was 15, he wouldn't have gotten to be with his father and he would be all by himself. The one thing he was scared of was being away from his father. So because Elie listened to the prisoner's words, he got to be together with his father.
    3. Elie uses his voice when he met Stein of Antwerp. Elie learned that Stein had been deported, so he was seperated from his wife and kids (40). Ever since, he had been very depressed and sad. So Elie tried to make him feel better by saying that his mother got news form his family and that the family was doing well. Elie used his voice and it impacted him because hearing what Elie said, Stein became really happy. He said that "The only thing that keeps me alive, is that Reizel and the children are still alive. If it wasn't for them, I couldn't keep going." (42). Hearing that his family was doing good made his spirits higher and more happier.
    4. Elie Wiesel conveys his message about his experiences using symbolism and imagery.
    A) He uses imagery to describe many things. One thing he described was what he saw at the crematory. He described the heat he felt when he got closer to the flames. He described how his teeth were chattering and he had to bite his lips. He described how the pits and the flames were right in front of him and it felt like he was face to face with the Angel of Death (31).
    B) Fire symbolizes the power of the Germans over the Jews. For example, while on the train, Madame Schater constantly shouts that she sees fire even though she doesn't. She has been like this because her husband and two sons had been deported by mistake (22). This shows the Nazis power because it was the SS officers that seperated Schater and her family. Another example was when Elie said "I too had become a completely different person. The student at Talmud...had been consumed in the flames... A dark flame had entered into my soul and devoured it." (34). Elie is saying that the Germans had taken everything he owned and so Elie felt like he had no position. He felt like the Nazis were controlling everything about him, like taking away his clothes, his hair and his name was changed to a number. NIGHT represents Elie's sorrow. Elie states that he would never forget the first night he spent in camp (32). When he thinks about that night, he thinks about the faces of the children being thrown into the flames and the smoke that goes off at the blue sky. He imagines the smoke and the bodies he saw. When he envisions those things, it makes him really sad. It makes his faith go down and Elie feels that he is deprived of the desire to live. The TEARS also represent the sadness and the fear, like when Elie's father had cried for the first time.
    C) Elie uses imagery and vivid description to give the reader an idea of what he went through. He describes every little detail so the reader knows the suffering they had went through and they can envision it too. Elie wants all the readers to hear his voice and what he was feeling.
    D) If Mr. Wiesel just tells his feelings, then the readers won't fully understand the intensity of the suffering they went through. The readers would know how he was feeling, but the readers wouldn't know why he was feeling that way. Elie writes the story so people would feel impacted by what him, his family and his community went through. If he doesn't describe WHAT they went through, then the readers will not be affected by the story.

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  7. 1.Elie actually listen to the prisoner who came up to ask him how old he was. He was fifteen but the prisoner made him repeat and say eighteen.The father was suppose to be fifty but instead the prisoner made him say forty(Wiesel 28).Elie told Dr.Mengele that he was eighteen and a farmer.(Wiesel 29).Elie also listens to his father because he was the only one left that was his family member. Elie's father told him to save up the food because the next day they might not be able to have food to eat but he finished already (Wiesel 41).
    2. When Elie and his father listened to the prisoner they were sent to concentration camps(Wiesel 36). When Elie listened he was able to be with his father. Elie had to lie or else he would get separated from his father his own family member left. Since he was the only son the only choice he could stay with is his father(Wiesel 30).
    3.Elie uses his voice when he was speaking to Stein.Elie said "Yes, my mother's had news from your family. Reizel is very well. The children too..."(Wiesel 41). He voice was heard because Stein responded with tears of joy.The outcome of this is that Stein often came to visit and brought Elie food since he was weak. Stein told Elie's father to take care of him because the weak might be send away(Wiesel 41).
    4.Elie Wiesel convey his messages about his experiences by using the same words.There are words that he repeats like fire,night and tears. He symbolizes them to let the reader know what is he going through in life. Fire represent the power the SS soldiers had. They threaten the Jews making them believe that they were going be burned and die soon.(Wiesel 28). Night symbolizes people who suffered from the worst. Elie said “Never shall I forge that night, the first night in camp which has turned my life into one long night… Never shall I forgot the little faces of children whoses bodies I saw turned into wreaths of smoke beneath a silent blue sky”(Wiesel 32). The innocent children were being burned and they suffer from worst because they didn’t do anything wrong. Tears symbolize fear of dying and sadness. Elie said “Don’t cry, Yechiel I said. “ Don’t waste your tears… “ Through the blue-tinged skylights I could see the darkness gradually fading. I had ceased to feel fear”(Wiesel 33). Yechiel is afraid of dying and what might happen to him.
    C. Elie Wiesel use imagery and vivid description throughout the book because the reader can feel that pain that he’s going through. He use imagery to show how terrible life was for him and what he had to go through when he’s a child.
    D. Mr. Wiesel just doesn’t tell his feelings about his story explicitly because he wants to leave a strong message to the reader saying what he gone through was life changing. He want the reader to feel the same way he did when he went through his life in the Holocaust slowly throughout the book.

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  8. 1.)Elie actually listens to the prisoner that told him to lie about his age. "Here kid, how old are you?...I'm not quite fifteen yet...No. Eighteen...But I'm not...Fool. listen to what i say."(Wiesel 28).
    2.)When Elie listened to the prisoner he did not get separated from his father. "The baton moved to the left. I took half a step forward. i wanted to see first where they were sending my father. If he went to the right, i would go after him. the baton once again pointed to the left for him too. A weight was lifted from my heart."(Wiesel 29).
    3.)Elie, the character, uses his voice when he his relative, Stein about his family. He lied to him saying, "Yes, my mother's had news from your family. Reizel is very well. the children too...He wept in joy."(Wiesel 41). The outcome of his actions was that Stein was glad that he heard the good news eventhough he does not know that it is a lie.
    4.)Elie wiesel, the writer convey his message about his experience through imagery and symbolism.
    a.)Elie Wiesel uses imagery in the story when he describes what he feels. for example, "My forehead was bathed in cold sweat."(30) and also, "My voice was shaking."(29).
    b.)Fire represents the Nazi's power. For example, when Madame Schater had a vision about the fire. Also, when Eliezer sees the burning babies in the ditch. Night represents the night in which some of the jews were burned and killed. Tears represents the cry of the Jews. Since the Jews were being killed, they would be crying for help.
    c.)Elie uses imagery and vivid description to tell the readers his experiences during the Holocaust. The way he had experienced it, is the way that he wants readers to feel.
    d.)Mr.Wiesel doe not tell his feelings about his story explicitly in order for the readers not to misunderstand the suffering of his perspective in that event. Wiesel wants the reader to image and put their shoes in his shoes.

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  9. 1. Elie actually listened to one of the prisoners. Elie listened to a total stranger and Elie didn't even know how he looked like. Elie listened to him and say that he was eighteen instead of fifteen (Wiesel 28).

    2. When listen to that stranger, he went to the left side instead of the right side. Elie didn't have to die because he listened to the stranger. If Elie didn't listen to that person, he would have gone to the right side and be burned alive. Elie would be burned alive the other children and babies he saw thrown into the fire. However, Elie told the doctor that he was eighteen which brought him to the left side where the go to concentration camps and work. Elie wrote, "No Eighteen." "But I'm not..." "Listen to what I say"(Wiesel 28)

    3. Elie used his voice when he told Stein that his mother had got news from Stein's family and said that they are well. This gave Stein the will to live in his life (Wiesel 41-42). However, the final outcome was that, Stein realized that his family was all dead and so he lost his will to live and eventually suicide (Wiesel 42).

