remembered: It happened yesterday or Holocaust. He introduces the boy in the quote, “I “A eternities ago.” young Jewish boy…” The boy is never named but it ghetto. The deportation. The sealed cattle can be inferred that it is Wiesel by the statement, “The car.” remembered: It happened yesterday or “I altar upon which the history of our eternities ago.” The word has positive “The “kingdom” people and the future of mankind were meant to connotations, conjuring images of kings and be sacrificed.” knights, but as the nightmare progresses the becomes a kingdom of the “kingdom” “night”—a kingdom of darkness, fear, and death. The short phrases—“The ghetto. The deportation. The sealed cattle.”—due to their structure, accentuate the rapid decline into the darkness and the fear. The altar” represents the crematoriums the Nazis “fiery used to burn the bodies. The use of the word altar refers back to the ancient Jewish traditions of animal sacrifices. The crematoriums represent these altars and the Jewish culture, history, and people were being burned away along with the of mankind.” “future have you done with my future? What have The boy questioning his father about why “What you done with your life?” these horrific things were occurring, immediately turns to Wiesel and asks him these questions. By abruptly turning from the past—the father—to the present—Wiesel—the audience is jolted back to the present and is confronted with Wiesel about how they have lived their lives to address to the wrongs of the past. now the boy is turning to me…And I tell him In the three paragraphs where Wiesel answers the “And that I have tried…And then I explained to him how boy, parallel sentence structure is used to naïve we were…” interconnect and support Wiesel’s message. Each paragraph begins with now the boy is “and:” “And
“I remembered: It happened yesterday or eternities ago.” “The ghetto. The deportation. The sealed cattle car.” “The altar upon which the history of our people and the future of mankind were meant to be sacrificed.” Holocaust. He introduces the boy in the quote, “A young Jewish boy…” The boy is never named but it can be inferred that it is Wiesel by the statement, “I remembered: It happened yesterday or eternities ago.” The word “kingdom” has positive connotations, conjuring images of kings and knights, but as the nightmare progresses the “kingdom” becomes a kingdom of the “night”—a kingdom of darkness, fear, and death. The short phrases—“The ghetto. The deportation. The sealed cattle.”—due to their structure, accentuate the rapid decline into the darkness and the fear. The “fiery altar” represents the crematoriums the Nazis used to burn the bodies. The use of the word altar refers back to the ancient Jewish traditions of animal sacrifices. The crematoriums represent these altars and the Jewish culture, history, and people were being burned away along with the “future of mankind.” “What have you done with my future? What have you done with your life?” The boy questioning his father about why these horrific things were occurring, immediately turns to Wiesel and asks him these questions. By abruptly turning from the past—the father—to the present—Wiesel—the audience is jolted back to the present and is confronted with Wiesel about how they have lived their lives to address to the wrongs of the past. “And now the boy is turning to me…And I tell him that I have tried…And then I explained to him how naïve we were…” In the three paragraphs where Wiesel answers the boy, parallel sentence structure is used to interconnect and support Wiesel’s message. Each paragraph begins with “and:” “And now the boy is
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