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     Eli has a definite change emotionally. He thinks about the things he would never consider if he was not in Auschwitz. For example, on page 102, Elie says, “I gave him what was left of my soup, But it was with a heavy heart. I felt that I was giving it up to him against my will.” In the beginning, it was as if Elie would do anything for his father. After all, his father was older and it was Elie’s turn to look after him. After a while, his father seems like almost a burden to him. Elie felt obligated to give him the rest of his food, but if given the choice, he probably would not have given it up easily.

Wiesel does a wonderful job with his use of pathos throughout the speech by making the audience reflect on his words and creates a strong emotional reaction for what is being said. From being a survivor of the Holocaust, one of the darkest parts of history as well as the most shallow times for humanity. Immediate sympathy is drawn from the audience. When he states that himself endured the horrible conditions these people had to live in. He then explains to us that the people there, “No longer felt hunger, pain, thirst. They feared nothing. They felt nothing. They were dead and did not know it.” With saying this it brings forth feelings of guilt, one of the most negative emotions to accumulate a reaction towards these events. Also numerous people throughout the world long for world peace and to hear the inhumane acts that was once acted upon an innocent man, makes their stomach's sink. Wiesel defines its derivation, as “no difference” and uses numerous comparisons on what may cause indifference, as a “strange and unnatural state in which the lines blur.” Like good and evil, dark and light. Wiesel continues to attract the audience emotionally by stating this he is aware of how tempting it may be to be indifferent and that at times it can be easier to avoid

The message that is sent across in this speech is also something that makes it so effective. Wiesel’s goal is not only to inform the people of the horrible events of the Holocaust, but also a call to action. This call to action is to end indifference throughout the world. Wiesel tries throughout the speech to inspire his audience within the White House, as well as the people of the world to act in times of human suffering, injustice, and violence. Within this call to action, Wiesel argues that indifference is an action worse than any other. Even anger, according to Wiesel, is a more positive action than indifference. “Even hatred at times may elicit a response. You fight it. You denounce it. You disarm it. Indifference elicits no response. Indifference is not a response.” When Wiesel states this simple, yet powerful statement, it forces any listener to consider how negative of an emotion hatred is, then puts indifference well below it. Wiesel also addresses how easy it is for any person to be indifferent. He states, “Of course, indifference can be tempting—more than that, seductive. It is so much easier to look away from victims.” This quote

“Keep Memory Alive” is an award acceptance speech delivered by Elie Wiesel. The speaker recalled the events and personal experiences during the unfortunate and penetrating event known as the Holocaust. Wiesel gave an example of a little young boy asking his father: “Who would allow such crimes to be committed? How could the world remain silent?” (Wiesel, 544). That young boy turns out to be Wiesel. Wiesel proceeds to emphasize his belief that everyone should remember the significant events in history and learn to speak up when necessary. Therefore, it is important to commemorate history in order to prevent society from becoming ignorant and often times, repeating identical mistakes as our ancestors did.

More than once Eliezer experiences the rupture of the bond a family shares between both the

Eliezer and his father never wanted to be separated. But as the book goes on the father gets very sick and Eliezer has to take care of him. While they were waiting in line they watch a load of children go into the fire. After that Eliezer debates running into the electric fence but he doesn’t. Eliezer’s father soon gets very sick and the Nazis ordered him to the furnace and after Eliezer loses his father, he feels a sense of relief because he no longer needs to take care of him but also misses him

| This passage, I think, describes how much a person can change once he or she has been exposed to the many horrors present in the Jewish concentration camps. These people in these camps might have easily become mentally unstable, because they would witness murder and beatings every day; the suffering of countless people. The people themselves also had to endure unknown numbers of days in cattle cars and barracks, which could also have been traumatic. Seeing and experiencing all of these things can change a person, and the way they think. No longer is Elie the innocent child who wanted to study religion in his hometown, but now has to deal with the living hell of his mind, which has ultimately changed him.