    4. Elie Wiesel convey his messages about his experiences throughout the book by giving long descriptions of how frighten the Holocaust was. Also, Elie used symbols to represent how the Jews felt during that time. In the chapters so far, Elie made descriptions that gives the reader a mental image in their head, imagery. When the reader reads it, it feels like you are really there and know how the Jews felt.
    a) Elie Wiesel used mostly imagery to convey emotions in the story. For example, Wiesel wrote, "I bit my lips so that my father would not hear my teeth chattering. Ten steps still. Eight. Seven. We marched slowly on, as though following a hearse at our own funeral. Four steps more. Three steps. There it was now, right in front of us, the pit and its flames" (Wiesel 31). This quote shows how scared Elie was by using imagery because you can really picture how Elie felt at that time. Also, there is a word that is mention a lot and it is flames or fire. For example, Madame Schachter keep saying it (Wiesel 22-25) and when Elie was close to he, he was describing it (Wiesel 30-32).
    b) Fire represents fear. The Jews are afraid of dying and the fire is to burn Jews. The fire had burned many people especially babies and little kids because they are useless to the Germans. Fire represents the Jews funeral and death. Night represents how many days had past since Elie went to the camp and what he did or what he saw that day. Elie will never forget how he lived each Night.
    c) Elie Wiesel uses imagery and vivid description to let the reader feel the pain Jews felt During the Holocaust. He wants the reader to picture the horror of the Holocaust. Also, he wanted to let the reader know how the Jews felt and what their feelings are.
    d) Elie Wiesel didn't just tell his feelings about his story explicitly because it would be too boring. Also, it doesn't express his feelings during the Holocaust. He wants to show the reader want happened in detail so they understand what he went through. In, addition he didn't want to just show how he felt, he also wanted to show how other people felt. Also, he wants to describe each person's role in the Holocaust.

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  10. 1. Elie listen to the inmate (Wiesel 28,29,31,33) and to his father (Wiesel 30,31,32,41)
    2. When he listen to the inmate he get directed to a unite that will keep from being separated from his father (Wiesel 28), which is something he doesn’t want to do. When he listen to his dad about not drawing attention from the officer (Wiesel 32), he doesn’t have to work in the crematories.
    3. Elie use his voice when he tells a relative that his relative family is alright (Wiesel 41). The relative wanted to know if Nazi came for his family. Elie lied to him to shed him the despair because in reality he doesn’t know anything about them. Elie hasn’t heard from them and Elie finds out later that his relative strength comes from knowing that his wife and sons are okay.
    4.a)Techniques and tools that Elie uses to convey his message are symbolism and imagery.
    Symbolism represent an concept or idea that Elie feel and the imagery helps the reader have an idea what scene is and how it look in Elie eyes.
    b) Fire represent death. Whenever Elie see the crematories he see flames and smoke and he know that where prisoners are sent to die (Wiesel 30). Night represent the reflection that Elie has on the days events. He ask how long has it been since he had arrive (Wiesel 34,35). Tears represent the sadness that they have. They know that they are going to suffer in the camp and death is maybe near them (Wiesel 31).
    c)He use imagery and vivid description because it help the reader to picture the moment. He help the reader to understand what was going through Elie at that very moment, like when he described the faces in the fire (Wiesel 30). That give a great effect because the reader become horrified of knowing that happened and it stand out.
    d) Mr. Wiesel doesn’t tell his story explicitly because if he did the reader wouldn’t have a greater effect when he doesn’t. By not telling the story straight forward the reader become engulf into the situation, they start to understand his response to things.

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  11. 1. Elie (and his father) listen to the (escaped?) prisoner when he tells them to lie about their ages (28). He also listens to the SS officer (27).
    2. When Elie listens to the prisoner he gets sent to the left path with his dad, instead of with his mother on the right (29). Listening to the SS officers pretty much kept him alive.
    3.When Elie uses his voice and tells his father "I don't want to wait here. I'm going to run the electric wire. That would be better than slow agony in the flames (31)," it basically exposes his father's fear of what's going to happen to them and challenges Elie's faith in God. He feels betrayed and abandoned (31). He also uses his voice when he tells Stein "Reizel is very well. The children too...(41)." He's lying to Stein, but for a good reason, for it raises Stein's spirits.
    4. Elie Wiesel, the author, is basically conveying his experiences of the holocaust through the book, but to be more specific, he uses imagery and symbolism.
    a)FIRE: used to represent death, but a painful and slow one. Elie says that he'd rather "...run to the electric wire...would be better than slow agony in the flames (31)" and when he's walking towards the fire he thinks "I was face to face with the angel of death (31)." This is an example of symbolism.
    b) Fire represents the result of the holocaust, death, and more fittingly; a painful and prolonged death (31). Night is used to represent Elie loosing his faith in God. In the first night at Auschwitz, he begins to loose faith (32). Tears represent the impending doom of the Jews. When Elie asks Yechiel to stop crying, Yechiel says "We're on the threshold of death...Don't you understand? How could I not cry (33)."
    c) Wiesel uses imagery and vivid descriptions to help show the reader the atrocities committed during the Holocaust and the violation of human rights.
    d) He probably wants us, as the reader, to understand what happened to him and the Jews during the Holocaust from a more unbiased perspective than his outright opinion so we, the reader, can understand what it felt like to be a Jew trapped in Auschwitz.

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  12. Elie listens to his father throught the third chapter. For example when they are called out by there supervisor Elie's dad tells him, "Come on, my boy", asking him to move faster (Wiesel, 37). A second person Elie listens to is the prisoner. The prisoner actually gave Elie advoice to lie about his age. Then later when the officer asked him how old he was he had taken the prisoners advice and said he was eighteen (Wiesel, 29). Elie also listens to the Germans or any supervisor or SS man. He has no choice but to listen since every opposition in the camp is death.

    When Elie listens to his dad he is safe. His dad simply warned him because he did not want his son to suffer no consequences. When Elie listens to the prisoner it helps him in the future. If he had said the truth he wouldnt be with his father any longer. He also became more aware of the answers to the questions he was asked. For example when the officer asked him, "Whats your occupation?", Elie later says, "Should I say that I was a student?" (Wiesel, 29). In a way it helps Elie become more wise and smarter to benefit himself inside the camp. When Elie listens to those in power he gets to live. If he does not listen to the supervisors or the Germans he will get his life taken away from him or be seperated from his father.

    In the chapters after one, Elie uses his voice much more. Not only does he use his voice bu he is heard when he uses it. He is able to convince people of what he says. For example on page 41 when he meets his old friend Stein. Stein asks if Elie's mother has news on his family. Elie lied sayin she did and said they were fine to alleviate him because he knew he had been seperated from his family for quite a while. Elie also uses his voice on page 29 when he is able to convince the officer that he is 18 instead of 15 so he wont be seperated from his dad.

    Elie the author uses imagery and symbolism to convey the messages of his experiences. He uses imagery to paint a picture in the readers head about what is occuring in the scene. Imagery is shown when the author writes, "Not far from us, flames were leaping up from a ditch, gigantic flames..." (Weisel, 30). The author also uses symbolism to convey his message by using symbols to represent different things to help the reader better understand what is going on in the current scene. For example on page 35 Elie writes, "None of them so much glanced at us. We were so many dried up tress in the heart of a desert." (Weisel, 35).

    Throughtout the first few chapters Elie often mentions Fire. Fire represents the power the Nazi's had that served as a constant reminder everytime they saw people being burned. When Elie saw the babies in the pit it was devastating to him and he aswell felt the burn. Night represents the fear and their tormerntation. The nights in the camps and the nights heading toward the camps were dark and long and even manipulated the minds of some into seeing things like Madame Schachter in chapter two. Tears represent the pain of the jews. It also represents the feeling of being powerless and unable to escape their situation.

