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Thursday, February 10, 2011
Literary Terms and Theory
Locate and cite examples in your book and discuss the various techniques we have discussed this year. Symbolism and foreshadowing are often most interesting to find.
Borodawka / 2 On page 19 of NIGHT by Elie Wiesel, the symbol "Fire" was first mentioned. Madame Schachter first yelled FIRE. She claimed she saw the fire out the window, but their was no fire. The fire that she claimed she saw was symbolizing the fear of where she thought they were going. When they arrived at their destination, they saw the fire, the fire that they did not know at the time was a crematory. Madame kept silent. Everyone was scared of the FIRE. Madame also foreshadowed the coming of the fire. She could not have known at the time that there was going to be a fire at their destination. But their was a fire at their destination. Another symbol is Night. Elie says night, that night, on page 25 that he would never forget five things. The night symbolizes that all of those things happened at night, that the night was bad, and he thought that the rest of his life was going to be one long night
Pilachowski / #2 There are many literary terms used throughout the book Night by Elie Wiesel. One example is fire, a symbol. A symbol is a word or image that signifies something other than literal. Fire represents death. On the train to Auschwitz, Madame Schӓchter keeps yelling of fire and flames. Madame Schӓchter screams, “Look at the fire! Flames, flames everywhere…” (Wiesel 20). Nobody knows what she is talking about because they do not see any fire or flames when the look out of the train; however, once they reach Auschwitz, they learn that there is a fire. The fire is being used to burn bodies and is in the crematory. Madame Schӓchter also foreshadows what is later to come in the book. She started yelling of fire even before it was visible. This foreshadowed that there was going to be a fire at the place where they were going to arrive and there was going to be killing of people in the fire because the fire represents death. Another literary term is night, another symbol. Night represents darkness, death, and hardship. Elie is always remembering night and says that he will never forget his first night at camp. He thinks to himself, “Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, which has turned my life into one long night, seven times cursed and seven times sealed” (Wiesel 25). There are seven things that Elie remembers distinctly about the first night at camp; therefore, night is representing all the pain and memories he has. A third example is the yellow star, a symbol. When the Germans can into the Jewish community, they forced the Jews to wear a yellow star. Elie remembers, “When the three days were up, there was a new decree: every Jew must wear the yellow star” (Wiesel 9). The Germans wanted to be able to identify the Jews, and the yellow star was easily recognizable. A fourth example is the religious observations, a motif. A motif is a reoccurring subject, theme, or idea. The story is focused around the Jewish community and the hardship they faced when Hitler was ruler. Throughout the story, there are references to the Jewish religion, not only because that is what the whole story revolves around, but because they are wondering where God is. All the time people are questioning, “Where is God now? (Wiesel 48). They do not know why God is making them suffer the way they are. Also, they do not know where God is when they people are getting hung for committing “crimes.” Some people have already lost faith in God, and others are slowly losing faith. In the beginning of the book, Elie is studying his religion, but after he has been at the concentration camp for a few weeks, he begins to lose faith in God. A fifth example is Moshe the Beadle warning the people that something bad is going to happen, a piece of foreshadowing ( a preview of what is going to happen later in the story). In the very beginning of the book, Moshe the Beadle warns the people what is going to happen to them if they stay where they are. Elie remembers, “He [Moshe the Beadle] told his story and that of his companions” (Wiesel 5). He then went on to tell them all about the concentration camps and killing of the Jews. This foreshadows everything that is going to happen to the Jews because the Jews are not leaving or doing anything about it; they do not believe Moshe the Beadle. There are numerous amounts of literary terms used in the story Night.
There are many literary terms and theory in this book; NIght by Elie Wiesel. For example, when Elie, his father, and many other jews were on the train to Auschwitz, Madame Schacter yelled "Fire! I can see a fire! I can see a fire!"(Wiesel 19) At first, everybody on the train believed her and looked out the window. But they realize there was nothing there. After saying it many that many more times, someone said "she's mad, poor soul. . . ."(Wiesel 19) Even the young man began to beat her in efforts to calm her down. Madame Shacter thinking she saw fire and shouting it to everyone is an example of foreshadowing because what really is going to happen is most of them are going to get burned and die. They use this fire for crematories and killing masses of people. Another example of a symbol is when Elie talks about the night he will never forget. First of all, this is the title of the book. This symbolizes that he thought it was the last night of his life. Also, he remembers the seven things that he will never forget about that night.
