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English exam
Elie Wesel
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| "A-7713 " | |
| "to sleep meant to die" | Dehumanisation not a technique but the running method his number |
| "I pray to the god within me that he will give me the strength to ask him the right questions" | Moishe coves two concepts key to eliezers struggle: the idea that god is everywhere even within every individual and the idea that faith is based on questions, not answers" |
| "that night, the soup tasted of copses" | Metaphor They did not have the simple satisfaction of food due to the horrors that was witnessed even with the hunger they experienced |
| "I shall always remember that smile, from what world did it come from" | This quote refers to the smiles Wiesel saw at the concentration camps, he is wondering how any one could smile in such a troubling time like this |
| "One more stab to the heart one more reason to hate one less reason to live" | Repetition This quote explains how he turned into a soulless plaintive nonemotional human being, during the holocaust Elie wiesel changes from spiritual sensitive little boy to a spiritually dead unemotional man |
| "never shall I forget that nocturnal silence which deprived me, for all eternity, of the desire to live" | As he reflects upon his horrendous first night in the concentration camp |