so I got a analytical essay comin up
and I am legit no joke shit at English....
I need your help. the text is "Night" by Ellie Wiesel
my teacher says my writing is pretty good and stuff but I actually feel like she's to afraid to tell me the truth ....idk.
if u could give a brief read and tell me on ways to improve that would be amazing
thnx in advance
TOPIC: “In ‘Night’ Wiesel uses imagery to portray the horrors of his experiences. Discuss”In Elie Wiesel’s memoir, ‘Night’, literary devices, such as imagery, are manipulated to discuss traumatic experiences faced throughout the time of the text. Figurative language is often used to explore the themes of night and darkness and can foreshadow key events throughout the text, while imagery and symbol around death, trauma, pain and suffering are also used to show the full depth of experience.
Within the text Wiesel uses a variety of literary devices to depict how Night and Darkness affected him at the beginning of his journey. Wiesel brings up the theme of night a number of times throughout the text to foreshadow demoralising events that were to come “ It was close to midnight” Wiesel uses this concept of night to communicate seemlislingy endless darkeness that was to come when his entire Jewish community would be transported of to Auschwitz. Wiesel also portrays night as an enemy and a threat during the course of the text…he presents himself in a manner in which he “fears” night and as it brings along darkness with it “The night seemed darker outside the gates of Auschwitz” the way in which he uses this sentence shows the significant impact “night” and “darkness” has had on him, the evil, pain and suffering that follows after. Ellie seems to be so afraid of Night and Darkness as he sees the product of the damage wherever he looks in the camp. Ellie using detailed imagery and metaphors, describes his fellow Jewish peers as already half dead “the shdows around me roused themselves as if from a deep sleep and left silently in every direction” this sentence has a significant impact on the audience showing them the quality of life Jews were forced to burden throughout the war and how they dealt with this. Wiesel uses his knowledge of writing to manipulate literary devices such as imagery and metaphors to show how Night and Darkness took a horrendous toll on him and his Jewish companions.
Wiesel also uses string figurative language and symbolism to explore the key concept of death in his memoir. Wiesel specifically focuses on “Death” as it was a fundamental aspect of his story, and affected nearly every Jew during the time of war. He illustrates this importance by using imagery and symbolism to truly give the reader an insight on the pain and suffering he experiences firsthand his “ we were withered tress in the heart of the dessert”, Wiesels maudlin tone illustrates his thought on the matter, the result of the war and what they had become, the way they had developed and progressed as time passed. Furthermore the way in which he synthesises his symbolism and imagery link perfectly to the event that were currently happening, this is exemplified when selection took place and certain individuals were selected, Wiesel describes them as “ wallowing in their despair” , “ trying to cling to hope” and struggling between “life and death”, as they were to be of no more in the near future, Wiesels intent of this sentence was for the reader to experience what he felt at that time, empathy and sorrow for the “lost souls”. Wiesel appropriately defines death in his memoir and the battles he and so many more faced against it, he tries to communicate to the reader his understanding of what he experienced in the most elaborate and meek format so that he may extinguish his agony.
An important factor in which everyone at the concentration camps experienced was the trauma that everyone grieved during that time . Wiesel portrays trauma through linguistic methods in which he clearly reveals the horrors he experienced. At the beginning of the text Wiesels jumps straight to the inhuman acts he witnessed upon arriving in Auschwitz, “I pinched myself: Was I still alive? Was I awake? How was it possible that men, women, and children were being burned and that the world kept silent? No. All this would not be real. A nightmare perhaps … Soon I would wake up with a start, my heart pounding, and find that I was back in the room of my childhood”, the far – fetched tone in which Wiesel expresses himself makes it distinctly obvious that he could not grasp of the acts being committed “how could this happen in 21st century quote” The disbelief Ellie shows suggests that the Jews and Ellie could never suspect that their “friends of yesterday” could allow something inhumane as this to happen. This would have deeply traumatized many, an act of betrayal upon them for simply being “different” both physically and culturally. Throughout the text traumatic events consistently took place, the fact of being kept in a concentration camp, enduring labour would have been traumatic enough for many, however certain events disturbed Ellie more than others. Wiesel emphasises this by adding in more depth to these parts than he would to others, for example Wiesel dedicates a whole page to “Juliek” the boy who played the violin ( Beethoven ) , Wiesel at the time was “crushed under the weight of other bodies” and “biting his was to search for air” and was distressed and close to mere death, a traumatic experience however “Juliek” who was also in the same position releaves Wiesel when he plays the violin for the last time expressing his thoughts and giving a deep and contextual meaning “his soul had become his bow”, this was both physical and emotionally traumatising for Wiesel especially when he wakes to find Juliek deceased the following morning. Other traumatising events include the moment in time when Wisels own father was beaten to death in front of him and he coudnt do anything to save him “ he called out to me and I had nmot answered” this would possibly be one of the momest stressful and traumatising events that took place in the text, it would have left Ellie with permanent psychological scars for life as he deeply cared for his father “ I remained more than an hour leaning over him, looking at him, etching his bloody, broken face” Unfortunately for many Jews this was a common traumatic hurdle many had to fight when losing their loved ones. Wiesel does an excellent job at providing the audience with the traumatic experiences he had to endure.
In Night, produced by Ellie Wiesel. Literary devices are harnessed to create a deep and powerul meaning text which accurately depicts the traumatic and horrific experiences Wiesels faced at his time in Concentration Camps during WW2. Wiesel uses his knowledge of literature to explore themes like night and darkness in which he gives detailed evidence of how it forshadows certain events to come, he also explores death and trauma with imagery and figurative language to give the reader a vivid image of the “hellish” experiences Jews took.
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