    The author uses imagery and vivid description to help the reader better understand his situation and be able to feel and see what he was seeing. Being descriptive and showing crucial detail helps the reader see how serious and real their situation really was. Mr Weisel doesnt just tell his feelings because he was the reader to take in the Holocaust how it really was. He doesnt want to confuse the reader into what he thinks. He wants the reader to get the facts and by the reader getting the story straight, he is able to communicate his feelings. If the reader understands and feels how deep the Holocaust really was they'll understand what he felt.

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  13. 1.)Elies seems to listen to the inmate at the concentration camp.(P. 30) The inmate is tyring to save Elie by making him fake his age so he doesn't end up in the crematorium.
    2.)When Elie listens to the inmate he saves his own life by lying to Dr. Mengele so that his isn't sent to the crematorium, instead Elie goes to the barracks to await his job in Auschiwitz.
    3.)Elies uses his own voice to tell Stein, Reizel and the children are ok, however he is lying to him because he doesn't know what thier fate is currently, Elie hoped that lying to Stein would make him not lose faith. The outcome was that Stein felt some relief.
    4.)Elie Wiesel conveys his messages about his experience by using the(A.)literary techniques of imagery and symbolism, imagery is used by making the reader feel as if they are thier where Elie was, symbolism used is the time of day night and also fire.(B.)Fire represents the power the Nazi's used on the jews, night represnts hardships in the story because Wiesel mentions how when night falls they have to go through something bad such as when The SS soldiers made them strip and get a shave.(P. 34 & 35).Tears represent the sorrow and sadness that the jews had in thier hearts for all the horrors done to them.(C.)Elie Wiesel uses vivid imagery because he wants to describe the sorrow, pain and suffering he and other jews went through.(D.)Elie Wiesel does not tell his feelings about his story explictlty so that readers won't get his feelings yet get the feelings of the whole situation during The Holocasut.

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  14. Jason Grullon
    1. Elie listens to the prisoner how old he was and lied by saying he was eighteen while he is fifteen. He is told that he should lie about his age. (28). Elie told Dr.Mengele that he was eighteen and a farmer not a student. (29).Elie listens to his father because he was chosen to go with him. Elie's father told him to hide his food so they don’t have to worry about starving (41).
    2. When Elie lies to the Dr.Mengele about his aged. He benefits being able to be with his family and is able to endured the harsh conditions with his father. The lie brought him close to not be separated like the rest of the Jews.

    3. When Elie uses his voice it alters the future in a beneficial way. Elie lies about his age and is allowed to stay with his father. Elie uses his voice to convert the faith in a better way than expected. Elie states her voice throughout the whole book Night. The outcome creates a new understanding from his perspective.

    4. Elie Wiesel conveys the message about his experiences through a lens of pain and suffering. The idea of experiences is shown to be destruction. The message of the book is inhumanity and how humans act like savages.

    A. The use of imagery is dominant throughout the text. For example the stench of skin burning was showed. Symbolism is showed through the novel because objects such as the furnace represent other materials.

    B. Fire represents the faith of the Jews that they will face such as death. Night represents the destruction and savages of the night. Tears represent the sadness of the destruction.
    Elie uses imagery and vivid description because the story is based on the firsthand account that he endured during the times of the Holocaust. The imagery creates a better connection with reader to make them feel as if they were there. The use of the description was to convey the idea of the destruction that surrounded the Jewish community.
    C. The reason Mr. Wiesel doesn’t just state his feeling about his story explicitly because it may conflict with reader’s opinion. He wants the reader to determine their own feeling not to be influence by his. Mr. Wiesel voice is showed through the book but it is necessary for the reader to uncover it while reading.

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  15. 1. In chapter three, Elie listens to one of the prisoners. Elie could not see his face, or know his name, but the voice of that one prisoner told him to state that he is eighteen instead of the current age he was, which was fifteen (28).

    2. Since Elie listened to the prisoner, he made more intelligent lies than besides from being eighteen, Elie also told the SS officer that he his occupation was a “Farmer (29)” and result in having the same work as his father.

    3. There was a scene that Elie used his voice. He told “Stein of Antwerp (40)” a lie. Elie said: “Yes, my mother’s had news from your family. Reizel [Stein’s wife] is very well. The children too…(41)” which led to Stein wept from joy knowing the fact that his family is safe. But the truth was, Elie did not know anything. He told a lie to keep Stein from suffering. As a result of comforting this man, Stein kept bringing small portion of bread to Elie and his dad.

    4.
    (a) From Elie’s experiences, when people mention about God, Elie does not think optimistic from all these forced labor and he even stated that “I did not deny God’s existence, but doubted His absolute justice (43).” This mean that after being in the concentration camps, Elie begin to wonder if God is even helping them [the Jews]. One of the technique the author uses to express his emotion about the concentration camp is symbolism. The “iron door” was labeled with the three words “Work is liberty (43).” The label on the iron door is a symbol that mocks what is stated. That work is not liberty, it’s a nightmare, its forced labor. And the author even italicized “Work is liberty (43).”

    (b) Fire was constantly stated in the book. Fire represents the crematory, where weak adults, and children were burned. Night represents the question of where God is, and why is he punishing the Jewish people by leading them all into these concentration camps. And tears represent weakness and no hope, like how Stein was weak because every time he went to see Elie and Elie’s father, he would have tears streaming down his bony cheeks. If it wasn’t for Elie telling him that his family is alright, he would had gone crazy or would’ve suicide. It is because Stein is worried about his family, and have the hope of reuniting with his family one day since he was always looking for news about his wife and kids. Stein went to look for news when there was another transport coming into the camp from Antwerp, but after that, he was never heard or seen again.

    (c) Elie the author uses imagery and vivid description in his text. By using the formation of mental images and giving his characters life was to lead readers into how life was like during the Holocaust.

    (d) If the author, Elie Wiesel just tell the reader his feelings about the Holocaust would be just be too simple. He made his book detailed, symbolized words and object and gave his character life to put the reader inside his story. I find his work very impressive. The scene of Elie seeing the fire of adults and children being burned gave me this image I can never forget when I think about the Holocaust or the concentration camps. In that scene of the crematory made me feel like I was Elie, and I was standing above a pit of burned dead bodies, and the only colors that stands out was black, gray, the colors of the bodies and brown, the color of the muddy ground and a child’s eyes would be staring back at me. This is how powerful and descriptive author Elie Wiesel portray his experience as a young Jewish boy in a concentration camp.

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  16. In Chapter 3, Eli listens to

    -The SS men (29,35,46)
    -Unknown Inmate (31)
    -Unknown Inmate #2 (32)
    -The Kapos (36,38)
    -The Gypsies (40,41)
    -Father(44,46)
    -Akiba Drumer (45)

    When Elie does listen, he finds himself a step closer to survival. On page 30, an inmate asks Elie how old he is. Elie replys by saying he's fifteen. The inmate corrects him by saying he's eighteen. When asked by Dr. Mengele, Elie replies saying that he is eighteen. Elie was than sent to the left sid and made it to the prison. When Elie is sent to the left side, he is told that he is being sent to the Crematorium. He told his fatheer he'd rather run into the barbed wire so his death won't be of such sufferage. Insteading of going with his ideas, Elie follows instructions by staying on line and ends up walking the path away from the Crematorium. (34). Elie was informed that he should stay away from the skillful jobs because those people are first to get transported. Elie and his father did not offer themselves to those skillfull jobs and therefore, they were the last to be transported.

    When STein asks about his CHildren and if the Wiesel family has heard from them, Eli replies saying that his mother has heard from them all though they really did not. Eli then learns that Steins purpose of living is "knowing" that his children are alive and begins to help Elie and his father survive in this place. (44, 45)

    Elie Wiesel uses different techniques to help convey his message about this expierience. Elie uses metaphor to bring more meaning to a concept and emphasize its importance. Elie is also is very descriptive in his writing and uses imagery to help the reader paint a picture in the reader's mind.

