Quote:
"The Germans were already in the town, the Fascists were already in power, the verdict had already been pronounced, yet the Jews of Sighet continued to smile," (Wiesel 19).
Analysis:
This quote shows how deceiving the Germans were to the people. The Jews smiled because the Germans didn't seem like bad people. The irony in this is that we know the Germans were bad people, but the Jews did not want to believe Moche. "The verdict had already been pronounced," is foreshadowing that it was not going to stay peaceful much longer. I feel like they should have listened to Moche, and escaped to Palistine.
Quote:
"In front of us flames. In the air that smell of burning flesh. It must have been about midnight. We had arrived -at Birkenau, reception center for Auschwitz," (Wiesel 37).
Analysis:
I think that the author is foreshadowing when he says, "We had arrived -at Birkenau, reception center for Auschwitz." I think he is foreshadowing death of people that Elie knows because we know that Auschwitz was a death camp. The author also used sensory details to give you the nasty feeling that is felt when entering Auschwitz. This quote is important because we now know that he will be in Auschwitz, and it gives us a feeling of the conditions of where he was going to have to live.
3 comments:
To be brutally honest, I did not find any errors within this analysis. Correctly cited and everything. They got straight to the point and the core of the overall reasoning of the quote. The only microscopic error was the spelling of "Palistine" which is actually spelled "Palestine". Other than that, great job. Keep up the good work!
Thank you Alanna!
I found your quotes and explanations really detailed. You had good details explaining the quotes. The second quote you pretty much just restated the quote in your analysis. This is really the only thing I saw that needs to be worked on.
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