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= W i l l i a m U p h o u s e =

Assignment #1: The Preface of //Night //
Creation of A//nd the World Remained Silent// and // Night // Elie Wiesel has created his memoirs //Night and And The World Remained Silent//, novels about his experiences at Auschwitz, to educate people about what happened during that time. Wiesel wrote this new translation, //Night//, because his English at the time he wrote the first novel was not very good. Wiesel believes that he has a duty as a survivor of Auschwitz to let the public know about the tragedy that occurred there. Wiesel believes that if he informs people about what took place at Auschwitz, people would learn to recognize a tragedy before it happens. Another thought of Wiesel is that if he lets people forget about what happened, he would let the enemy enjoy the victory by allowing their crimes to be forgotten. Wiesel is aware that people will never fully comprehend what happened at Auschwitz unless they were there to experience it themselves. So, Wiesel tries, at least, to help people to understand what happened at Auschwitz, even if they were not there to experience it for themselves. While writing his memoirs//,// Wiesel was worrying that his work would not be published and all of his memories would be lost. He was also worrying that he would not be able to find a translator for his work. Wiesel is achieving his goal of not letting the memory of Auschwitz be forgotten, he and is still making an impact on people to this day through his speeches. [|Picture of Elie Wiesel] ​

Fire

Intense and luminous Blinding, blazing, and raging

As intense as a raging star and burns like the Sun

A hell on Earth

Burning Burning in the dark of the night with a raging temper



[|Fire]

Assignment #3: Found Poem
Prisoners….

Filthy dogs Will be burned Beaten Thrown into the flames Turned into ashes

Poor clowns Like cattle in a slaughterhouse Condemned to death Hungry and thirsty Dirty and disheveled

Poor devils So thin, so withered, so weak Skinny Recited Kaddish for themselves Corpses

[|Concentration Camp]

Resources:
[|Concentration Camp] [|Picture of Elie Wiesel] [|Fire]