Who Is The Narrator In Ww1

In paragraph five, he explains what he asked his father when he was a young boy: “I remember: he asked his father: “Can this be true? This is the 20th century, not the Middle Ages. Who would allow such crimes to be committed? How could the world remain silent?” This explains his feeling and from his point of view as he was a young boy. In paragraph nine, the author explains his emotions of suffering: “Sometimes we must interfere. When human lives are endangered, when human dignity is in jeopardy, national borders and sensitivities become irrelevant. Whenever men or women are persecuted because of their race, religion or political views, the must-at the moment-become the center of the universe…” He expresses his feelings and emotions of suffering toward the Jews that were persecuted and all the lives that were lost . He explains when something bad happens, men or women being persecuted, it becomes the center of attention for what they need to focus

During this section of the novel, Death begins to write in a diary, describing his daily duties and tasks. He informs us that on May 30th, thousands of aircrafts hovered over the German city of Cologne (or Köhn) and dropped explosives onto the population where hundreds were killed. Death explains the situation as tiring and gloomy because of the lifeless children he carries in his arms. Sooner or later, he observes a group of adolescent girls collecting multiple empty fuel canisters. Death finds this rather interesting

Death’s detailing and descriptions of his soul gathering in the war and his human-like emotions further to the conclusion that is Death being or resembling humans. By Death saying “Far away, fires were burning…I had just picked up 200 murdered souls” (Zusak, 478), he discusses and implies his soul gathering and subtle emotions about what it is like to be Death. In Death saying “murdered souls”, Death shows the emotion of compassion towards the Jews being slaughtered in WWII. Death uses his experience as a gateway to express his inner feelings toward the situation with Liesel Meminger. By Death saying “I was on my way to Molching for more [souls]” (Zusak, 478), it effectively shows the connection in which is the third time Liesel and Death are united. This further depicting that Death uses his personal experiences of and with Liesel Meminger and War to express his true colors. In a final attempt to completely share his ideas,

This novel is a classic example of many people's lives, which includes fear, jealousy, pride and their insecurities to name a few. The transformation of the narrator from before his reincarnation until afterwards is filled with tragedy and grief, but it is through the sacrifice of his own life that he is permanently freed from his jealousy and egotism. His "punishment" or his purgatory seemed to prove how good of a person he was all

“I’ve seen so many young men over the years who think they’re running at other young men. They are not. They’re running at me,” Death says. This quotation means that a lot of young men (I’m assuming soldiers) fight and go into battle thinking that they’re going to fight with other soldiers and survive, but they’re basically running to their deaths. This is significant because it helps to tell more of Hans Hubermann’s backstory and what happened to him pre-Liesel. It also reveals a little bit what fighting in World War II was like. This quote connects to the emerging themes of death and war because it is about mortality and fighting other people in a war. This passage impacts me by making me think about death and how many soldiers die while fighting (which is something that I don’t think about often).

When the train arrives at Auschwitz, they smell burnt flesh, and they can see the smoke. They know now that it is too late and that Mrs. Shachtner was right about the fire.

Throughout the first part of the book, Death is like one could imagine; indifferent and distant. He carries on with his job, carrying souls to their afterlife and seeking the color of the sky after a person’s death as his only distraction, and much like his job, his persona is very straightforward. He tells the reader, “Here is a small fact. You are going to die” (Zusak 3) and immediately, he appears as blunt and detached. He feels no obligation to sugar coat words, says that “nice has nothing to do with [him]” (Zusak, 3), and prefers to be frank and straightforward when expressing a message. “I wanted to explain that I am constantly overestimating and underestimating the human race - that rarely do I simply estimate it” (Zusak, 550). Once again, Death manages to not only be direct but also able to state in a few words how little he sometimes thinks of humans. To some humans, he doesn't even give a second glance, but to those he does, he often thinks the worst of them. This, along with his blunt nature, shows who he is and how he thinks of humanity.