    Elie Wiesel uses many symbols to represent different ideas. The symbol fire in the book represents death. The crematorium is a place where the jews are burnt to ashes. Also, when the old woman kept pointing out the fire, there were babies dying in that fire, innocent bodies, because of their ethnicity.(31) Tears represent the weakness of the jews. Tears are there only voice. it reveals expression without verbally speaking. When the men cry, it shows how much they can take and how much they cant cooperate with. "Don't waste your tears..." (36) this can also signify in the form of voice, do not waste your voice, because here your opinion does not matter. Night symbolizes sufferage. Night is usually when people suffer the most in the book. During the night is also when Elie is most impacted.

    Elie uses imagery so the reader can understand his perspective. He wants the readers o understand that this story may be fictional to them, but this is a reality he faced and he wants his readers to understand why he/ or the people around him reacted the way they did. Wiesel doesn't just tell his story explicity because the effect of the events and the impact of what was done will not be as heavy as if he wrote the way he is writting now. He wants to convey his message in a way where the reader will understand as well as relate to.

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  17. Before Elie and his father were going to get questioned, an inmate interrogated Elie and told him that he was now eighteen. He also told Elie’s father that was now forty. Elie was older and his father was now younger. This implied that the inmate was trying to help Elie and his father. He was hinting at something, something that might keep them alive or at least together. (Wiesel 30)
    When Elie listens to the inmate and does what he said, Elie remained with his father. “I’m eighteen. My voice was trembling.” (Wiesel 31) Elie feared that he might be caught lying. However, he was through. The Guards pointed left for both Elie and his father. They remained together and alive.
    Elie uses his voice when he is reunited with one of their relatives, Stein. Elie recognized him right away but his father didn’t. Stein came looking for them to see if they might have heard some news of Reizel and his two small boys. Elie knew nothing about them yet he replied, “Yes, my mother did hear from them. Reizel is fine. So are the children…” Elie watched him cry tears of joy at the lie he told. Elie did not want to make matters worse for Stein. His lie was meant to restore faith and hope.
    Wiesel uses symbolism and imagery to convey his message. Reoccurring words or images include: night, fire, silence, SS officers, hunger, and weeping/crying/tears. Elie uses descriptive language to set a scene for the many actions taken during the Holocaust.
    Fire is a symbol for death, brutality, or destruction. Fire has flames in which it burns everything, bringing nothing but ruin. Ms. Schächter sees fire almost as if she fears it every time she yelled it. Elie also sees fire when he notices the babies being burned.
    Night represents darkness, a time of evil or the devil. Wiesel portrays most of the sufferings during night. Night represents darkness because there is no light, no hope, and no “silver lining.” Elie also believes that God is not with them, that if God really cared about them this wouldn’t be happening. Night time is a time without God.
    Tears represent weakness, sadness, and helplessness. Jews were living in fear. There was nothing they could do to stand up for what they believed in. And if they did- death was their only consequence.
    Wiesel uses vivid description and imagery because he finally gets to use his voice to stand against what really happened. No one will read his story unless we are able to see it too. Wiesel paints a clear picture for us. To convey the right message, he must tell it the right way.
    Wiesel wants to apply the same feelings he experienced to the reader. And in doing so, he cannot be explicit about his feelings. He hopes that through his story, the reader would end up feeling just as he did by the end. The reader is Elie.

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  18. 1. Elie listened to a prisoner in the camp. The prisoner gave advice to Elie and his father to pass the selection test. Elie took his advice, lied to the officers, and passed the test. (28-29).

    2. When Elie does listen to the advice of the prisoner, he and his father passes the test for selection. It was either to the left or to the right; life or death. They were sent to the crematories but was ordered to turn to the left and go into a barrack (31). They managed to escape death and were stripped of their clothes and hair (33). They were being moved from camp to camp until they reach their permanet one.

    3. Elie uses his voice during his encounter with his relative, Stein. He had lied to Stein about the news of his family. He said that everyone was well including the children (41). The outcome of that was a relieved and joyful man. Although the good news was a lie, Stein had found renewed hope within it. There it also strength within the good news that provides him the will to live on.

    4. Elie uses certain methods and skills to convey his messages about the experiences. He conveys them through his actions, thought, choice of words, imagery, and symbolism. His actions reflect on his feelings and can convey a lot. The choice of his words create imagery in the head that is seen through his point of view and construct the same feelings he had. Symbolism is also another way because it gives another example of an equal experience or feeling but in a better understanding.

    a. Elie creates specific images in our head to convey his feelings. "A weight was lifted from my heart" (29). This imagery creates a better understanding of how much relief he felt after knowing he wouldn't be separated from his father. Elie is saying he felt so much relief that is equal to when a ton of weight is lifted from the body. "Now remorse began to gnaw at me" (37). This quote visualizes the feeling that nags a person when they feel extreme guilt. This conveys his feeling of extreme guilt because he has done nothing but watch his father be abused.

    b. In this book, Fire represents the Nazi's power. When Madame Schachter constantly screamed "FIRE, FIRE!" it foreshadowed the lives that will be lost. Fire is destruction, it can easily destroy something. It represents Nazi's cruel power because it is a method to murder was to burn someone alive. Many Jews were burned alive slowly in agonizing pain by force. In this scenario it is the evil punishing the innocent.

    Night represents a world without hope/light/God and suffering. Elie mentions night within the book whenever there is suffering. "...we stayed shivering in the night air..." (38). The men were left naked and exposed to the cold air after their shower. They were suffering from humiliation and the temperature of the air. He uses night, because its dark and cold, just how everyone in the camps feel.

    Tears represent the sadness, fear and weakness of others. When Elie saw his father cry for the very first them, he was surprised. Because his father never showed any sadness, fear, or weakness. His tears show his fear of losing his loved ones, his sadness of deportation, and powerless to do anything.

    c. He uses imagery and vivid descriptions to provide a clear and understandable image for the reader to obtain and extract the essence of his message. It is a method to draw the readers into the context and make them feel as if they were there.


    c. Mr. Wiesel doesn't tell his story directly and explicitly because his feelings and messages won't be conveyed as deeply. The impact on the readers isn't as great as it would be. As it has been said before, actions are greater than words. Through re-telling his experiences of the Holocaust, people can extract many things from the actions of people. It gives a deeper understanding of how he felt because what he felt was and still is indescribable.

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  19. 1. At the beginning of chapter 3, Elie isasked y a prisoner how old he is. He says he is 15 but the man tells him that he must say that he is 18 (28). Elie actually listens to tis man because when the SS officer asked him how old he was, he said he was 18 (29). To keep his life, Elie also has to listen to every German guard and every prisoner put in charge of him throughout this whole chapter.

    2. When Elie listens to the prisoner who told him to say he was 18, Elie is spared and the officer questioning him moves on to the next Jew (29). Elie is also spared when he listens to all of the people who have more power than him because he knows that if he disobeys, he will be killed without hesitation.

    3. Elie uses his voice on page 41 when he lies to his relative Stein. Stein asked Elie how his wife and kids were because he had not seen them since he came to the camp and because Elie's mom use to keep in contact with them. Elie knew that his mom no longer kept in contact with them and he had no idea of how their lives were, but he still told Stein that they were doing fine and that his mother had recently talked to them. This is Elie using his voice because he should not have lied to his family member, especially an elder, but he did so in order to make Stein happy.

    4. Elie Wiesel is able to make the reader realize that his experience was horrible in the concentration camps. He keeps bringing up the word "furnace" this word shows the fear that each Jew constantly had to live with because they never knew which day would be their last before they were sent to the crematorium.
    Fire represents death because every time Elie or any of the other Jews think of fire, they think of the crematorium and how many Jews had already died to the pits of fire.
    NIGHT represents the struggles of the Jews because every time night had fallen was when the struggles began again. The Jews had to travel at night and they were beaten at this time while being forced to run.
    TEARS represent hope because when Stein had found his family, he began crying. He was happy to see his family again and this gave him hope. He also had hope when Elie told him that his wife and kids were doing fine living.

