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Assignment #1: Preface of //Night//
Why Memories of the Holocaust Must Remain

Elie Wiesel is on a mission to make sure the memories of the Holocaust are never forgotten. Why would someone who had faced the absolute evil of man want to bring back those dreadful memories? Today Wiesel himself is not even sure what he meant to achieve with the words of his manuscript //And he World Has Remained Silent//. It could have been he wanted to preserve a record of what he went through at such a young age. Or maybe he desired to give the world his memories of this evil so that history would not repeat itself. The reason might even be he wrote it to understand the nature of the madness that crept into the conscience of mankind 70 years ago. Whatever the reason he was a witness to one of the most inhumane things ever, but he survived and put it in words for the world to read. But even though he survived such a horrendous act he is still worried. He is worried because he is afraid people will not understand the evil, misery, and immortality that happened during that time. One also wonders why he wrote this shorter novel, //Night//, when he had the great volume //And the World Has Remained Silent//. Wiesel says he wrote //Night// because when he wrote the original //And the World Has Remained Silent// he was just beginning to write and his English was far from good. He also says he is blessed to have his wife who is able to translate his words and voice better than anyone else. //Night// is Wiesel’s new, perfected record of memories and sends the reader back to 1940s in Auschwitz and Buchenwald to experience true horror and evil.

Assignment 3: Found Poem
That Night

The poor devils The selected victims Heading for the crematorium, facing the Angel of death Into smoke under a silent sky Never forget those faces

His great mercy His mysterious ways Hanging from the gallows Suffering a divine test, doubting his absolute justice Never forget those flames

The murder of my god The nocturnal silence consumed my faith, deprived my desire to live my dreams to ashes Never forget that night

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