At first, the book did not become very popular because it brought forward the darkest zone of humanity; it broached a topic that the world wanted to leave untouched, forgotten. But that is exactly what Wiesel did not want to let happen. One of the great successes of this hugely appreciated and critically appraised book was that it managed to bring out the stark reality of the concentration camps, the Nazis, the Polish and all the people in the world who kept silent on the face of such atrocities meted out to their fellow citizens. Wiesel once remarked that the opposite of good was not evil, but indifference. The horror of the Holocaust was not only the acts committed by a section of people but the fact that a

Wiesel had questioned his surroundings and the events that will continue to replay in his mind. Witnessing these matters has harmed his whole being, preventing his life to return to normal. “Never shall I forget the small

Throughout the book, the Nazis barbarism and inhuman acts of violence changed the lives of many people. Furthermore, it changed Eliezer connection with God. That cruelty is remembered and will be remembered for the years to come. Even though the Nazis wickedness affected the lives of many, however, the Jews never bothered for

Young Eliezer becomes cruel, detached, and emotionless through his experiences in concentration camps. Eliezer falls into cruelty when he allows his father to be beaten. “I had watched the whole scene without moving. I kept quiet. In fact I was thinking of how to get farther away so that I would not be hit myself.

Near the opening of his speech he brings up a few historical events that he considers to be failures of humanity. These include two world wars, assassinations, war in Africa and the Middle East, and of course Auschwitz (1). His tone reflects his fear of these events being repeated. Fear that we will fail to learn from history. Yet even though most of his speech focused on the dangers of indifference he reminds his audience of the good that occurred. These are the incidents that bring him hope. The examples are the fall of communism and Hitler’s regime, the United States intervention in Kosovo, and peace between Israel and Egypt over the holy land (4). His hope is especially strong thanks to the Kosovo incident. Instead of showing indifference, America took action. Despite this, he questions his audience if they are truly moving beyond indifference. He proceeds to persuade his audience, both physical and metaphorical, to think of the children. Children are innocent victims in war. Wiesel even opens and ends his speech describing himself as a child. He fears the pain they suffer because he knows the same feeling all too well. “Do we hear their pleas? Do we feel their pain, their agony?” He asks the audience (4). Wiesel made sure to end on a note that tapped into ethos and give them a lot to think

Moche the Beadle, from the memoir Night, written by the author Elie Wiesel, serves as a mentor to the main character. In the novel, Elie spends most of his time learning to be closer to God. Moche, who was captured by the Nazis yet managed to escape, returns from the near death experience to warn Elie that these people are coming to Sighet. The most important things to the Beadle are his closeness to God and knowledge. Moche’s devotion to God is apparent because he stays out of the way from others to worship. The narrator describes “Nobody ever felt embarrassed by him, Nobody ever felt encumbered by his presence”(Weisel, 13). In simpler terms, this quote comes to mean “Moche caused no one to feel embarrassed by or burdened by him.” His

In the passage “Never Shall I Forget” Wiesel uses imagery and anaphora to convey the purpose of racism and mistreatment. One quote that uses imagery to convey his purpose of racism and mistreatment is when Wiesel saw so many Jews dying by stating,”bodies I saw turned into wreaths of smoke”(Wiesel 7). Wiesel uses imagery to convey the purpose of racism and being mistreated by visualizing his feelings and thoughts of how traumatized Wiesel is from seeing so many Jews dead bodies. This quote also explains of how Wiesel described many thing like the memorial of wreaths for the Jews dead bodies. Another quote that demonstrates anaphora by conveying the purpose of mistreatment and racism is when Wiesel describes different experiences of Jews

Denial is an important element in this reading because if they weren't in denial, they might of been able to escape. When Moche was trying to warn them about the horrible things the Nazis were doing, the Jews would deny that any of this was happening. If they would have just listened to him, there might of been a chance they could have escaped.