One technique used by Elie Wiesel is foreshadowing. An example of this is when Madame Schächter screams, "Fire! I can see a fire! I can see a fire!" (Wiesel 19-21) People in the train car think that she is delirious because there is no fire anywhere close. Once the train reaches Auschwitz there are flames coming out of a tall chimney. Another technique used is symbolism. One example of this is the fire at Auschwitz. This symbolized the hatred burning in the hearts of the Nazis. This hatred is what drove them to commit the horrible crimes against humanity that they did. Another example of symbolism was, "Never shall I forget the little faces of children, whose bodies I saw turned into wreaths of smoke beneath the silent blue sky." (Wiesel 25) The children represent the innocence of the people who were killed in death camps.
Roder/ 2 In the book Night by Elie Wiesel there are many examples of literary terms. When Madame Schachter is yelling about fire on the train. She is screaming that there is a fire but nobody sees it. She even gets beaten to be quieted down. The "fire" is an example of both symbolism and foreshadowing. A symbol is something used in a story to signify something not literal. Foreshadowing is a preview of what will take place later in the story. The fire symbolizes death. When they arrive at the concentration camp they realize that fire is being used in crematories to kill people. It is foreshadowing because she starts yelling about the fire before they know about it. She foreshadows the use of fire to kill people which does come true. Another example of a literary term being used in this book is a motif which is a recurring subject, theme of idea. A motif in the story in struggling to maintain faith. Throughout Elie's experience he can not believe that god let this happen. He was very devoted to god before being taken however he becomes much less devoted and trusting of god when he has to endure what he does.
Bhavsar/2 In the book Night by Elie Wiesel, there are many types of literary terms such as foreshadowing and symbols. Foreshadowing means to show or indicate beforehand. An example of foreshadowing is when Madam Schächter screams, "Fire! I can see a fire!" (Wiesel 19) This is a piece of foreshadowing because although the Jews on the train don't see the fire and think she is crazy. They see a fire when they get to the first camp and it foreshadows how much of them will die, burned in a fire. Another literary term is symbolism and it is something that represents something either by association or resemblance. The fire is also a symbolism of death. Another symbol is night because they had lost the sense of time and Ellie couldn't tell how long he was in the camp and how long ago was he in his own house. " So much had happened within such a few hours that I had lost all sense of time. When had we left our houses? And the ghetto? And the train? Was it only a week? One night- one single night?" (Wiesel 28)This is a symbol because at the camps, the Germans don't let the Jews sleep and since the prisoners don't get a watch, the nighs become long and agonizing. The nights are a symbol of their pain.
In the book Night by Elie Wiesel, the author uses many examples of foreshadowing. One example of foreshadowing in this book is when Madame Schächter foreshadows the fire of the burning kids and the furnace where people would be burned. On page 19, Madame Schächter says “Jews, listen to me! I can see a fire! There are huge flames! It is a furnace.” When Madame Schächter says this the Jews think she has gone mad, but what she was seeing is their future. As they reach Auschwitz and the train stopped, the Jews saw flames and smoke coming from the crematory, the furnace that would end some of their lives. Also, Elie experiences a horrific sight of seeing children burning in the fire. Madame Schächter foreshadows both of these things throughout chapter two.
In the book Night by Elie Wiesel, there are many instances when foreshadowing was shown. One instance was when Madame Schachter was in the cart and yelling fire. She kept yelling and yelling all through the trip. It made everyone anxious. No one knew what she was talking about, there was no fire outside so why was she saying there was. Everyone thought she was going mad, maybe it was because she couldn't find her husband or sons. After a while everyone got sick of her and told her to shut up and they were asking people to calm her down. Once they finally reached their camp and looked at the window they saw flames coming out of the chimney into the dark black sky. As they all got out of the cart it smelt of burning flesh. Madame Schachter was right there was a fire. Although it wasn't happening where they were she saw into the future and was foreshadowing the fire of the burning children.