    Elie Wiesel uses the vivd description that he does to show how much fear each and every Jews in the camp had. He talks about the horrible smell and smoke that was all over the placed, caused by the burning bodies, he calls this the smell of the Angel of death. He also tells how cold it was for him and the other Jews when they had to strip and travel to another camp. Each time Elie Wiesel describes something, the reader can feel more of the experience of what the Jews were feeling at this time in history. Elie Wiesel would rather explain by using these events and his vivid imagery, than just tell what happened and how he felt about it because when he describes the event, the reader may be able to actually understand what was going on at the time.

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  20. 1. Elie listens to one of the prisoners in the concentration camps. The prisoner tells Elie to lie about his age. When the prisoner asked what age Elie was he said “I’m not quite fifteen yet”. The prisoner then said to Elie “No. Eighteen…Fool. Listen to what I say.” (Wiesel 28)

    2. Elie listens to the prisoner and told the Nazis he was eighteen. The ages that the prisoners were determined which side of the camp they joined. When Elie lied and said he was eighteen like the prisoner told him to do he was sent to the left side of the camp. His father who also lied about his age was sent to the same exact side (Wiesel 29). The outcome of Elie listening was that he remained to stay with his father.

    3. Elie the character uses his voice when he tells Stein of Antwerp, who is relative news that he has been longing to hear. Stein was Reizel’s husband and Reizel was Elie’s cousin. Stein was curious if Elie or his father had heard any news about his wife and sons (Wiesel 40). Elie uses his voice when he tells Stein that his mother had heard news from his family. He tells Stein that “Reizel is very well. The children too…” (Wiesel 41). This was a lie but it made Stein feel a lot better and it kept him alive longer (Wiesel 42). The outcome of Elie using his voice and lying to Stein was that Stein would give a portion of his food to Elie so that he would not become weak and so that Elie’s father would not lose him like Stein lost his sons (Wiesel 42).


    4a. Elie Wiesel, the author uses symbolism and imagery to convey the messages in his experiences. He uses imagery to allow the readers to visualize in their heads what he experienced during the Holocaust. An example of imagery would be when the Jews in the camps fell asleep while they were standing outside in the mud and some just fell into the mud (Wiesel 35). While reading this scene an image can come across the readers mind as to what this might have been like. The reader can picture people actually standing outside in the mud falling asleep. Examples of symbolism are fire and night which are words that repeat a lot throughout the chapters.

    b. Fire represents death. It represents death because when it is mentioned in the story the theme of death is apparent. For example Elie recalls the time when Madame Shachter had screamed that she saw fire, which was a warning to the Jews of how they were going to die. Elie will never forget the faces of children bodies being burned by fire (Wiesel 32).Whenever fire is mentioned, death seems to be mentioned as well. Night is a symbol for survival. Night represents survival because if the Jews are alive long enough to see night then they have survived. The word night is repeated throughout the first several chapters and Elie remains alive during those chapters. He is telling the readers of the events he remembers at night, like the first night at camp (Wiesel 32). He survives the night to tell the story. Tears are a symbol for pain. Tears represent pain because all the Jews cry because they are suffering. They are not only sad but they know all of the painful events they are in store for. Elie’s father cries in pain because his son doesn’t want to die a slow painful death (Wiesel 31). Elie’s father must be in pain if he is crying because he was described as a man who showed no emotion (Wiesel 2).

    c. Wiesel uses imagery and vivid description so that the reader could visualize what he experienced during the Holocaust. He goes into great detail of events he has been through which help the reader understand more of what really happened in his life during the Holocaust. The readers can really sense what he has been through because he places a mental image in their heads by using descriptive scenes.

    d. Mr. Wiesel doesn’t tell his feelings about the story explicitly because he wants to take the reader on a journey and he wants them to feel what he felt and imagine what he saw during his experiences. If he told the story explicitly, the story would just be clear and to the point of what happened to Jews during the Holocaust but it wouldn’t be telling the readers his personal experiences the way he wanted to. Through vivid descriptions he can make the readers visualize what he experienced but he couldn’t do that if the story was told explicitly.

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  21. 1. Elie listens to one of the prisoners. When the prisoner came up to Elie and asked him, "how old are you?" he told him that he was fifteen. The prisoner told him to listen to him and say that he was eighteen. The prisoner asked the same to Elie's father and he told him to say he was forty .(Wiesel 28)

    2. Elie listened to the prisoner and when one of the SS officers asked Elie how old he was, he listened to the advice of the prisoner and replied that he was eighteen. He answered that he was in good health and his occupation was farming. After the questioning, the baron told Elie to go to the left side with his father. He witnessed babies getting burned in the crematory. (29-30)

    3. A scene in which Elie uses his voice is when he met an old relative, Stein, who was Reizel's husband. When Stein asked Elie and his father if they had heard news of Reizel and his boys, Elie told him that his mother had received new from them. This was not true because his mother hadn't receive a single letter from them but Elie didn't want to concern Stein. When Stein heard this news, he wept with joy. He told Elie that hearing that Reizel and the children was still alive kept him going in life. Without their news he wouldn't still be alive. A transport came in from Antwerp and had news and after that day, Stein was never seen again.

    4. Elie, as a writer, uses symbolism and imagery to convey his messages of his experiences during the Holocaust. He uses this to help the reader have a better understanding of how the Holocaust was like and how people felt. Recurring words and images he use is fire, tears, and night. Fire represents death in the novel. In the novel when the baron told Elie to go to the left where he witness many innocent babies being burned in the fire. This shows that there were many deaths. The officers told the Jews that if they don't follow the rules and work, they will be throw into the furnace and burned. This also shows how fire is used to kill the Jews, causing death. Tears represent hope and joy. When Elie told Stein that he had heard news from his wife and kids, he started to wept with joy. Stein's tears were that of joy which gave hope to Stein that his family might still be out there alive. Night represents freedom. It was only at nighttime that Elie and the other Jews had time to sleep and stop working. During nighttime, they had some time to talk to people or relatives they recognized and reunited with. Elie Wiesel uses imagery and vivid descriptions to show readers how horrible the Holocaust was. The vivid descriptions of the deaths and the camps is to let readers know how life in the camps were and evoke deeper emotions to the situation. Elie doesn't state his feelings in the novel explicitly because by doing so, the readers don't have a visual understanding of how horrible the Holocaust was. By using imagery and vivid descriptions, the reader can visualize the scenes during that time and make the story more emotional.

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  22. 1.
    In the book Elie listens to his father alot(pages 30,33). In the first situation Elie said that his fathers words drew him from his thoughts, and his father went on to tell Elie that he would have wanted Elie to go with his mom. These words caused Elie to have a feelin where he didn't feel so sure any more of where his faith would end. In the second instance, Elie listened to his father when his father believed the oppisite of everyone. Elie and his father where nude in a room with many other men, Elie at first thought he should make himself look strong for the SS officers, but his father thought different, and so he listened to his father.

    2.
    In the situation when Elie's father thought the total oppisite from everyone else, Elie saved him self from working in the cremators which would have been a horrible experience(page 32). Elie heard of a man who was sent to work in the cremators and had to cremate his own father.

    3.
    When Elie was talking to Yachiel he used his voice in telling Yachiel not to cry, even after Yachiel was exclaiming how they would end up dieing so there was something to cry about. Elie did not cry there for he used his voice to make him self not waist time in a meaningless sobb(33). Another instance when Elie used his voice was when Dr. Mengele asked him his age and he said 18 instead of 15. Then he went on to ask if he was in good health, and what his occupation was and Elie said Yes, and that a farmer. Elie was niether 18 or a farmer but he used his voice and said it instead, perhaps that changed his way, because in saying what he said he was sent to the "left" and went with his father.

