In 1939 September WW2 began with Germany invading Poland, then later the declarations of war on Germany by United Kingdom and France. The war brought terrors to Germany as Jews were out casted and treated inferior like animals! The Refugee Blue is a poem written by W.H. Auden, as it denotes the conditions experienced by a Jewish Couple as they rights were very inadequate. During the time when Hitler was in command he formed his racial Rampage, it was almost certain most people will be seeking for refuge; when the war begun most countries became hesitated to allow in refugees. As well as this a novel written by Charlotte Gray called ‘The Last Night’ which also resembles WW2 but it indicates a different repulsive catastrophe of the war; This …show more content…
This quotation illustrates how they had their rights and ethics when they belonged to a county uninhibited. This is because of Nazi occupation. As well as this the collective use of the pronoun ‘we’ denotes that once they had an identity and a place, this makes the reader feel sympathy for the couple as they are neglected. In addition to this, the author shows how out-casted the couple feel. This can be seen in the following quotation, ‘We cannot go there now, my dear, we cannot go there now’. This quotation how abandoned they are even though they belong to the to a country they once called home and the country still exists, but they have no place to go to. The repetition of the word ‘dear’ reminds the reader that the refugees have loved ones and families to protect, this make the poem …show more content…
‘Jacobs limbs were intertwined with his for warmth’. This indicates how the children suffered throughout the night as they had no blankets, just Andre keeping his little brother warm with his body. This relates to refugee blues as the voice quoted, ‘saw a poodle in a jacket fastened with a pin’. This shows the contrast between the couple and the animals as the poodle is cared for, unlike the couple. In the last night the children didn’t receive a blanket meaning they’re more inferior then an animal as well as the couple in the refugee
Night is an non fiction, dramatic book that tells the horrors of the nazi death camps all around Europe. The book is an autobiographical account of what happened, so the main character is the author. The author is Elie Wiesel who was only 14 year old when Nazi Germany came through his town of Sighet, Transylvania. This is story is set between the years of 1944 and 1945. Elie and his family of 4 are optimistic when Germany begins to take power. Germany invades Hungary, then arrives in Elie’s town. The Nazi’s begin to take over the Jews by limiting their freedom. Jews are eventually deported. The Jewish people are crowded into wagons where they are shipped to Auschwitz. He is separated from his mother and sister. Over the course of the book,
The chaos and destruction that the Nazi’s are causing are not changing the lives of only Jews, but also the lives of citizens in other countries. Between Night by Elie Wiesel and The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom, comradeship, faith, strength, and people of visions are crucial to the survival of principle characters. Ironically, in both stories there is a foreseen future, that both seemed to be ignored.
Like Bridie and Sheila they too are the forgotten victims of war, left to get on with life in their new country. The opening short sentences establish an atmosphere of sadness and apprehensions as the negative connotations of ‘dampness’, ‘crowded’ and ‘sank’ denote feelings of loss. As the ‘Immigrants’ wait in silence, the onomatopoeia of ‘the train’s whistle’ is a stark reminder of their transition into a new world and loss of the old. A melancholic tone is used to frame feelings of depression coupled with the pathetic fallacy of ‘crowded air’ and ‘dampness that slowly sank into our thoughts’ to capture vividly the common experiences of dislocation that is being felt. The alliterative use of ‘slowly sank’ highlights a loss of hope further denoting pessimism about an uncertain future in a country where indifference is experienced. Skrzynecki’s use of personification ‘time hemmed us in’ reflects the confinement of the immigrants as the extended metaphor of time is symbolic of stasis in their lives, moments of transience, but with little meaning. This loss of identity, both cultural and personal is further expressed through the figurative language where the powerful simile ‘like cattle bought for slaughter’ profoundly expresses their fear and pessimism through
Starting off in Sighet - a quiet and simple town located in Transylvania - Eliezer and his family live untouched and anxiety free. No suspicion of their world crumbling down is present; even with warnings from Moishe the Beadle pleading “Jews, listen to me! That’s all I ask of you. No money. No pity. Just listen to me!” (Page 7), the Jews of Sighet are left carefree. Anxiety does not come until many decrees are passed and a very, very real threat is brought upon the
This story begins to drive the sense of emotion with the very surroundings in which it takes place. The author starts the story by setting the scene with describing an apartment as poor, urban, and gloomy. With that description alone, readers can begin to feel pity for the family’s misfortune. After the apartments sad portrayal is displayed, the author intrigues the reader even further by explaining the family’s living arrangements. For example, the author states “It was their third apartment since the start of the war; they had
These sections allow for a change in emotion as each represents a separate part of the ‘homecoming’: Saigon describes the packaging of the bodies and how the soldiers are zipped up in green plastic bags; the flight represents the travel home, which metaphorically could also be their souls to heaven; and the third section is the arrival of the bodies in Australia. The use of pronouns gives the first two sections an emotionless feel as we do not learn specific names or information about the victims. However, when the scene changes to urban Australia in the final section the emotion changes to grief and regret for the families. The emotion of the speaker is indicated by signature language, the poet describing how “telegrams tremble like leaves from a wintering tree” and “small towns where dogs in the frozen sunset raise muzzles in mute salute”. Comparing the telegrams fluttering to the ground to leaves falling from a tree in winter reinforces our assumption of the tragic news contained within the telegrams: the “wintering tree” is clearly a metaphor for death and hence we know that enclosed within the telegrams is notification of the soldiers’ demise. Equally moving is the reference to man’s best friend mourning its loss, the poet describing how the dogs respectfully acknowledge the precious