Throughout the book Night by Elie Wiesel, there are many types of symbolism and foreshadowing. On the train to Auschwitz, Madame Shachter screams "Look! Look at it! Fire! A terrible fire! Mercy! Oh, that fire!"(Wiesel 19)No one knows what she is talking about, they all think she is crazy. Later on, when everyone else can see the fire at the camps, it symbolizes their death. Another symbol is silence. Elie does not know why people, and even the world, do not speak up to the Nazis for committing the crimes and punishments to the Jews. Everyone just stands in silence, not knowing what to do. Even if a family member is being beaten, they do no do anything. Another symbol is night. It symbolizes death, pain and faith. Elie was thinking to myself, "Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, which has turned my life into one long night, seven times cursed and seven times sealed... Never shall I forget those flames which consumed my faith forever."(Wiesel 25)Elie is scarred for life. Seeing the things he did, the pain and suffer to everyone, it all just turned his life around.
There are many examples of foreshadowing and symbolism in the book Night by Elie Wiesel. One example of foreshadowing in Night was when Madame Schachter was claiming there was a fire on the cattle car to Auschwitz. "Look! Look at it! Fire! A terrible fire! Mercy! Oh, that fire! (Wiesel 19)" Everyone on the cattle car thought she had went insane because there was no fire present. When it was midnight and the cattle car was reaching the concentration camp in Auschwitz, all of the passengers noticed the furnaces which smelt like human flesh. The chimneys wrecking of human flesh after the long nights where Madame Schachter claiming she saw a fire shows foreshadowing in the book Night. There were also many examples of symbolism in Night, one of them being night time. The sufferings of the Jew's in ghetto's and concentration camps usually occur in the night time. It is night time when the cattle car arrives at Auschwitz. It is also pitch dark once the Jew's were ordered to run from the ghetto in Buna. "The gates of the camp opened. It seemed that an even darker night was waiting for us on the other side. (Wiesel 62)" The scene with Madame Schachter and night time are both important examples of literary terms.
Millet/2 In the book night there are many examples of symbols used throughout the book. One such example is fire as it is a symbol of death. On the train ride to the concentration camps Madame Schacter keeps on yelling that she sees fire so much to the point that the guards beat her just to make her calm down. No one else sees the fire until they arrive to the camps and realize what it is. The fire is from the crematories as this is the way the Nazi’s disposed of the bodies. At first at concentration camps the prisoners dug their own graves and were then killed. Over time this was time consuming and ineffective. To be more efficient the Germans used gas chambers and crematories so that they could kill and burn more prisoners at a time. The other main symbol of this book the night are a symbol of suffering as while Ellie is at the camps he cannot sleep, so the nights become long and restless wondering if he will ever get out alive.
There are many examples throughout the book Night by Elie Wiesel of foreshadowing and symbolism. One example of foreshadowing is used as the jewish people are being transported in the tight train barcks. In the midst of everyone feeling cramped, Madame Schӓchter yells, “Look at the fire! Flames, flames everywhere…” (Wiesel 20)This is foretelling the reader about how the Germans are killing jews in the creamtories. Not only is the fire used as a foreshadowing technique, it is also used as a symbol. The fire represents the death of millions of jews. Another symbol in the book is night. The symbol of night is brought up numerous times throughout the book. The nights are becoming never ending and restless as Ellie is living in these camps. It seems that he can never get out alive.Night is the representation of suffering because the nights are cold and endless.
There are many examples of foreshadowing and symbolism in the book Night, By Elie Wiesel. One example is when all the jewish are being taken to Auschwitz on the trains. Madame Schacter suddenly yells, "Look at the fire! Flames everywhere.." (Wiesel 20) Everyone looked, but there was no fire in sight. This is an example of foreshadowning because it foretold that most of the jews were going to be put into the furnace and killed. The symbol night represents Elie awaiting those fearful and horrible nights at the camp to finally end.
One of the most noticeable examples of symbolism and foreshadowing is from Madame Schachter. During the train ride, she repeatedly yells hysterically, "Fire! I can see a fire! I can see a fire!"(Wiesel 19)". At first, everybody believed her, but after they noticed that nothing was there, they believed that she had just went insane. At the arrival at Auschwitz, it turned out that there were indeed flames coming from the crematories and pits. The fire represented the hate the German soldiers had towards the Jews, and it also the fear that the Jews had. Unknown to everybody else, Madame Schachter had fortold the crematories and the death the Jews would have to suffer while in the train car. One other symbol used is the children that Elie says that he will never forget. The children represent all the innocent lives lost in the concentration camps. Finally, night is also a symbol, as it represented the end of the gruesome days he suffered, and the silence of those unwilling to stand up.
