Beldon+L.

toc = = = = = = = = = = =Beldon Lin=

Elie Wiesel wrote the memoir //As the World Remained Silent// because of several reasons. One of the reasons was to convey the horror of the genocide of the Jews that he experienced. Another reason he wrote this was to confirm that the Holocaust actually happened. There are some anti-Semitic people who say that the Holocaust was a hoax, but by writing this book, he confirms that there was actually a Holocaust. Another reason that Elie Wiesel wrote this book is because the number of survivors of the Holocaust is shrinking. If all of the survivors die, there would be no one who would tell about the Holocaust and the personal experiences. Elie Wiesel was worried when he wrote the memoir because he was afraid no on would publish it and read the memoir. People during that time did not understand the horror of it. Elie Wiesel had the memoir //As the World Remained Silent// translated and changed into the //Night// because the book had some unnecessary things and sentences in it. He also had it cut some of the parts of the original memoir out because //As the World Remained Silent// concentrated more on the death of his father rather than the Liberation.

Assignment#2 Figurative Language Poem
Chimneys

Old and rusty Moaning, Blowing, Smoking

As tall as skyscrapers and as warm as an oven An exit for the burned and dead

Standing In the camps with the prisoners



=ASSIGNMENT #3: Found Poem =

Father  A cultured man, rather unsentimental Rarely displayed his feelings Held him in highest esteem Two weeks before Shavuot His face was drained of color Birkenau  How changed he looked His eyes were veiled Recorded his number Passed the second selection Marched without faltering Buna <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Huddled near me  <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">He was breathing faintly <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Burning with a fever <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Suffering from dysentery <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">January 28, 1945 <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Buchenwald



[|Ellie Wiesel Image] [|Illustration of Crematorium Chimney] [|Buchenwald image]