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Assignment #1; The Preface of //Night//
The author of holocaust novel //And the World Has Remained Silent//, Eliezer Wiesel, gives many reasons as to why he wrote the horrific book. To begin with, Elie experienced the holocaust himself in the concentration camps. There he witnessed innocent Jews of all age and genders die numerous ways. He also saw his own mother and little sister disappear into the depths of the unloving furnace. Writing this novel, Elie hoped that when people read it, they could possibly prevent anything so terrible from happening again. Or maybe writing this novel would help him go mad to understand his own madness. Then again it could be to leave behind his memories of death and weakness. Elie's abridged English version of //And the World Has Remained Silent//, //Night//, is abridged because it was too personal, private, and maybe best to remain in between the lines. Eliezer Wiesel's reasons will be and have been remembered for anyone who has experienced or read about the holocaust.

Mrs. Schachter
Mrs. Scachter Fifty and seperated Crying, screaming, and moaning Screaming about a fire like the boy who cried wolf and moaning like a dying dog Her screams are fire burning into the Jews' souls Screaming Along the lines of insanity

Concentration Camp
Face-to-face with the Angal of Death Kapos beating us, I no longer felt the pain More blows than food Machine guns pointed at us.

Flames rising in darkness, Rising into a black sky Children thrown into flames, Turned into ashes Used whatever strength they had left to cry.

Only one desire-to eat Mornings, coffee Midday, soup Stale crust of bread They were, all that mattered to me. ========

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