AP Language And Composition: Night

Kaiden Sheridan Mrs.Browne English December, 20, 2022 Rhetorical Analysis Paragraph In Night, Eliezer Wiesel’s autobiographical memoir, the rhetorical devices simile and hyperbole describe Elie’s father, conveying the message of hope being coherent with mental health and instilling ideas of despair, the relatable emotion that resides with me the greatest. For example, Elie returning to the medical area after the bread distribution and finding his father “weeping like a child” leads me to believe that the mental torment of concentration camps takes a toll on the well being of Elie’s father, representing the reprocussions of dehumanization(79). I think that Elie’s father cries because people treat him worse than he usually expects. This

A fellow prisoner tells Wiesel the harsh reality that he is "... in a concentration camp. In this place, it is every man for himself, and you cannot think of others. Not even your father." (pg 110) These words stick with Wiesel as, for a moment, he entertains the idea of prioritising his own survival over his father’s, even thinking to himself

Wiesel describes a situation he observed when on his way to the concentration camp in a tight rail cart. A woman, devastated by the events that had occurred, was screaming about the fire she was hallucinating. Her fellow Jews thought of their own survival and the survival of the family first when they beat the woman to keep her quiet and not draw attention

When thinking about the challenges imposed at the concentration camps, most would assume the labor, treatment, and living conditions, but Wiesel’s story unravels other elements. Throughout his story, Wiesel reveals that family and cruel treatment have a crucial effect on one’s resilience. Throughout the story Night, Wiesel displays how family has impacted the resilience of those around him. At the beginning of his and his father’s time in the concentration camps, a young Pole gives them advice crucial to their survival, stating, “And now, here is a prayer, or rather a piece of advice: let there be camaraderie among you.

After the death march to Buchenwald concentration camp, Wiesel’s father Shlomo’s health and strength begin rapidly deteriorating as he gets sick with dysentery. Wiesel is a very conscientious person, and he continues giving his father his ration and attending to him until the very end. Despite this, even cracks in Wiesel’s conscience begin forming as a result of the desperation and life or death reality that he faced. When the Blockälteste of the barrack tells Wiesel that he should stop sacrificing himself for his father, Wiesel thinks to himself “He was right, I thought deep down, not daring to admit it to myself. Too late to save your old father … You could have two rations of bread, two rations of soup …”

Don't forget that you are in a concentration camp. In this place...you can't think of others. Not even your father...stop giving your rations. ”(110). Wiesel would not listen and could not just not give his father food while he was dying.

If the young boy had gave into all the torture and torment and told the SS officers the information they desired, he would’ve been killed on the spot– once the information was received, the SS officers no longer had a use for him. But his persistence postponed his sealed fate, even if it were only a couple of days. After his execution, the other inmate’s doubts and questions towards their God began to grow. His death also solidified Wiesel’s loss of faith and religion. In order to delay his eventual death, the young persisted with silence even when faced with inhumane

Wiesel and his family were forced to abandon their home and were eventually sent to the Auschwitz concentration camp. The horrors of the concentration camp are described in graphic detail as Wiesel recounts the beatings, starvation, and disease that he and

To no longer feel the excruciating pain" (Wiesel 85). Exemplifying how dire his situation had become because of the violent environment he was in. This led to constant thoughts of death for all prisoners and committing acts of suicide which benefited the Nazi's intention of genocide. Public beatings alongside a violent environment caused immense mental trauma among all prisoners. Nearing the end of the novel Wiesel states he belongs to a "traumatised generation" (Wiesel 115).

Sandra Lin Mr. Hairston 10th-grade Advanced English 5 March 2023 Night Essay In Elie Wiesel's memoir Night, he analyzes the consequences of the Holocaust: prisoners are stripped of their identities and reduced to mere numbers and objects to be exploited by Nazi officials. This raises the question of how Wiesel’s experiences during the Holocaust affected his perception of himself. As the plot progresses, Elie attains a new understanding of his religious values, how an individual’s morality diminishes during anguished times, and how the presence of hope differentiates life from death. These new values influenced his character, where he developed from a young naive boy with a promising future to a prisoner whose physical appearance and health

Name: Sebastian Smith Teacher: Mr. Wolfe Class: ELA 8 Date: 3-9-23 Night analysis Imagine getting put into a concentration camp with your father and from then on, every thought you have is about your survival and keeping your very few loved ones close. Well this is what Elie Wiesel had to go through. This story is about a young boy named Elie Wiesel who gets put into a concentration camp with his father. He is immediately split from his mother and sister but his father does not leave his side.

Wiesel tells us of the sights he saw while inside the camps. These things show us what the majority of the people in the camps had to go through on a day to day basis. Wiesel truly is one of the most inspiring figures of his time, his work in literature has inspired and taught millions of students and adults

Weasel also talks about how he and many other Jewish prisoners had seen their families and friends die and how they no longer felt emotion towards it because it had become so commonplace. Throughout the memoir Wiesel accounts his experiences

After an excruciating journey, Wiesel and his father arrive in Buchenwald, another concentration camp. His father has become extremely weak from months of malnutrition and abuse. During the first night at the camp, there is an alert, that separates Wiesel from his father. In the morning, he goes to look for his father; however, a thought occurs to Wiesel, “If only I didn’t find him! If only I were relieved of this responsibility, I could use all my strength to fight for my own survival, to take care only of myself”(106).

He would always put his father first showing his kind heart. Wiesel describes the winter weather conditions and the poor treatment of the Jews at the concentration camps by saying “From the first hours of dawn, a glacial wind lashed us like a whip" (Wiesel 77). Wiesel debated for many years on whether to write about his time at the concentration camp, but when he did he included literary devices in his