Figurative Language In The Song Never Again

In today’s society, people tend to view the Holocaust as a horrible thing that happened and it won’t happened again. But nobody really understands fully what it meant to go through it, except for Holocaust survivors. Unfortunately, they were hesitant to share those moments that forever changed them. Elie Wiesel is not one of those people. As the author of the memoir Night, he uses repetition and imagery to try to fully express the amount of terror and suffering that they had to go through during the Holocaust.

The title of the poem makes it clear that the Jews are angry and psychologically hurt up till now because of the painful experience they suffered from. Consequently, they will never be able to forget what happened. The poem deals with many ideas to justify the choice of that title. The main idea

The Holocaust was a major event that happened in history, causing death to around ten million people who suffered death from this tragic incident. The novel Night by: Elie Wiesel explains the perspective of what he suffered going through this situation. Elie Wiesel uses animal imagery, when explaining his point of view. They were treated as animals, significant use of the imagery helped his story and the purpose of it. Elie Wiesel uses animal imagery to paint an image to us of how they were treated, spoke to and used as if they were wild or barn animals, through the novel.

Rat Kiley had told a story of a girl that was shipped to Vietnam and had stayed with them at the camp. Mary Anne Bell had begun as a normal innocent girl that slowly delved into herself and became one with the land disappearing into the forest.

Throughout the extensive reign of Hitler, there were many types of people, almost separated as books are separated in genres. Some included of the vocally defiant Germans, the captive Jews, the individuals and families in hiding, and the silent ones who did not speak out for what they believed in, whether it was for or against the actions of the Nazis. These passive individuals were not immediately affected by the policies set in place for the Jews and such groups. This is shown in the poem “First They Came,” in the stanza “When they came for the Jews, I remained silent; I wasn't a Jew” (Holocaust Encyclopedia). This shows that certain people really perceived the instances that were transpiring as not affecting themselves or their family directly, yet it exemplifies the cowardice that some had experienced themselves

Genocide is the destruction of an ethnic, racial, or religious group. The most famous genocide, conducted by the Germans, is the extermination of the Jewish population known as the Holocaust. There are other genocides such as the Armenian or Darfur genocide, but the Holocaust is the one talked about and studied the most around the world today. Museums exist in Washington D.C, Los Angeles, and parts of Europe that focus primarily on this dark time in history. Vast amounts of books, movies, and documents concentrate on the Holocaust. Why is this chapter, between 1939 and 1945, discussed and examined? The answer lies within people who experienced the Holocaust such as Elie Wiesel, Jay Frankston, and Franks Shatz. These men have gone through hell and back, but they believe in one thing. That is, the notion of never again. The goal is to educate future generations on what really happened, so history does not repeat itself. Never again should people of any race, religion, or ethnicity, go through the horrific past of the Holocaust. In their writing, Wiesel, Frankston, and Shatz do a great job using pathos, logos, and ethos to convey their message of never again for future generations.

“The Holocaust, taken by itself, is a Black Hole, to look at it directly is to be swallowed up by it.” (“A Quote By.“) David Novak said these words in response to the Holocaust. The Holocaust was the period between 1933 and 1945 where Adolf Hitler oppressed Jews. The story of the holocaust is told in the book The Devil's Arithmetic by Jane Yolen. A young girl is sent to Poland after her parents pass. She recovers for few weeks before being awoken to have the mosque burned and be sent to a concentration camp. After discovering the harsh reality, she goes for an escape. After being caught, her friends are sent to the gas chambers. The Holocaust was one of the darkest times in history. A time when Jews, were inferior, and executed because of it.

The terrors of the Holocaust are unimaginably destructive as described in the book Night by Elie Wiesel. The story of his experience about the Holocaust is one nightmare of a story to hear, about a trek from one’s hometown to an unknown camp of suffering is a journey of pain that none shall forget. Hope and optimism vanished while denial and disbelief changed focus during Wiesel’s journey through Europe. A passionate relationship gradually formed between the father and the son as the story continued. The book Night genuinely demonstrates how the Holocaust can alter one's spirits and relations.

While reading the two short stories, Bitburg by Elie Wiesel and Three Poems by Hannah Senesh, the similarities of the stories was they were both about what had happened to the people attacked during the Holocaust and how it made them feel about the Nazis. When we thought about the connection between the two readings and Night the first word that came to our mind’s is ‘Holocaust’. Other words that came to our mind’s was travesty, destruction, cruelty, torture, and of course, death. In the short story, Bitburg, Elie Wiesel goes back to one of the camps he was stationed at and gives a speech to the people about forgiveness and moving on. In the poems, Three Poems, Senesh writes about how she gave up her dreams of becoming a writer to help out

The two poems “Never Shall I Forget” and “We Remember Them”, written by Elie Wiesel and Rabbi Sylvan Kamens, have their fair share of similarities and differences. These poems are both highly influenced by the Holocaust, the genocide of over 11 million people, 6 million of them being Jews, during World War II. In “Never Shall I Forget”, Elie Wiesel talks of his sufferings in a concentration camp and “We Remember Them” pass on the memory of those who died during the Holocaust. “Never Shall I Forget” and “We Remember Them” both have a shared theme of remembrance, but Elie Wiesel wrote of what he would rather forget than remember, whereas Rabbi Sylvan Kamens wrote of what he wishes to never forget.

The entire book is one big allusion. It refers to the Holocaust as a whole, but it also refers to the little camps that Elie Wiesel went to.

The Holocaust was not only a way for the Nazis to purge the Jews, it was also a movement for a new way of thinking, that as long as the person in front of you holds a military-grade firearm there is nothing you can do to change your fate. In the memoir Night, Elie Wiesel recounts his journey through life in nazi concentration camps. Elie struggles with his faith and morality as he and his father witness the horrors of the Holocaust. Night reveals that it’s in human nature to hope for survival through religion and faith, however it can also fail in the most trying of circumstances when you have to relent to authoritarianism.

The holocaust can be regarded as one of the most awful events in history and the swastika continues to be a constant reminder of the horrendous acts of hate that were bestowed onto human lives. More than 1 million people were brutally murdered at the hands of an evil dictator named Adolf Hitler. Some of the vivid events and actions that took place during this time have been highlighted in the poem “The Trains” written by William Heyen. Heyen discusses the trains of Treblinka which carried the prized possessions of the many people who had been dropped off to death and/or concentration camps. In the poem, the author attempts to appeal to audiences of the 21st century around the world who do not fully understand the horrific incidents that occurred during the holocaust and the tragedy inflicted on its victims.

Guns. Pain. Blood. Tears. Regret. These words represent a mass genocide. These words represent the Holocaust. The Holocaust was a mass genocide of the European Jewish people caused by Adolf Hitler and the Nazis. The destruction of the Jews began in Germany and eventually hatred towards Jews was spread all over the world. Over 6 million Jews died in the Holocaust and constantly people were injured. The central idea of the Holocaust was that it had a negative impact on most people who were involved. The theme of the Holocaust is all people should be treated fairly and humanely. During the Holocaust, Jews were treated unfairly and the genocide had a negative impact on the people involved.

Also it was written for those who were unable to survive the Holocaust. For those who will never be able to share their hard fought journey and are now just another number to total of lives lost during the Holocaust.