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Assignment #1: The Preface of Night [[image:Jivani_-_Elie_Wiesel.jpg]]
Elie Wiesel wrote his first novel //And the World Remained Silent// in 1958 for many reasons. In his preface, Wiesel discusses why he decided to open the door to his painful past and write his memoir //Night.// The memoir was written because he felt that there should be meaning to his survival. Wiesel sensed that there was a reason as to why others died while he survived. Also, Wiesel could not keep silent. The world going on for the rest of time without knowing the horrific actions of the Nazis would be another crime gone unpunished. He needed to make a difference in the future so that the children would not have to live his past. Lastly, Wiesel was interested in understanding madness and the madness that went on in history; therefore, he wrote the book to go mad so that he could understand the nature of it all. Wiesel was concerned while writing the book that he would not be able to find the words to convey his message in a way that people who had not been there would understand. When //And the World Remained Silent// was written, Wiesel was beginning his career in writing, therefore he was inexperienced. //Night// was written because Wiesel felt that it needed to not to be so personal, that the message needed to be more of his words. The publishing of //Night// has provided people all over the world with a resource to the truth of Wiesel’s past in hopes that it will never repeat itself.

__Assignment #2: Figurative Language Poem__
Concentration Camp

Concentration camp Tragic and hopless Depressing, terrifying, revolting Like a lost child in the middle of a fire and as unpromising as rain in a drought An immoral death Crying Souls questioning when the end will come

 **Despair Headed to Hope

** I see flames, huge flames This is what the antechamber of hell must look like Empty and dead The black flame devoured my soul ** God is no longer with us

**** Was I still alive? ** ** Could this just be a nightmare? ** God is testing us <span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">**<span style="color: #808000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> Soon I would wake up with a start <span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">**<span style="color: #808000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> All this could not be real

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">**<span style="color: #808000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> Were there still miracles on earth? <span style="color: #808000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> We were not afraid <span style="color: #808000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> Have faith in life <span style="color: #808000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"> Don’t lose hope <span style="color: #808000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-weight: normal;">We gave thanks to God    **  **  **  **  **   <span style="color: #808000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">

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