In the book night there are many symbols in the book. one symbol is fire and how it meant certain death to Elie and for other people like this old lady saw. "do you see the flames over there? see it? Do you see those flames? Over there thats where you are going to be taken. Thats your grave over there."(Elie chp 3) That quote shows that the flames mean death to Elie. Elie also shows forshadowing throught the book when he is on the train and the old lady is saying "look the fire flames everywhere" (wiesel pg 20) Elie uses forshadowing and sybols to enhance the readers veiwof what was going on.
Though out the memoir Night by Elie Wiesel, Wiesel frequently uses outstanding examples of literary devices including symbols and personification. Personification is a powerful way to bring more detail to writing. In Night Wiesel uses personification to bring all sorts of things to life including death, When he is on a train death is all around him, "Death wrapped itself around me till I was stifled. It stuck to me"(Wiesel 64). At this point in his odyssey death was so close he could feel it and it wasn't going anywhere. Also there are many symbols in the memoir. On of the symbols in the memoir is fire. fire is a powerful symbol that has gruesome meaning. Fire stands for death and destruction, and is often brought up in the memoir. On the train to the first concentration camp Madame Schacter yelled, "Fire! I can see a fire! I can see a fire!"(Wiesel 19. not only does this show one of the symbols but it also foreshadowing because through out the novel fire is in common and is used to kill Jewish people. During the memoir Wiesel uses many prime examples of symbols and personification.
There are many literary terms that we have discussed in class in the book, Night by Elie Wiesel, a popular term in this blog seems to be the fire for a symbol and as a foreshadow. I agree with these statements, however there may be another meaning to the references of the fire. I think Elie put the fire in the book to show how on end these people were. The Jewish people really were left in the dark about what was going to happen to them. Some of them, Madame Schacter, were hallucinating. In this case she was hallucinating fire. Just imagine how the people must have reacted to someone screaming "FIRE!" personally that would stick with me more than anything else that happened on the train. The fire also acts as a threat to the Jewish people. If they didn't work hard at the camps, or if they were sick, weak, old, or young they would be thrown into the fire. So of course they would be constantly be in fear of this, and would work extra hard. They wouldn't stop to think of how to keep themselves healthy and in turn would die of starvation, or some disease/sickness. There is another constant threat, and a Motif because it is recurring, that, I think, many people overlook, and that would be something to live for. If these people didn't believe that the war was going to end soon many of them would probably have committed suicide. I can remember about the man that Elie talked to who was waiting for news of his wife and kids, Elie lied and said that they were doing well when really the had died in a raid. This man was so relieved his family was theoretically fine he said to Elie his family was his drive to stay alive. Eventually the man found out that his family was really dead and I guess he was sent to the crematory the next day. Even Elie thought about running into an electric fence to kill himself but he couldn't stand to think about his father living without any family left, that he re framed from running into the fence. I would also argue that not having a drive to live is more imposing than the fire itself, because the fire ends the drive to live. These are a few literary terms that i found in the book Night.
Elie Wiesel uses personification, symbolism and foreshadowing through-out his book Night. These technques draws the reader into the story and provides the reader with mental images, as if they are actually experiencing the story. In the one particular instances, Wiesel had noticed the changes in his father, and then realized he too had changed, the child he was had been consumed by the flames, what remainded was only a shape and a dark flame had entered and devoured his soul. (Wiesel 27) Another great example of personification and symbolism can be found on page 70, where Wiesel brings Julieks violin to life, wherein his soul was the bow, his charred past, his extinguished future. Leaving the reader to visual a sad, empty man playing the violin as if it truly would be his last time. Wiesel makes us feel part of the story through his incredible use of symbolism, personification and foreshadowing.
The book Night, by Elie Wiesel gives many examples of foreshadowing and symbolism. A prime example is hen all the Jews were takenfrom their homes and put on trains. One women, named Madame Schacter yells, "Look at the fire! Flames everywhere.." (Wiesel 20)this is portreyed as foreshadowing. The symbol of the flames is what is to come, but no one knows it, and they all think she is crazy. They believe that she is not crazy when they actually see the flames, and those flames were from the Jews who were put in there to burn and die.
