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Olivia Meltzer
Ms. Christ
Honors English 10
16 December 2022
POINT: In Night by Elie Wiesel, the author uses bold and powerful imagery that extends a
sense of fear and terror that was felt during the Holocaust. CONTEXT: The narrator explains
the series of emotions that occur the morning Wiesel and his family are forced out of their homes
and onto the train. QUOTE, tagged with a RHETORICALLY ACCURATE VERB: Wiesel
explained, “we were ready I was the first to leave. I did not want to see my parents' faces. I did
not want to break into tears” (Wiese 16). EXPLANATION: By describing the emotions present,
the readers are able to sympathize with the Wiesel family. These traumatic events are hard to
understand without experiencing them. The memoir gives an example of the emotions
experienced while the family leaves their home. Wiesel mentions that he could not look at his
parents because they were so upset, he would not be able to control his emotions. While this
description may pull on the readers heart, this was the author's plan. To relay the true events that
occurred in his life and help readers sympathize.
Works Cited
Wiesel, Elie. Night. New York: Bantam Books, 1982.