Discovering Elie Wiesel

By:Devante Downs, Gabby Atherley,Yosan Michael, and Chad Wyman

Before the Holocaust “…at night I ran

to the synagogue to weep over the destruction of the Temple.”

Shows us his depth of his belief in God & faith

Wanted to Learn“Find me a master to guide me in the studies of the cabbala.”

Curious about his religion

Into the Holocaust “Belt and shoes in hand, I let myself be dragged off to the barbers“

Losing resistance

Life in the CampsChosen to live or dieAbused again and again

Camp Conditions“… steaming hot soup had been left, half full… a feast for kings…”

Starved

All Hope is Gone“We were all going to die here. All limits had been passed. No one had any strength left. And again the night would be long.”

Millions Dead

Goodbye Faith“Where is he? Here he is—He is hanging here on this gallows ….”

God is dead

Emotionless Beings Created by Holocaust “After my

father's death, nothing could touch me anymore”

Morale running low, Elie close to death

Nothing left

Life After the Camps “From the depths

of the mirror, a corpse gazed back at me. The look in his eyes…has never left me”

Revolves around purpose of writing

Through The Story

Elie characterized as Jewish child

Goes teenage years in Concentration camps

Loses faith in God As other characters lose their

strong holds in story they die. (Stein of Antwerp and Family)

Elie saved by Russians after Father died

The Purpose Explains how horrible it was for

victims and to show it really did happen

“[Wiesel] knew [he] had to testify about [his] past but did not know how to go about it.”

To “testify” to the readers