Analyzing Themes In Elie Wiesel's 'Agony'

In the memoir Night, the narrator Elie Wiesel recounts a moment when he was faced with inhumanity. In the story he tells us about it. “Over there. Do you see the chimney over there? Do you see it? And the flames, do you see them?(Yes, we saw the flames) Over there, that’s where they will take you. Over there will be your grave. You still don’t understand? Don’t you understand anything? You will be burned! Burned to a cinder! Turned into ashes!”(Wiesel 30). They were telling them that they were going to throw them in the fire so they could burn but they didn’t know that was going to happen. As the author describes his experience, many other examples of inhumanity are revealed. Two significant themes related to inhumanity discussed in the book

January 30th, 1933. The day many Jews, gypsies, and homosexuals lost their lives forever. That Monday started the morbid event that claimed up to 7 million lives. Elie Wiesel, Nobel Peace prize winner and author of the memoir Night writes about his experiences during the Holocaust so it may never be forgotten. Wiesel uses pathos, foreshadowing, and irony to help the audience comprehend, with their knowledge, what situations were like during this long, hard journey for Eliezer. Elie Wiesel uses these devices and appeals in places that enhance and emphasize the experiences and hardships him and his father had dealt with. Pathos is the emotional appeal and connection the writer includes to assist the audience and provide the emotions the writer wants to convey. Foreshadowing is cluing in on an event that will occur in the future of the writing. Lastly, irony is the contrary outcome which a reader might expect to occur.

The Holocaust changed the lives of many. Those that survived have many terrifying stories to tell. Many survivors are too horrified to tell their story because their experiences are too shocking to express in words. Eli Wiesel overcomes this fear by publicly relaying his survival of the Holocaust. "Night", his powerful and moving story, touches the hearts of many and teaches his readers a great lesson. He teaches that in a short span of time, the ways of the world can change for the worst. He wants to make sure that if the world didn't learn anything from hearing about the atrocities of the Holocaust, maybe they'll be able to learn something from Elie's own personal experience. Usually, a person can internalize a situation better

Elie Wiesel has given the listener a wonderful opportunity to feel the intense movement of his speech, “The Perils of Indifference”. His speech is centered around the need for vigilance in the face of evil. Throughout this speech, with which he moved so many, he shared his experience with being sent to Buchenwald, a concentration camp, the treacherous conditions in which they were living, and the way that indifference has separated human beings. He explained, that through anger and hatred a great poem or symphony can be written, because “One does something special for the sake of humanity because one is angry at the injustice that one witnesses.” (Wiesel, 1999/16, p. 78). The three strategies that will be explored throughout this analysis are ethos, logos, and pathos.

"Night" by Elie Wiesel is "A slim volume of terrifying power" (The New York Time), the novel is concerning the tragic events that occurred during the Holocaust. The first section of the memoir raises an internal conflict, regarding the Jews of Sighet being ignorant about the terrifying events that are occurring outside their small town. This conflict is created when Moishe the Beadle escaped from the Gestapo and returned to Sighet to warn the Jews of the crisis, which is happening right under their noses. This is shown in the following quote, "he went from one Jewish house to the next, telling his story" (7), despite warning his community of the dangers that are progressing towards them, the Jews of Sighet ignored him and did not believe Moishe. The ignorance of the Jews is shown when

“Splendid news from the Russian Front. There could no longer be any doubt: Germany would be defeated. It was only a matter of time, months or weeks, perhaps. The trees were in bloom. It was a year like so many others, with its spring, its engagements, its weddings, and its births” (8).