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ReplyDeleteOn page 19 of NIGHT by Elie Wiesel, the symbol "Fire" was first mentioned. Madame Schachter first yelled FIRE. She claimed she saw the fire out the window, but their was no fire. The fire that she claimed she saw was symbolizing the fear of where she thought they were going. When they arrived at their destination, they saw the fire, the fire that they did not know at the time was a crematory. Madame kept silent. Everyone was scared of the FIRE. Madame also foreshadowed the coming of the fire. She could not have known at the time that there was going to be a fire at their destination. But their was a fire at their destination. Another symbol is Night. Elie says night, that night, on page 25 that he would never forget five things. The night symbolizes that all of those things happened at night, that the night was bad, and he thought that the rest of his life was going to be one long night
Pilachowski / #2
ReplyDeleteThere are many literary terms used throughout the book Night by Elie Wiesel. One example is fire, a symbol. A symbol is a word or image that signifies something other than literal. Fire represents death. On the train to Auschwitz, Madame Schӓchter keeps yelling of fire and flames. Madame Schӓchter screams, “Look at the fire! Flames, flames everywhere…” (Wiesel 20). Nobody knows what she is talking about because they do not see any fire or flames when the look out of the train; however, once they reach Auschwitz, they learn that there is a fire. The fire is being used to burn bodies and is in the crematory. Madame Schӓchter also foreshadows what is later to come in the book. She started yelling of fire even before it was visible. This foreshadowed that there was going to be a fire at the place where they were going to arrive and there was going to be killing of people in the fire because the fire represents death. Another literary term is night, another symbol. Night represents darkness, death, and hardship. Elie is always remembering night and says that he will never forget his first night at camp. He thinks to himself, “Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, which has turned my life into one long night, seven times cursed and seven times sealed” (Wiesel 25). There are seven things that Elie remembers distinctly about the first night at camp; therefore, night is representing all the pain and memories he has. A third example is the yellow star, a symbol. When the Germans can into the Jewish community, they forced the Jews to wear a yellow star. Elie remembers, “When the three days were up, there was a new decree: every Jew must wear the yellow star” (Wiesel 9). The Germans wanted to be able to identify the Jews, and the yellow star was easily recognizable. A fourth example is the religious observations, a motif. A motif is a reoccurring subject, theme, or idea. The story is focused around the Jewish community and the hardship they faced when Hitler was ruler. Throughout the story, there are references to the Jewish religion, not only because that is what the whole story revolves around, but because they are wondering where God is. All the time people are questioning, “Where is God now? (Wiesel 48). They do not know why God is making them suffer the way they are. Also, they do not know where God is when they people are getting hung for committing “crimes.” Some people have already lost faith in God, and others are slowly losing faith. In the beginning of the book, Elie is studying his religion, but after he has been at the concentration camp for a few weeks, he begins to lose faith in God. A fifth example is Moshe the Beadle warning the people that something bad is going to happen, a piece of foreshadowing ( a preview of what is going to happen later in the story). In the very beginning of the book, Moshe the Beadle warns the people what is going to happen to them if they stay where they are. Elie remembers, “He [Moshe the Beadle] told his story and that of his companions” (Wiesel 5). He then went on to tell them all about the concentration camps and killing of the Jews. This foreshadows everything that is going to happen to the Jews because the Jews are not leaving or doing anything about it; they do not believe Moshe the Beadle. There are numerous amounts of literary terms used in the story Night.
There are many literary terms and theory in this book; NIght by Elie Wiesel. For example, when Elie, his father, and many other jews were on the train to Auschwitz, Madame Schacter yelled "Fire! I can see a fire! I can see a fire!"(Wiesel 19) At first, everybody on the train believed her and looked out the window. But they realize there was nothing there. After saying it many that many more times, someone said "she's mad, poor soul. . . ."(Wiesel 19) Even the young man began to beat her in efforts to calm her down. Madame Shacter thinking she saw fire and shouting it to everyone is an example of foreshadowing because what really is going to happen is most of them are going to get burned and die. They use this fire for crematories and killing masses of people. Another example of a symbol is when Elie talks about the night he will never forget. First of all, this is the title of the book. This symbolizes that he thought it was the last night of his life. Also, he remembers the seven things that he will never forget about that night.
