Mill Ave I walk down Mill on a Saturday Night. Although it did not seem as though it was night. I look up to see the lights glaring back at me from the street corners and the countless flashing bar signs. I squint as I walk. Watching my surroundings. The man clothed in rags sitting on the side of the street stares as I walk by. His eyes have an element of gloominess to them. We make eye-contact, I slyly turn my head, and pursue on. Still thinking about the man I hear change jingle in my wallet. “I should have given it to him,” I think. A cluster of women exit one of the many bars in front of me. Their heels hit the concrete creating a loud, repetitive, clicking sound. This repetitive sound has rhythm. 5, 6, 7, 8 and the music starts. The spotlight shines. The show begins. …show more content…
Hot lights, prospecting fans, and proud parents all stare as you slowly file into position. We were always told to have a facial expression even though our heads faced the floor. I concentrated on that floor with every ounce of my body, took a deep breath in, 5, 6, 7, 8, and my mind was suddenly blank. A mysterious dark car pulls up next to me. I turn to see the Uber sticker in the front window as a large group of people (party people) step out. They are dressed for a night out. Whether it be a dinner, a bar, or the club. The women are dressed nicer than the men. They wear heals and skirts or dresses, while the men are looking very casual wearing jeans or even shorts with a large variety of run of the mill shoes. They continue on as well as the Uber driver, going in different
Millions of Jews, gypsies, disabled, and Slavic people brutally died because of the Holocaust. Between Shades of Gray and Night both are daunting stories about people who had to go through the struggles of prejudice. These two novels have characters that are related in some aspects and distinct in others. The characters I find the most alike are Lina and Elie, Ona and Mrs. Schächter, and Elena and Shlomo. Lina and Elie are alike by loving and defending their families. Likewise, Ona and Mrs. Schächter are alike by how they react to the harsh events. Finally, Elena and Shlomo are alike by being strong in a time of crisis. These character’s traits are slightly different, but mostly alike.
Ten minutes after lining up, I went inside the nightclub. From the door, I could hear the song and the beat of the bass so loud that my heart could feel it. Inside the nightclub, I saw people were dancing everywhere, on dancing floor, on their own seats, everywhere. They would dance and take a big gulp of their beer. Even the bartenders were dancing too, following the rhythm of the loud funky music. The rainbow rays of light moved through the club to make the mood even more exciting and funky.
When people lose their dignity, they also lose a part of the very thing that makes them human. Despair, hopelessness, fear and apathy are all ways a human can lose their humanity. The eyes provide a window onto the soul, and thus a view on the person’s mental state. The eyes also function in reverse, as a symbolic gesture of control over someone. All of this is present in Night, by Elie Wiesel, an account of human tragedy, human cruelty, human dignity, and the loss thereof.
Imagine being trapped in a ghetto, seeing communities leaving in trains, families being split up, never to see each other again.. The emotions that each and every Holocaust survivor must’ve gone through is overwhelming. Some things that are taken for granted, will never be seen again. While reading the two texts, Night by Elie Wiesel and “I Never Saw Another Butterfly” by Pavel Friedman, The two predominant emotions that prevailed most to Holocaust victims and survivors were hope and fear.
The Holocaust is known to be one the World's greatest catastrophes. Many people know about it, but very few know how life was like in the concentration camps. In the memoir, Night, Elie Wiesel utilizes figurative language like metaphors, irony, foreshadowing, and unique sentence structures, to convey and compare how life during the Holocaust was ghastly, full of lies and regret, and how it was like "one long night, seven times cursed"(25).
The Holocaust took place during World War II, when Adolf Hitler became the dictator of Germany in 1933. Would your identity change, if you were put through an epidemic. In the first section of the book, Eliezer Wiesel is a twelve year old boy who studies Judaism, but he wants to study Kabbalah, Wiesel described himself as faithful religious man. However, throughout Night, the evolution of Wiesel’s religious beliefs, symbolizes the struggle of the Holocaust.
Norman Schwarzkopf Jr, a famous war soldier once said, "The truth of the matter is you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it." Although society has the potential to help others in need they restrict themselves from doing the right thing. But when society is challenged with a problem only some step up against to the odds to make a difference. Throughout history, during times of devastation and separation there are people that show a ray of light that gives people hope during the darkest times.
...ome the dream of attainment slowly became a nightmare. His house has been abandoned, it is empty and dark, the entryway or doors are locked. The sign of age, rust comes off in his hands. His body is cold, and he has deteriorated physically & emotionally. He is weathered just like his house and life. He is damaged poor, homeless, and the abandoned one.
In Night, by Elie Wiesel, a rather prevalent theme of the novel is the idea of silence in place of justice. This is exhibited numerous times throughout the book, usually following a tragic incident where, in a modern society would be answered by punishment of the wrongdoer, but is instead answered by nothing.
The ground is frozen, parents sob over their children, stomachs growl, stiff bodies huddle together to stay slightly warm. This was a recurrent scene during World War II. Night is a literary memoir of Elie Wiesel’s tenure in the Nazi concentration camps during the Holocaust. Elie Wiesel created a character reminiscent of himself with Eliezer. Eliezer experienced cruelty, stress, fear, and inhumanity at a very young age, fifteen. Through this, he struggled to maintain his Jewish faith, survive with his father, and endure the hardships placed on his body and mind.
Three Aspects of Night by Elie Wiesel Night by Elie Wiesel is an autobiographical novel recording Mr. Wiesel’s experiences during the World War II Holocaust. As a 15 year old boy, Elie was torn from his home and placed in a concentration camp. He and his father were separated from his mother and his sisters. It is believed that they were put to death in the fiery pits of Auschwitz. The entire story is one of calm historical significance, while there is a slight separation between the emotional trauma of what is occurring, and the often-detached voice of the author.
In 1986, Elie Wiesel won the Nobel Peace Prize. He was a voice for the sufferings of both the Jewish people, and victims of any oppression. His Holocaust experiences sparked something inside of him that wouldn’t have surfaced otherwise. Despite all of the brutality and suffering, Elie learned positive lessons throughout his time in Auschwitz and the Holocaust.
Whilst the concept of autism and what it means to be autistic is still widely unrecognised by many, Mark Haddon’s use of conventions of prose fiction and language amplifies the distinctive qualities of the text. Haddon exemplifies key themes such as the struggle to become independent, the nature of difference and the disorder of life through the strategic placement of literary devices.
Elie Wiesel was a Holocaust survivor and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize who wrote about his experiences as a prisoner in not just one but three concentration camps. He is a renowned Jewish author, philosopher and humanist. Elie Wiesel made it his life's work to bear witness to the genocide committed by Nazi Germany during World War II. In addition to all this, Elie Wiesel was the world's leading spokesman on the Holocaust, who better to describe the atrocities than someone with firsthand knowledge. Did people think that Elie Wiesel was able to make a difference in the world by writing his novel Night? Let’s see! Elie became the voice of victims and a champion of people and their inherent dignity. Wiesel lost his parents and younger sister
The narrator wrestles with conflicting feelings of responsibility to the old man and feelings of ridding his life of the man's "Evil Eye" (34). Although afflicted with overriding fear and derangement, the narrator still acts with quasi-allegiance toward the old man; however, his kindness may stem more from protecting himself from suspicion of watching the old man every night than from genuine compassion for the old man.