    4.
    Elie Wiesel uses many words to express his emotions on the different situations that occured. He tells a story of depression, which i felt also while reading. His way of writing proved to convincing.

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  23. Elie listens to the experienced prisoners such as the prisoner on page twenty-eight, he tells Elie to lie about his age. Also in page thirty, the old prisoner tells Elie about the fact that they might end up in the crematory. Elie take those prisoners’ advices in the camp.
    When Elie listens and follows the advices from the prisoners, he end up staying with his father (Elie 29). The prisoner’s words help Elie from not getting separated. Elie uses the words from the experienced prisoners to help him stay with his father.
    Elie uses his voices on page forty-one to Stein the relative. Elie tells his relative that his wife and children are still alive. Elie is lying to the relative to make him feel better but in fact he didn’t know anything about Stein’s family. The result of using his voice, Stein starts to weep in joy because he finally knew that his family is safe somewhere.
    Elie conveys his message through figurative language such as imagery and symbolism. Elie would often uses the word NIGHT in the book. For emotions, Elie keep on recurring the image where people weep either for joy or death(Wiesel 31,33,41).
    Fire represents death. Like what Madame Schachter keep on screaming and yelling in the train, she is foreshadowing the crematory and what might happen to the people on the train(Wiesel 25). Also when young Elie sees the burned bodies of children and babies in the crematory on the way into the camp at Auschwitz (Wiesel 30). Jews are burn in the fire so fire symbolizes death of Jews.
    Night represents life before and during the concentration camp. The word night have being repeat for several times in the book before Elie and his family at the camp. On page thirty-four, Elie says “The night was gone…I too had become a completely different person (Wiesel 34).” This implies that Elie’s life have change after when he goes to the camp and after what he have seen in the camp. His perspective have change base on the experience he just faces. Elie’s life have change in the camp.
    Tear symbolize the survival at the camp. Right after when the Jews know that they are safe, they begin to weep for joy(Wiesel 33). The are crying because they know that still have more days than other Jews. Also Stein weeps when he hears that his family is still alive(Wiesel 41). These Jews weep for they fact that they are alive in the world now.
    Elie didn’t tell his story explicitly because he wants the readers to understand the book through his own implies. Explicitly may not help the readers make connections to their environments and readers will get to understand Elie’s emotions through his voice.

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  24. Continuation...
    b. What does FIRE represent? What does NIGHT represent? What do TEARS represent?
    In the book FIRE represents death, and basically the end of ones faith along with fear. When ever Elie saw flames or thought of it he would be terrified. Elie said "Never shall i forget those flames which consumed my faith forever."(Wiesal 32) in this instance whiles dreams died at witnessing the flames, which i said to symbolize death. In the book TEARS represent the lost hope of a person, when Yachiel was crying he had lost all hope and said there was nothing else to do because they were just going to die(Wiesal 33).

    c. Why does he use imagery and vivid description?
    In order to eloquently represent his story Elie must use imagery and vivid descriptions in his writing. He makes his readers feel suspense like he felt many times while living through his situations.

    d. Why doesn't Mr. Wiesel just tell his feelings about his story explicitly?
    I believe Mr. Wiesel does not tell his feelings about his story explicitly, because that would just be boring for a reader to read. If he were to tell you he was scared because he thought he would die it wouldn't leave any room for a description and a better representation of his story. Also in not telling his feelings about his story explicitly he allows the reader to have a more closer feeling about what he felt during the situation, because he used more descriptions in his story.

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  25. Stephanie Almanzar

    1. Elie listens to the guards simply because they have power (pages 27,29,32,33,35,36)

    Elie listens to his instincts (pages 28)

    Elie listened to prayers (page 31)

    2. "I was parting from my mother and Tzipora forever"(27) Listening to the guards separated Elie from his family.
    On page 29, Elie listened to the previous officer that said his age was now eighteen. This possibly saved Elie's life since he did what he was told. Rebels were most likely burned. However, when he didn't listen previously and said he was fifteen he was yelled at. It's good that he just went along with what he was being told. Listening to all the supervisors, gypsies, guards, and police kept Elie safe from the furnaces. On page 31, although he disagreed with the prayer, Elie listened to those who were praying and recited it as well. He didn't know why but he just did.

    3. Elie uses his voice when he spoke up to the officer that was placing him by correcting him. The officer said that Elie was eighteen and Elie immediately corrected him saying that he is fifteen. In this situation Elie uses his voice, although it was not heard or it didn't matter. If Elie would of continued on using his voice, there would of been fatal consequences. In this situation, there were none except for the officer growing furious.

    4. Elie Wiesel, as a writer uses many techniques such as repetition, symbolism, and imagery to convey his feelings towards what was going on. For example, he repeats the word "never" to show how brutal his time in the camps were. They were so strong and brutal that he will "never" forget them. The memory is strong enough to stay engraved in his mind. Also, throughout "Night", Elie uses descriptive words such as "bestial brutality", "inhuman", "convulsively", and "tormented" to create strong imagery. Imagery is present to create a sense of awareness or understanding for the events that were endured during the Holocaust. Elie Weisel wants people to feel for what went on and how horrible it was. He wants people to understand. He also uses symbols such as fire, night, and tears. These symbols are constantly appearing in the text which shows that they're portraying a hidden idea. Fire can represent a warning or precaution. Every time fire or anything related like "furnace" is present in the text there is danger afoot or something that is meant to be feared. Night can be seen as a symbol for hope or faith. Night is present in situations where hope is needed or there is hope among a harsh situation. Tears can be a symbol for release of emotion. Tears are present, both in the book and in everyday life, when an emotion is overwhelming therefore it is released through tears. For example, the Jews cried when they were all deathly afraid of their fates confronting the furnace.

    In my opinion, Elie, as an author, wants to tell a story rather than just give fact of the Holocaust. He wants readers to gain perspective and see the events of the Holocaust through a Jew's eyes.

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  27. 1. Ellie listens to many people in the concentration camp. He listens to the inmates at the camp, giving him advice like stating his age to the officers. (Ellie 29) He also listens to the SS officers, obeying their every whim. When the SS officer told him to run ,he ran , without hesitation (Ellie 34)Finally he listens to his father. When Ellie asked him what has become of his mother , his father reassured him she is still alive ( Ellie 42)

    2. When Ellie listened mixed results occured. When he listened to the inmate about the age discrepancy he was able to survive (Ellie 29)

    3.Ellie uses his voice throughout the chapter. First Ellie used his voice to save himself , he said he was a farmer (Ellie 29) He also began to question God. Previously he was devoted to the cabala and the Talmud ,now he is beginning to have doubts (Ellie 31) He also refused to touch his food (Elie 39). Finally he lied to Stein of Antwerop about receiving letters from his family (Ellie 41)

    4. Ellie Wiesel uses many literary techniques to convey his message about his experences. The author used specific symbols and imagery to describe what he felt and what was occurring. He vividly described fire, in association with the furnace , the stench of death, the burning flames of doom. Night represent emptiness and dark despair. Night may also represent fear ,not knowing the future outcome. Tears represent depression and loss of hope. When he saw his father cry it was a sign superdense. The author uses vivid description to make the reader feel exactly what he felt during that time. He doesn't just write explicitly because he wants to make the previously emotion as authentic as possible. His emotions weren't organized or linear. He wants the reader to fully understand how he felt.

