Elie Wiesel Speech Analysis

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Elie Wiesel, a holocaust survivor, delivered The Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech, in Oslo on December 10, 1986. He started his speech off by reciting the following prayer: "Barukh atah Adonai …shehekhyanu vekiymanu vehigianu lazman hazeh"—"Blessed be Thou…for giving us life, for sustaining us, and for enabling us to reach this day." Then, after his speech, the people thanked him for everything he had done to help humankind make peace. With a profound sense of humility, he accepted this honor. Wiesel wanted people to be able to keep the memory of the holocaust by informing them of what happened to the victims of the holocaust. All the pain and torture the jews had to endure during the holocaust. Wiesel told a young jewish boy about how he tried to keep the memory alive, that he had to
Explain THREE specific examples of this transformation from Elie’s experience beginning in Sighet to his liberation at Buchenwald. The jews view of God differed in the holocaust. Some thought there was no way there could be a God since he let the jews suffer through the holocaust. Others thought that God was testing them to see how strong their faith was towards him. God can change a person’s identity. Elie was a kid that experienced the holocaust and his belief in God changed throughout his journey. At the beginning of Elie’s life, before the holocaust, he believed in God. Elie wanted a master to guide him in the studies of Kabbalah and he found one named Moshe the Beadle. Elie, at this time, prayed a lot and when he prayed he also cried. One day, Moshe asked him why he cries when he prays and Elie felt that he cried because something inside of him needed to cry. Elie was emotional when praying because he had a strong connection and faith in God. He believes that God is the Almighty and he is a higher authority that should be

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