Perseverance is a theme evident throughout Elie Wiesel's Night, as the author's survival in the concentration camps is a testament to his unwavering determination. In chapter 7 of Night, Elie and his father are transferred to a new concentration camp, where they are forced to endure grueling labor and terrible living conditions. Despite their situation's physical and emotional tolls, Elie remains determined to survive and keep his father alive. " I had no right to let myself die. What would he do without me?
When Wiesel was at Buna he witnessed the gallows and he later says “that night tasted of corpses”. Juliek plays his violin to an audience of dying men in the dark shed. Wiesel and the prisoners ran through the pitch darkness of the night from Buna to Gleatwitz and if
Elie Wiesel talked about that certain song, “Even today, when I hear that particular piece by Beethoven, my eyes close and out of the darkness emerges the pale and melancholy face of my Polish comrade bidding farewell to an audience of dying men.” (p. 95). That certain song will always bring Elie back to the time of struggle of the Holocaust and the concentration
Some people can express their hurt or feelings through music , or even remember certain things through music. In document, B entitled “Someone”, in the novel of “man’s search for meaning” By Viktor Frankl who was also a part of the holocaust it states, “The violin wept and a part of me wept with it, for on that same day someone had a twenty-fourth birthday. That someone lay in another part of the Auschwitz camp.” One night while Frankl was imprisoned in Auschwitz, he could hear violin music playing at a celebration being held at the Nazi’s officer headquarters. Frankl remembered the unspeakable by the violin music that was playing and the same night his wife Tilly turned twenty-four and was completely out of his reach from him, she passed away eventually at the Bergen-Belson concentration camp.
During World War ii , Hitler was targeting all Jewish families and brutally killing them. Elie wiesel and his family was one of those many people. Elie was a Jewish kid and wanted to learn more about God and Kabbalah. Elie had an unpleasant life growing up and it gets dismal during camp . At beginning of his journey Elie was a very innocent child.
Antisocial Edna While being social and part of a community is incorporated in humanity, it is also enjoyable to spend some alone time away from distractions and reflect. This characteristic can be seen in The Awakening with the main protagonist Edna who gravitates toward privacy. Edna longs to be an independent, strong woman and associates this belief with being alone and on her own. Edna is often involved in activities with others where she chooses to seclude herself from the group. Kate Chopin accentuates this aspect of Edna through her actions, but especially through her relations with Robert.
In the poem, “Thou Blind Man’s Mark,” written by Sir Philip Sidney, the speaker talks to desire through an apostrophe, or as though it is a person. He addresses how desire is an issue that he suffers from, and that he willingly falls for it. He describes his yearning for materialistic possessions rather than his self-fulfillment due to desire. In the first quatrain, the poem opens with a series of insults hurled at desire as though it is a human.
Ludwig Van Beethoven was a German composer born in 1770. Through his success at combining tradition, exploration, and personal expression, he came to be regarded as the dominant musical figure of the 19th century. Beethoven’s works have inspired other musicians and has popularly been enjoyed among wider audiences. Since Beethoven never claimed the meaning behind his music, it forced those who performed his music to come up of a meaning of their own. Gradually the performers came to the conclusion that it was him expressing his personality because they were struggling to come to terms with the meaning behind his music.
At a premature time in Beethoven’s life his father, Johann van Beethoven, decided he wanted his son to become a celebrated virtuoso, and began teaching him how to play several musical instruments. His father’s lessons were severe and rigorous which, more often than not, fringed on the line of barbarism. Under his father’s tutorage Beethoven, for even the slightest of indecisions or error, was beaten, locked in a cellar, flogged, or forced to practice without a sufficient amount of sleep. Beethoven, although adept in his musical talents, was not as well versed in the academic aspect; he struggled with numbers and spelling throughout his schooling and most of his life, but was marginally thought to be a mediocre student. Soon though, his calling for music surpassed even his need for education, and he left school at age 10.
August Wilson’s “The Piano Lesson” is a play that explores themes of family, cultural history, and grief. The play follows Boy Willie, an enthusiastic and impulsive man looking to sell the family’s heirloom in exchange for the very land his ancestors labored upon as slaves. At the center of this African-American drama is a piano, the family’s heirloom that represents their cultural heritage. A closer look at Wilson’s “The Piano Lesson” showcases the influence and importance of music regarding African American heritage. This essay will explore the roots of African-American music and the genres that influenced Wilson in the making of “The Piano Lesson.”
The Fifth Symphony was in development for a long time. The first sketches are from 1804 following the completion of the third symphony. However, Beethoven interrupted the progress on the 5th symphony repeatedly to prepare other compositions, including the first version of Fidelio, the Appassionata piano sonata, the three Razumovsky string quartets, the Violin Concerto, the Fourth Piano Concerto and the fourth symphony. Beethoven added the final touches to the Fifth Symphony, which took place in 1807–1808, was being written at the same time as the Sixth Symphony, which premiered at the same concert.
Brahms Symphony No.1 is one among the four symphonies by Johannes Brahm, a German composer and pianist of the Romantic period mastered in symphonic and sonata style. Greatly inspired by Ludwig van Beethoven’s symphony, often called as “Beethoven’s Tenth”, Brahm has managed to blend traditional structures and ideals of classical era with the rising beauty of Romantic era music in this symphony. It uses instruments like flute, oboes, clarinets, bassoons, contrabassoon, horns, trumpets, trombone, timpani and violin. It consists of four movements: Allegro (quick), Andante Sostenuto (walking pace), Un poco Allegretto e grazioso (a little quickly, carefully) and Adagio.
Analyzing this short story, I instantly imagined and assumed that is about a lady completely fed up with her male roommate who continues to bother her by constantly playing the violin. It’s the shock of the next sentence that stays with you long after reading the short story. Its only when you read this last sentence that you actually understand the true horror and disgust of what just happened. From what I gather, the woman who was getting very irritated by the man who wouldn’t stop playing the violin actually ended up shooting him. Its very much open to interpretation, but from what I know about the damage guns can cause I imagine she killed him or at least injured him to a great degree.
The Joy of Death “Death is the wish of some, the relief of many, and the end of all.” Such is the way of life for Louise Mallard. Mrs. Mallard, although she does not wish for her husband’s death, feels a sense of relief when she hears that her husband has been killed in a railroad accident. She imagines her newly found free life where she can be herself and find happiness. In Kate Chopin’s shocking short story “The Story of an Hour,” Chopin portrays domestic life as zapping the protagonist’s spirit, physical strength, and reality.
Love is a small word that is magical and wonderful, while freedom is a powerful word that represents strength and individualism. These two simple words, love and freedom, are two of the most sought after things in life. Everybody wants to love, and be loved in return, whether they admit it or not. Everybody also wants to know they have the power of freedom and the ability to do as they please. If this is the case, then why do freedom and love seem so contradictory in “The Story of an Hour” written by Kate Chopin?