Determination is an important foundation in human lives. Each time an individual or society faces great adversity, one tends to develop an aspect of their identity that showcases a strong link to the significance of determination in people’s lives. Determination is a trait that each individual possesses. However, the degree of this characteristic varies for each individual and depends on the person’s capabilities and willingness to attain a goal. In the Night, author Elie Wiesel provide the readers with an insight of how determination became the guidance for the Jewish people who suffered dreadful torture and endured a horrid lifestyle under the Nazi’s fascist and anti-semitic regime. Furthermore, due to

There is this quote from an anonymous source that says “ There are two types of pain in this world. Pain that hurts you and the pain that changes you”. Eliezer Wiesel wrote Night that told the story of him at the rough time period of the Holocaust . The story is mainly about what he experienced in this camp and what he saw. He spent most of his early teengers in the camps watching cruel punishments and death was around him , it was unavoidable. Pain and trauma changes someone no matter how much pain or trauma they went through. When going through pain like the one Wiesel went through change inevitable. The Holocaust caused pain for Eliezer watching everyone he knew disappear; all this pain change everything but mostly his religion and relationship with God.

Have you ever had that moment where you thought that you were having the worst time of your life? Well, if you have then you might want to rethink your definition of bad considering the torture that went on during the holocaust. Elie Wiesel was one of the victims that was taken to the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland. In the book “Night” by Elie Wiesel, the main character Ellie was altered throughout the book by his circumstances in Auschwitz.

Human rights activist and Nobel Prize winning author, Elie Wiesel in his mind opening speech, “The Perils of Indifference,” brings to light the indifference had my the masses which allowed a long period of suffering on multiple occasions; which can only be described as “inhumane” and a “sin” (par. 13). He develops his message by illustrating the specific life changing events the author has gone through, such as when he was “Liberated a day earlier by American soldiers…” (par. 2) which makes him credible enough to speak confidently about the subject at hand. In addition, Wiesel also by using the line “When adults wage war, children perish.” he creates a shocking moment of realization and a heavier mood so people realize that being indifferent had great repercussions. Lastly, the author creates awareness to the gravity of not caring about major genocides happening worldwide. “[T]wo world wars, countless civil wars, [and] a senseless chain of assassinations…” (par. 5) are what he touched on and wanted to make a point of. Wiesel’s purpose is to inform government officials of their own indifference so it is prevented in the future in order to make better millenium where people aren’t heedless when relating to a crisis. He establishes a serious, somber, and enlightening tone for readers through the use of ethos, pathos, and the literary device asyndeton in order to develop his message that humans shouldn’t be indifferent towards others. Wiesel’s message about the inhumanity of

World War 2 was a tragedy for everyone and it will always be remembered. We all hope that this part of history never repeats itself. The summer of 1944 Elie Wiesel and his family was taken by Nazis. They all got transferred in a train car to Buchenwald where his family died on the the way there. Then in the year 1945, American soldiers saved his life. He was just a small boy who did not understand english but, was terrified of what might come next. He thought he was never gonna feel joy again but years later, when he was an old man, he would finally understand and was grateful for what they did.

Later on in the book Alexander talks about the core where he saw "[b]ig, puffy, pink-white [clouds] that showed up sharply against the deep blue-black sky" (p. 45). Everyone who thinks of heaven, thinks of clouds. It is not uncommon for anyone to describe heaven that way. It is very stereotypical and made it no different that anyone else's image of heaven. "A sound, huge and booming like a glorious chant, came from above, and I wondered if the winged beings were producing it" (Alexander, 2012, p. 45) is also another stereotype of what people say you'd hear when you're in heaven. Again, not enough proof.

“My brothers…that fatal hunt is up, and harrying our streets today. See him there, that angel of the pestilence, comely as lucifer, shining like Evil’s very self! He is hovering above your roofs with his great spear in his right hand, poised to strike, while his

The meeting is over and all of them slowly make their way back to wherever their homes may be but the one in the black robe slowly takes off their hood once everybody is gone and reveals medium length blonde hair that is shining brilliantly in the dimly lit cave and just stares at the baby in her hands Lucifer. She lets out a deep sigh and then responds “Why did I have to be stuck with this troubled child,well not much I can do now.” She stares back at the boy despite his lifeless eyes he has a single hair but it’s not like natural hair rather it’s a shining silver an unnatural color but why would this child’s hair be a different color ,the other children had a bit of hair but they were all pretty natural such as brown,black, and blonde.

He seemed to be focused on a distant point out in the orchard, but Apple Bloom couldn’t tell what it was.