ReplyDeleteOne technique used by Elie Wiesel is foreshadowing. An example of this is when Madame Schächter screams, "Fire! I can see a fire! I can see a fire!" (Wiesel 19-21) People in the train car think that she is delirious because there is no fire anywhere close. Once the train reaches Auschwitz there are flames coming out of a tall chimney. Another technique used is symbolism. One example of this is the fire at Auschwitz. This symbolized the hatred burning in the hearts of the Nazis. This hatred is what drove them to commit the horrible crimes against humanity that they did. Another example of symbolism was, "Never shall I forget the little faces of children, whose bodies I saw turned into wreaths of smoke beneath the silent blue sky." (Wiesel 25) The children represent the innocence of the people who were killed in death camps.
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ReplyDeleteIn the book Night by Elie Wiesel there are many examples of literary terms. When Madame Schachter is yelling about fire on the train. She is screaming that there is a fire but nobody sees it. She even gets beaten to be quieted down. The "fire" is an example of both symbolism and foreshadowing. A symbol is something used in a story to signify something not literal. Foreshadowing is a preview of what will take place later in the story. The fire symbolizes death. When they arrive at the concentration camp they realize that fire is being used in crematories to kill people. It is foreshadowing because she starts yelling about the fire before they know about it. She foreshadows the use of fire to kill people which does come true. Another example of a literary term being used in this book is a motif which is a recurring subject, theme of idea. A motif in the story in struggling to maintain faith. Throughout Elie's experience he can not believe that god let this happen. He was very devoted to god before being taken however he becomes much less devoted and trusting of god when he has to endure what he does.
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ReplyDeleteIn the book Night by Elie Wiesel, there are many types of literary terms such as foreshadowing and symbols. Foreshadowing means to show or indicate beforehand. An example of foreshadowing is when Madam Schächter screams, "Fire! I can see a fire!" (Wiesel 19) This is a piece of foreshadowing because although the Jews on the train don't see the fire and think she is crazy. They see a fire when they get to the first camp and it foreshadows how much of them will die, burned in a fire. Another literary term is symbolism and it is something that represents something either by association or resemblance. The fire is also a symbolism of death. Another symbol is night because they had lost the sense of time and Ellie couldn't tell how long he was in the camp and how long ago was he in his own house. " So much had happened within such a few hours that I had lost all sense of time. When had we left our houses? And the ghetto? And the train? Was it only a week? One night- one single night?" (Wiesel 28)This is a symbol because at the camps, the Germans don't let the Jews sleep and since the prisoners don't get a watch, the nighs become long and agonizing. The nights are a symbol of their pain.
In the book Night by Elie Wiesel, the author uses many examples of foreshadowing. One example of foreshadowing in this book is when Madame Schächter foreshadows the fire of the burning kids and the furnace where people would be burned. On page 19, Madame Schächter says “Jews, listen to me! I can see a fire! There are huge flames! It is a furnace.” When Madame Schächter says this the Jews think she has gone mad, but what she was seeing is their future. As they reach Auschwitz and the train stopped, the Jews saw flames and smoke coming from the crematory, the furnace that would end some of their lives. Also, Elie experiences a horrific sight of seeing children burning in the fire. Madame Schächter foreshadows both of these things throughout chapter two.
ReplyDeleteIn the book Night by Elie Wiesel, there are many instances when foreshadowing was shown. One instance was when Madame Schachter was in the cart and yelling fire. She kept yelling and yelling all through the trip. It made everyone anxious. No one knew what she was talking about, there was no fire outside so why was she saying there was. Everyone thought she was going mad, maybe it was because she couldn't find her husband or sons. After a while everyone got sick of her and told her to shut up and they were asking people to calm her down. Once they finally reached their camp and looked at the window they saw flames coming out of the chimney into the dark black sky. As they all got out of the cart it smelt of burning flesh. Madame Schachter was right there was a fire. Although it wasn't happening where they were she saw into the future and was foreshadowing the fire of the burning children.
