This affected many people, not only Elie, during this time. Throughout this text Elie used many different examples of craft such as diction and imagery to really seize the reader's attention and help connect and relate easier to the text. By writing this book and using religion as the main theme, Elie was able to help readers understand the hardships and torture millions of people experienced. Sadly, horrible circumstance can adjust the belief system of even the strongest
Many Jewish people chose to use violent opposition as resistance to the actions of the Germans. This was undertaken in both ghettos and concentration camps. In a number of ghettos, Jewish communities used violence resistance against Nazi activities. Source A is an account of Jewish defiance in the Warsaw ghetto against the Nazis . The Nazis wished to deport the Jews to Treblinka extermination camp and liquidate the ghetto, and the source demonstrates the Jewish opposition to the genocide of their race.
With time passing by and people being placed in a situation where people are starving to death, mentally and physically abused, brought out the worst in the concentration camp prisoners and the people of Sighet. Because of the horrific conditions in the camps and danger present at every instance in their life, many of the prisoners began to adopt cruelty and selfishness. Most become self-focused, only concerned for one’s own survival. In times of desperation, the prisoners turn against each other showing the theme of inhumanity towards
Dissonance is the prime factor of a conflict; however, it is also very essential for us to learn from it. Through times many disagreements have occurred due to a clash of ideas. The Holocaust, many people know how horrifying and wrong it was, but not many people actually knew why the twisted Nazis’ started it. The Germans had been forced into an economic hell due to the Versailles Treaty. The British, Americans and the French had ruined and humiliated them.
It makes it different because this book shows that a real man went through this much pain and agony in hell a place where most people don’t even believe is true. In most of the other fiction books I have read they don’t really go into detail about the story but in this book he discusses every little thing in detail where you can understand and feel the pain he
In ‘Here I Stand’ by Roland Bainton, we see young Luther “was extraordinarily sensitive and subject to recurrent periods of depression.” This is a disposition that seems to have clung to him throughout his entire life. When solitary he sees the devil at every corner. When he is kept in Wartburg Castle by Friedrich the Wise following the Edict of Worms, we see him throwing ink at what he says is the Satan haunting him. This traits are ones that in the current day would be associated with some sort of mental instability, paranoia, schizophrenia and the like. The book ‘Martin Luther: The Man and the Image’ by Herbert Rix points out that Pirkheimer –a contemporary of Luther- at one time, like Erasmus, believed Luther capable of reforming the German Church, but by the end he admitted he believed Luther ‘insane’.
In the memoir Night, Elie Wiesel uses diction, figurative language and syntax in order to show the reader the agony in which the Jews had to endure. The Diction Wiesel uses displays the devastating conditions he witnesses in the concentration camp. While in the camp Wiesel questions the existence of God. He uses the words “murder” and “consumed” to describe how he feels about his faith being tested. Both these words carry heavy connotations saying that his faith has been devoured by the “flames” of the Holocaust.
They can see how he lived during the time he served and how awful he made it seem. The best way to have a convincing argument is to make the audience see through the eyes of the author, and to make them envision a mental image of what the author has seen. Gurganus tells how he was, “dressed in ugly clothes exactly like 4,000 others, to be called a number, to be stuck among men who will brag and scrap and fight but never admit to any terror, any need” (606). This flashback makes the war sound very unappealing and an experience that most of his readers would not like to experience themselves. Through this detailed description, Gurganus adds to his argument, making the war sound even more horrific.
Religion vs. other causes of war For several decades many have dabbled around with theories of what causes wars. War is defined as a time when two or more groups come to a disagreement and create conflict; it has been around since the beginning of time. “War poisons everything it touches, and often creates environments that support cruelty and inhuman behavior.” (Selvidge 2009). A considerable number of persons have been the victims of war, including innocent children, mothers, and fathers, old and young. War has left a great part of humankind starving, homeless, emotionally and physically unstable.
| We find that while Bruno is exploring his new environment he meets a new friend whose life and circumstances are very different to his own, their meeting results to the death of Bruno.Why? Because Bruno didn’t understand the dangers the world contains. We have wars; people getting killed every day as well as people getting discriminated against and mistreated because of their culture and religion. And we are only made aware of this as we grow and learn. | The period of time the book is based on was when European Jews were badly treated by The Nazi.