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Analysis Of Night By Elie Wiesel

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A long road ahead As a society people can preserve the memories of the tragedy that was the holocaust by sharing real and profound stories about the Holocaust on multiple captivating platforms to reach and influence a larger and more diverse group of people. These platforms being, written memoir, speeches and presentations and graphic novels, these platform can all be effective because they reach out to different groups of people. The written memoir source is Night, by Elie Wiesel, the vocal source is excepts of a speech by peter Metzelaar, and the graphic novel is Maus by Art Spiegelman.
Night shows the Holocaust from a survivors point of view and in the format of a novel, Weisel also talks about how he wants the Holocaust to be remembered …show more content…

The first quote is from the beginning of one of his lectures. “It was 1942, i was 7 when i went into hiding” (Metzelaar). This quote shows that he is starting his presentation of his story at the very beginning of his journey through the holocaust. Meaning that he can fit in his entire story into a much more easier to digest and shorter version. This allowed for more people to learn about the holocaust and for more people to be able to share what they have learned. It also shows how effective a method presenting is, Metzelaar can go into details about his personal journey and speak to more people. The second quote is in the middle of the speech explaining about how the people of holland were acting.” The resistance, people who just felt like an injustice was being done.”(Metzelaar) This quote shows how he is explaining about the events that occurred and still giving insight on to the minds of the people during that time, displaying how he can go into real details in a short time period. He also is fleshing out all of the topics of his presentation, within the confines of a presentation. Letting him teach more people because he can speak on his own memories and experience, with the added impact of a real human speaking to the audience about the humanity that so many people

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