ReplyDeleteThroughout the book Night by Elie Wiesel, there are many types of symbolism and foreshadowing. On the train to Auschwitz, Madame Shachter screams "Look! Look at it! Fire! A terrible fire! Mercy! Oh, that fire!"(Wiesel 19)No one knows what she is talking about, they all think she is crazy. Later on, when everyone else can see the fire at the camps, it symbolizes their death. Another symbol is silence. Elie does not know why people, and even the world, do not speak up to the Nazis for committing the crimes and punishments to the Jews. Everyone just stands in silence, not knowing what to do. Even if a family member is being beaten, they do no do anything. Another symbol is night. It symbolizes death, pain and faith. Elie was thinking to myself, "Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, which has turned my life into one long night, seven times cursed and seven times sealed... Never shall I forget those flames which consumed my faith forever."(Wiesel 25)Elie is scarred for life. Seeing the things he did, the pain and suffer to everyone, it all just turned his life around.
ReplyDeleteThere are many examples of foreshadowing and symbolism in the book Night by Elie Wiesel. One example of foreshadowing in Night was when Madame Schachter was claiming there was a fire on the cattle car to Auschwitz. "Look! Look at it! Fire! A terrible fire! Mercy! Oh, that fire! (Wiesel 19)" Everyone on the cattle car thought she had went insane because there was no fire present. When it was midnight and the cattle car was reaching the concentration camp in Auschwitz, all of the passengers noticed the furnaces which smelt like human flesh. The chimneys wrecking of human flesh after the long nights where Madame Schachter claiming she saw a fire shows foreshadowing in the book Night. There were also many examples of symbolism in Night, one of them being night time. The sufferings of the Jew's in ghetto's and concentration camps usually occur in the night time. It is night time when the cattle car arrives at Auschwitz. It is also pitch dark once the Jew's were ordered to run from the ghetto in Buna. "The gates of the camp opened. It seemed that an even darker night was waiting for us on the other side. (Wiesel 62)" The scene with Madame Schachter and night time are both important examples of literary terms.
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ReplyDeleteIn the book night there are many examples of symbols used throughout the book. One such example is fire as it is a symbol of death. On the train ride to the concentration camps Madame Schacter keeps on yelling that she sees fire so much to the point that the guards beat her just to make her calm down. No one else sees the fire until they arrive to the camps and realize what it is. The fire is from the crematories as this is the way the Nazi’s disposed of the bodies. At first at concentration camps the prisoners dug their own graves and were then killed. Over time this was time consuming and ineffective. To be more efficient the Germans used gas chambers and crematories so that they could kill and burn more prisoners at a time. The other main symbol of this book the night are a symbol of suffering as while Ellie is at the camps he cannot sleep, so the nights become long and restless wondering if he will ever get out alive.
There are many examples throughout the book Night by Elie Wiesel of foreshadowing and symbolism. One example of foreshadowing is used as the jewish people are being transported in the tight train barcks. In the midst of everyone feeling cramped, Madame Schӓchter yells, “Look at the fire! Flames, flames everywhere…” (Wiesel 20)This is foretelling the reader about how the Germans are killing jews in the creamtories. Not only is the fire used as a foreshadowing technique, it is also used as a symbol. The fire represents the death of millions of jews. Another symbol in the book is night. The symbol of night is brought up numerous times throughout the book. The nights are becoming never ending and restless as Ellie is living in these camps. It seems that he can never get out alive.Night is the representation of suffering because the nights are cold and endless.
ReplyDeleteThere are many examples of foreshadowing and symbolism in the book Night, By Elie Wiesel. One example is when all the jewish are being taken to Auschwitz on the trains. Madame Schacter suddenly yells, "Look at the fire! Flames everywhere.." (Wiesel 20) Everyone looked, but there was no fire in sight. This is an example of foreshadowning because it foretold that most of the jews were going to be put into the furnace and killed. The symbol night represents Elie awaiting those fearful and horrible nights at the camp to finally end.
ReplyDeleteOne of the most noticeable examples of symbolism and foreshadowing is from Madame Schachter. During the train ride, she repeatedly yells hysterically, "Fire! I can see a fire! I can see a fire!"(Wiesel 19)". At first, everybody believed her, but after they noticed that nothing was there, they believed that she had just went insane. At the arrival at Auschwitz, it turned out that there were indeed flames coming from the crematories and pits. The fire represented the hate the German soldiers had towards the Jews, and it also the fear that the Jews had. Unknown to everybody else, Madame Schachter had fortold the crematories and the death the Jews would have to suffer while in the train car. One other symbol used is the children that Elie says that he will never forget. The children represent all the innocent lives lost in the concentration camps. Finally, night is also a symbol, as it represented the end of the gruesome days he suffered, and the silence of those unwilling to stand up.