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  28. 1. The person who Elie listens to is the another inmate. The prisoner tells him that he should lie to the Nazi saying that his age is eighteen. Elie is confused an not sure why he has to do this (Wiesel 30). However, when he understands that the man is trying to save his life he follows his advice.
    2. Following the advice of the prisoner, Elie is saved from the fires of the furnaces and is joined by his father on the left side of the officer. If Elie had said his real age, fifteen, he would have gone to the right side and be sent to the chimneys. He then would have shared the same fate as his mother and sister. The Nazis did try to frighten the prisoner by forcing them to walk towards the trenches which were filled with flames and the ashes of other Jews. By listening to the other inmate, Elie was saved from an ill fate many others suffered.
    3. Elie uses his voice when he talks to Stein of Antwerp, the husband of his cousin. Stein is sad because he has seen separated from his family and hasn’t heard from then in quite a while. Elie tells Stein “my mother's had news from your family. Reizel is very well. The children too....."(Wiesel 41). Elie uses his voice when he tells Stein about his family being well. Elie doesn’t know what has become of Stein’s family but says all is well to make him feel better. . Elie uses his voice to help someone have hope again and feel that they have to survive. He gives hope, even tough false, to someone and makes them feel like they should stay alive and that there is a reason to live.
    4. Elie conveys his message through the use of symbols and imagery. He also use repetition of many words like night, fire, and tears, to help the reader understand and see what is happening. He wants people to feel the emotion that were felt at the camp. He wants the people to use all their senses and have a clear idea of the cruelty. Elie speaks of how he saw the burning bodies in the trenches and could smell the burning flesh of the innocent and helpless. This not only paints an image but make the reader feel as if they are there with Elie, experiencing the event with him. He wants people to see what is going on in the scene through the use of descriptive language, symbols and repetition.
    b. Fire symbolizes death, terror, destruction, and power. The Nazi through Jew in ovens and trenches blazing with fire. Fire simply kills and destroys everything and that was the way the Nazis used it. They would burn Jews alive and many times in front of other Jews. Fire put fear in to the heart of people, the unfortunate were thrown into the flames and died a slow and painful death. Fire was also a sign of power for the Nazis. It was the main way they “exterminated” many Jews and emphasized the power they had by putting fear in others. Night symbolizes dark times and fear. Elie couldn’t sleep at night because he would have nightmares about the things he had seen in the day. The nightmares increased Elie’s pain and made him question god. He didn’t see any light and everything seemed hopeless. Suffering was mostly done at night and therefore it was fear full. Many fear the night not because of the darkness but the fact that they don’t know what awaits in the darkness, just as the Jews don’t know what is in store fore them in the future. Elie uses tears to symbolize hopelessness and weakness. The Jews can do nothing but weep, it seems that they have no options and all they can do is cry. Crying is the only way many Jews express their voice. Tears are a representation of uselessness.
    c. Wiesel uses Vivid description to make the reader understand and feel the story. By vividly describing the scenes he paints an image in the readers mind making them want to read the story. If Elie was to explicitly say his feelings the story would become boring. By hinting and showing emotion through words he make people want to read the book. He makes you feel as he feels through vivid description, something that is not possible by explicitly sharing his feelings

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  29. Ahmed Atieh
    Elie listens to a prisoner that tells him to lie about his age and says he is eighteen. When the ss officer asks elie his age, elie says he is eighteen (pg 28). Elie is confused about why the guy asked him to lie about his age, but he still listens to him and later realizes that the guy saved his life. By listening to the prisoner, elie is sent to the left side instead of the right. If he had gone to the right side, he would have been killed. After being sent to the left side, elie is reunited with his father giving him more hope. Elie uses his voice when telling Stein that his wife and children are okay. By lying to stein, elie uses his voice for a good purpose making stein happy. He gives stein hope and something to look forward to or be happy about. Elie conveys his messages about his experiences through the use of literary techniques. Elie uses repetition of words to emphasize the horrible experiences that he had gone through. Elie combines the repetition with imagery to help the reader have a clear picture of what is happening. Elie keeps saying he can smell the bodies burning. By repetitively saying this, the reader can picture this event and feel the same way the author did. Fire represents viciousness within the Nazis. It portrays or gives a feeling of horror and cruelty. Night represents fearfulness and hopelessness. During the night, the jews are scared of what may happen to them. Elie losses hope in god because god isn’t helping he Jews. Tears represent no hope. Crying does not help change anything and it is a symbol f weakness. Elie describes his experiences with imagery and vivid language to give the reader a little taste of what has happened to him. Through the use of imagery, Elie interests the reader by making the reader want to get a better and better picture of what is going on throughout the story. Elie doesn’t explicitly tell of his experience because he wants the reader to form the best understanding of what had happened to the jews in the holocaust through the use of imagery.

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  30. Elie listens to a prisoner from the camp. “here, kid, how old are you?”…”I’m not quite fifteen yet.” “No. Eighteen.” “but I’m not,”…”Fool. Listen to what I say.” (Wiesel 28) The prisoner was telling him to lie about his age when someone asks him. At first he didn’t want to listen but then he just did.
    When the S.S. officer, Dr. Mengele, asked him how old he was he lied to him. As a result he was put on the left side of the lines. (Wiesel 29) Elie was not sure if he was going on the line he wanted to go to. All he knew was that he wanted his dad to be on the same line as his because he didn’t want to get separated from him. Luckily for him since he listen to the prisoner and his dad as well lied about his age they ended up on the same line.
    Elie used voice. (29, 33, 39)
    He used it when he lied and was able to fool the S.S. officer. He spoke up even though it was a lie. Then he tells the people not to cry like Yechiel. He believed that there was really no reason to cry and that were really unsure of what to think. It was not certain that they will die but also he was not sure if he wouldn’t. Later on in the chapter he showed voice by an action that he made. He didn’t want to eat and so his father ate the food for him. Even though it was not literally voice coming out of his mouth the action he did counted as for his voice.
    Elie the writer uses voice in his book. He as the author has all the voice because he is telling the story. He also uses symbolism to express his voice.
    He repeats the word “never”. He uses symbolism with this word.
    Fire represents fear of death. The Jews get burned a lived. It mean their own grave.
    Night means suffering and scariness. The Jews could of ran away and they don’t know what exactly awaits them. But it also means that the spark of unlighted hopes. (When they are cold at night)
    Tears represents sadness, and, suffering. When some Jews were reunited they started crying. They were happy to see each other but they were scared of dying. They didn’t want to die.
    The author has details to make imagery and vivid descriptions. He adds how people were becoming and how everyone was treated and acted. By putting his opinions he also shows imagery.
    He doesn’t just tell his story explicitly because he wants to give the reader an idea of how things were. He might of also not want to relive his life all over again with much pain. Also he adds to the book by not just telling it straight. He gets the readers attention and pulls them little by little. So in order for that to happen and for his book not to be boring he had to break it down. Also he might of wanted readers to understand it.

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  31. 1. Elie listens to the guy who tells him to lie about his age (wiesel 28). Here a man tells Elie to lie about his age and to say he is eighteen rather than fifteen. However after this he then began to listen to some kind of intuition with in himself. In the later pages he then began to listen to his intuition such as in pages 29, 37, and 41. However this could be his voice.

    2 and 3. In page twenty nine he said that his occupation was as a farmer. He did not get the idea from anyplace or someone. He just said that. In other words he begins to have his own voice. So he began to listen to himself. This saved his own life. Later he does not attack the man who attacked his father. He just stared. Again here he listened to his own mind (wiesel 37) which only causes him no trouble and gives him more time of being alive. In page forty one Elie lied about Stein’s family being alive. He tried making this man better. The man felt better and he would give Elie some food but later he found out the truth and he was no longer seen.
    4. Elie Wiesel conveys his messages about his experiences very descriptively. He uses very descriptive language as well as narration to give a stronger sense of his feelings. Not only that but he symbolizes certain things that did traumatize him in some way such as the fire, tears, and night. The fire was a very strong symbol it was a sign of the terror he felt. The fire was what didn’t let him sleep for a while. He saw babies being burnt in flames. Thus fire is a great fear to him. Then there are tears which represent the emotions that he saw and felt most of the time not to mention he himself couldn’t cry. Rather than crying he was motionless and felt fear. Lastly Night was the time of the day when most events occurred, probably the reason why the book is named night. The reason why he uses vivid description and imagery is because it is what he saw and felt. He does not need to write explicitly since there would be no point. His feelings wouldn’t be shown as they would be or felt as they should.