The author name is Elie Wiesel and wrote the famous poem “Never Shall I Forget”. His poem shows how people can be overwhelmed and lose their faith in the holocaust. Wiesel uses a lot of hyperbole: “never shall I forget those moments that murdered my god and turned my soul and dreams into ashes” (Wiesel 6). Wiesel was exaggerating how it felt at the time of the inhuman activity and he couldn’t do anything. He began to lose his faith at the time because how his god would let this horrific disaster

They were forced to dig trenches, people were shot like animals, and babies were used as targets for machine gun practice. However, people “not only refused to believe his tales, they refused to listen”. As he tried to warn the people of what could happen to them, he was silenced and shut out by his town. Nobody wanted to listen to the so called “crazy” tales of Moishe the Beadle. Some people believed that he just wanted their pity. Moishe’s words could have saved lives, but instead his silence destroyed them. However this was not the only warning to be silenced. Mrs. Schäcter, a women who Wiesel knew well, continuously shrieked of a fire while in the cattle car being taken away by the Nazis. She pleaded and yelled for the Jews to listen to her. Irritated by her nonsense, “A few young men forced her to sit down, then bound and gagged her”, after which “silence fell again”. Once again the Jews silenced one of their own, claiming the warnings of flames to be only hallucinations. The desire for silence broke down the humanity of the people in the cattle car, as they eventually reverted to animalistic behavior to obtain what they wanted. The words, “silence fell again”, are

This occurs when the jews are being transported to the camps. The author uses descriptive language to show the cruelty of the S.S. officers. This is significant because this is the moment when the jews realize the severity of the situation.

It is about 6 o’ clock in the morning, and we are in the rest trenches due to continuous firing from a rifle gun and a machine gun. It’s been going on for approximately four hours. There is a short silence and another splutter of about 20 rounds. I turn to my side while sitting in the trench and in doing so, I dislodge some dirt from the side of the trench which of course falls into my ear and mouth. I am going to take a nap, but, I will be fully dressed because the situation I am in demands for it.

It’s interesting to see Death’s perspective and view on humans change throughout the book. At the beginning, it was almost sarcastic or lighthearted but at the end it realizes how terrible the human race actually is. “I am haunted by the humans” was the last line of the novel and it is such a hard hitting sentence (Zuask 550).

Shots pierced around me. I scurried across the grass for somewhere to have cover. My leg bled constantly, while pain was shooting throughout my leg. The blood oozed. I found a tree that had a wide trunk. I went around it, and there in front of my eyes was an opening that was big enough for a person to fit in it. I didn't know if it was a trap or safety. I had to take the chance, the piercing pain in my leg was too much. I walked through and I was able to stand up in it. In front of me was a curtain. I pushed it to one side. “Hands up or I’ll shoot.” I stopped. The voice didn’t sound much older than me. “Please,” I begged, “I just need help with my leg.” I cautiously turned around and there behind me was a girl around my age, 15. She was around

However, in contrast to Emily’s poem, the speaker undervalues death’s supremacy as its power is actually not in its own control. It is a contradictory to Emily’s poem. In line 9 "Thou’art slave to fate, chance, kings, and desperate men" indicates death as a slave as it does what has been ordered from the superior ones. Death takes human’s life not because he is willing to do so but because he is forced to do so. In line 10-11, “And dost with poison, war and sickness… can make us sleep as well” the speaker associates death with poison, war and sickness as death is not the only factor of human’s deceases which then the speaker posts rhetorical question for death to stop being proud. Also, the usage of rhetorical questions like in line 2 “For thou art not so” makes death fragile. Further, the last line in this poem “And death shall be no more; Death, thou shalt die” points out that at the end, the only one who dies is death itself which will be discussed in the element of Christian theology in this essay. The ending also eventually argues that death is weak and vulnerable, not in control and that is the reason why human should not fear death. All the arguments made by the speaker in this poem creates death less powerful and less control of itself which illustrates a condescending tone to elucidate death’s incapability to kill.

Death is inevitable in every person’s life, but death in these character’s lives is easily predicted to be early, and this represents the sadness and sorrows in the innocence of war. There are many ways to die, and war is the saddest way for that to occur, but at the same time,