ReplyDeleteIn the book night there are many symbols in the book. one symbol is fire and how it meant certain death to Elie and for other people like this old lady saw. "do you see the flames over there? see it? Do you see those flames? Over there thats where you are going to be taken. Thats your grave over there."(Elie chp 3) That quote shows that the flames mean death to Elie. Elie also shows forshadowing throught the book when he is on the train and the old lady is saying "look the fire flames everywhere" (wiesel pg 20) Elie uses forshadowing and sybols to enhance the readers veiwof what was going on.
ReplyDeleteThough out the memoir Night by Elie Wiesel, Wiesel frequently uses outstanding examples of literary devices including symbols and personification. Personification is a powerful way to bring more detail to writing. In Night Wiesel uses personification to bring all sorts of things to life including death, When he is on a train death is all around him, "Death wrapped itself around me till I was stifled. It stuck to me"(Wiesel 64). At this point in his odyssey death was so close he could feel it and it wasn't going anywhere. Also there are many symbols in the memoir. On of the symbols in the memoir is fire. fire is a powerful symbol that has gruesome meaning. Fire stands for death and destruction, and is often brought up in the memoir. On the train to the first concentration camp Madame Schacter yelled, "Fire! I can see a fire! I can see a fire!"(Wiesel 19. not only does this show one of the symbols but it also foreshadowing because through out the novel fire is in common and is used to kill Jewish people. During the memoir Wiesel uses many prime examples of symbols and personification.
ReplyDeleteThere are many literary terms that we have discussed in class in the book, Night by Elie Wiesel, a popular term in this blog seems to be the fire for a symbol and as a foreshadow. I agree with these statements, however there may be another meaning to the references of the fire. I think Elie put the fire in the book to show how on end these people were. The Jewish people really were left in the dark about what was going to happen to them. Some of them, Madame Schacter, were hallucinating. In this case she was hallucinating fire. Just imagine how the people must have reacted to someone screaming "FIRE!" personally that would stick with me more than anything else that happened on the train. The fire also acts as a threat to the Jewish people. If they didn't work hard at the camps, or if they were sick, weak, old, or young they would be thrown into the fire. So of course they would be constantly be in fear of this, and would work extra hard. They wouldn't stop to think of how to keep themselves healthy and in turn would die of starvation, or some disease/sickness. There is another constant threat, and a Motif because it is recurring, that, I think, many people overlook, and that would be something to live for. If these people didn't believe that the war was going to end soon many of them would probably have committed suicide. I can remember about the man that Elie talked to who was waiting for news of his wife and kids, Elie lied and said that they were doing well when really the had died in a raid. This man was so relieved his family was theoretically fine he said to Elie his family was his drive to stay alive. Eventually the man found out that his family was really dead and I guess he was sent to the crematory the next day. Even Elie thought about running into an electric fence to kill himself but he couldn't stand to think about his father living without any family left, that he re framed from running into the fence. I would also argue that not having a drive to live is more imposing than the fire itself, because the fire ends the drive to live. These are a few literary terms that i found in the book Night.
ReplyDeleteElie Wiesel uses personification, symbolism and foreshadowing through-out his book Night. These technques draws the reader into the story and provides the reader with mental images, as if they are actually experiencing the story. In the one particular instances, Wiesel had noticed the changes in his father, and then realized he too had changed, the child he was had been consumed by the flames, what remainded was only a shape and a dark flame had entered and devoured his soul. (Wiesel 27) Another great example of personification and symbolism can be found on page 70, where Wiesel brings Julieks violin to life, wherein his soul was the bow, his charred past, his extinguished future. Leaving the reader to visual a sad, empty man playing the violin as if it truly would be his last time. Wiesel makes us feel part of the story through his incredible use of symbolism, personification and foreshadowing.
ReplyDeleteThe book Night, by Elie Wiesel gives many examples of foreshadowing and symbolism. A prime example is hen all the Jews were takenfrom their homes and put on trains. One women, named Madame Schacter yells, "Look at the fire! Flames everywhere.." (Wiesel 20)this is portreyed as foreshadowing. The symbol of the flames is what is to come, but no one knows it, and they all think she is crazy. They believe that she is not crazy when they actually see the flames, and those flames were from the Jews who were put in there to burn and die.
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