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  32. 1. Elie listens to
    The SS officers (Wiesel 27)
    The prisoner (Wiesel 28)
    His Father (Wiesel 32)
    Young Pole Prisoner (Wiesel 38)
    2. When Elie listens to the SS officers he basically is able to survive (Wiesel 27). Elie takes the prisoners advice and lies to the officer, because of this he was chosen to be a laboror and not cremated (Wiesel 29,38). Elie's father tells Elie to not distinguish himself and Elie goes on to say to his audience that his father was right to say that because if they had, then they would have to work in the crematories.
    3. Elie uses his voice when he lies to the SS officer about his age and his occupation (Wiesel 29). He uses his voice through his actions because he made a choice and demonstrated through his lies, the risks he would take to survive. Because he used his voice in this situation Elie was taken to the concentration camo to become a worker instead of facing his death. Elie also uses his voice when he tells his mother's niece's husband aka Stein that his wife and children are perfectly fine, meaning still alive (Wiesel 41). Elie CHOSE to tell Stein this without knowing if it were true or not. Elie used his voice in this situation to portray his sympathy for the man and to hopefully renew hope in Stein. Elie's lie gave hope to Stein and a reason to live, Elie was also able to benefit from his lie because Stein would bring him a piece of bread when he visited him (Wiesel 42).
    4.a. Elie Wiesel uses imagery and symbolism throughout his novel to convey his messages about his experciences. Elie constantly mentions fire throughout the first chapters.When Elie and his father think they are going to die, Elie's father asks Elie if he remembers madame Schachter, in the train (Wiesel 31). Madame Schachter would scream about the fire she saw even if there wasn't one. Fire throughout the book must mean death because as Elie's father mentions this ,neither he nor Elie know if they will end up in the crematory. Elie Wiesel also uses imagery to explain his message to the reader. Through imagery Elie is able to explain the graveness of the Holocaust and how he was personally affected. Elie chooses to describe the most graphic images in his opinion through how he saw these images. When Elie describes thw burning of the babies he uses the symbol fire and personifies it so it becomes "alive" in some way, this is done to show the significance of the scene and the symbol. Elie wrote "flames were leaping up from a ditch, gigantic flames"(Wieser 30).
    b. FIRE represents death, the cruel deaths awaiting the Jews, the death Elie and his father fear
    NIGHT could represent the corruption of innocence, or guilt, Elie mentions night when he descibes how the prisoner disapears into the night shadows (Wieser 28). When someone's innocence is corrupted then they are most likely guilty of something. The prisonor must have seen some nasty things that have corrupted his innocence, or maybe he is guilty just as the rest of the complacent jews are.
    TEARS represent the unheard voices of the jews, the pain they feel that is ignored, "We're on the threshold of death....How could i not cry?", a fellow jew cries and answers Elie's question as to why he is crying. He feels helpless and fears death he cries because there is none there to help him or hear his cries for help.
    c. Elie uses imagery and vivid description in order to allow the reader to visualize what he saw to some extent. Through imagery the reader is able to undestand his message more cleary. If he can describe his point of view through the symbolism and uses his impactful scenes as evidence then perhaps his message will be understood and supported.
    d. Elie doesn't just tell his feelings about his situation explicitly because if he just told the reader how he felt, then the feelings he wants the reader to try to grasp as they picture the scenes he describes won't be presen and therefore not genuine on the reader's part, his message won't be as impactful, he doesn't want to merely state the facts of his emotions, he wants his emotions to become the emotions of the reader so his message will become more personal and important to the reader.

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  33. Lumi
    1. Elie listens to the man that tells him that he's eighteen even though he's only fifteen(Wiesel 27). He listens to him because he doesn't want to cause any trouble and want to find out why does he have to lie about his age.
    2. When Elie listens to the man and said he was eighteen years old, he was placed to work
    in the crematories.
    3. When Elie uses his voice and lies about his age he was able to be with his father (Wisel 27). If he had not listened to the man and said that he was eighteen he would have been placed to the left side of the line and be torn apart from his father. But because he used his voice and told the officer that he's eighteen he worked along with his father.
    4a. Elie uses imagery and metaphors to help develop a mental image of how he lived in the concentration camp. He used the description of how his shoes were all muddy after sleeping standing up in the muddy house. He compared how things were before he was put in the camp to how life is now.
    4b. Fire represents death and sorrow. It represtents death because man women and children, including men are being burned to death in ovens in the concentration camp, sorrow because many of the people that are being burned to death are friends and family with the ones that are creating the tools to carry their bodies to the fire.
    Night represents Elie losing his faith. Night represented Elie losing his faith because on the first night in the camp, he questioned god's excistence and whether he should continue beliving in someone that would put others through painful lives.
    Tears represent pain, the pain of people losing their friends and family, the pain of their homes tearing apart, the pain of seperation.
    4c. He uses imagery and vivid description to help paint a mental picture of how life was, instead of describing whole thing, he uses words to give feeling to the readers and emotions of how life was, and with the emotions added it, it gave the reader a overview of how everything was.
    4d. Mr. Wiesel doesn't tell us his feelings directly because different people might have read it differently if only his view was shown. He uses words to grasp the feeling he held and used words to bend these feelings into image and paint it into our heads. Some people would think it isn't enough with just words, image is needed also.

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  34. 1) Elie ends up listening to the SS man. When the SS man asks him his age, Elie responds fifteen, however the SS man tells him that that is wrong and that his age is to be eighteen, later on when the SS officer asks for his age he responds eighteen like orderd by the SS man. (28,29)
    When he does listen to the SS men he ends up somewhat in good hands because he still has his father by his side.

    2) Elie uses his voice when a “comrade” named Stein, comes upon his father to ask whether not they know something about his wife and kids; although this question was directly for Elie’s father to respond, Elie responds saying: “yes, my mother’s had news from your family. Reizel is very well. The children too. . . .” (41)The outcome towards this lie throughout his voice ends up by the loss of a comrade and disappointment. This happens because Stein eventually learns the truth and gets crushed by the lies that Eliezel gave him, which included probably hope which is now lost.
    3) Elie Wiesel conveys emotions in the story by using imagery: “No far from us there were some prisoners at work. Some were digging holes, others carrying sand. None of them so much as glanced at us. We were so many dried up trees in the heart of a desert.” (35) One could accually feel the awkwardness given by the people as one imagines to pass by. The metaphor that Eli Wiesel of the tree and themselves gives the reader a dry and upset feeling. When one sees a dried up tree they feel bad, thirst, and somewhat hopeless probably just like Elie and his father were feeling at the moment.
    4) Night: This might be the symbol of darkness and evil. When one thinks of dark they think of lifeless, scary, mean or mainly bad things.
    5) Tears: This might be the symbol of hope. When Stein came to give Elie food he gave in tears as in a way of having hope because he thought that his family was allright.
    6) Fire: This might be the symbol of evil. When Ellie saw the little children being burned that portrayed evil and madness of the Nazi’s. Ellie states that a dark flame had entered his soul (34) This may mean that hatred towards the Nazis’ for doing such cruel thing to little children.
    7) Mr. Wiesel doesn’t just tell his story explicitly, but on the contrary so one can think about it more deeply. Therefore having more meaning towards it in a way.

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  35. this didnt help me at all -________-

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