Compare And Contrast The Bobbed Hair Bandit And Night

History Tells Its Story

Whether it was the birth of Jesus, the American Revolution, or the Gutenberg's Printing Press, history has been responsible for creating, changing, and destroying the world we know of today. Nowadays, people see history as a humdrum, futile, and an over-emphasized subject taught in school. Usually when discussed, it is limited to the few major events that everyone is ought to know. Nevertheless, it is an illumination to all of humanity as it prepares for unseen future. The books The Bobbed Hair Bandit by Stephen Duncombe and Andrew Mattson and Night by Elie Wiesel serve as a contribution for this illumination. Despite having different conflicts, The Bobbed Haired Bandit and Night were both published around incidents

In the book Night, Wiesel had to face living in a concentration camp during World War II as a punishment for being Jewish. He and his family were forced to leave their home and witness horrifying and traumatic events. Using meticulous imagery, Wiesel claimed, "Never shall I forget the little faces of the children, whose bodies I saw turned into wreaths of smoke beneath a silent blue sky" (Wiesel 44). Eliezer used precise diction including active verbs, concrete nouns, and specific adjectives to help the reader visualize the cruelty he and his people experienced. He said, "It was pitch dark. I could hear only the violin, and it was as though Juliek's soul were the bow, whole of his life was gliding on the strings--his last hopes, his charred past, his extinguished future" (Wiesel 68). As the story progressed, Wiesel's faith in God starts to dwindle. Why was the All-Merciful, Almighty God silent while His people were tortured to death? With the use of symbolism, Eliezer stated, "Where is He? Here He is-He is hanging here on this gallows" (Wiesel 76). Despite being a sincere worshipper of God, religion suddenly became a question to him. The book continued on Wiesel’s struggle to find his faith in the midst of perhaps one of history's most atrocious

As the delivery date approached, Celia realized that her one-room house was too small for them. Unlike Wiesel, Duncombe and Mattson used formal diction and an objective tone to establish the setting and characters. They also used mostly third point perspective such as when they stated, "Ed promised Celia they would a get home a new home for their baby" (Duncombe and Mattson 6). Ironically, Edward could not afford any extra expense. To make some extra cash, the couple decided to rob a grocery and were successful. After attempting numerous more successful robberies, they became a symbol of lawlessness for the entire nation. Celia, seen as the most mutinous woman at the time, was said to be able " attract the press like a magnet" (Duncombe and Mattson 25). Unfortunately, most of their robberies did not earn them much money. To escape getting caught by the police, they ended up "renting a dirty little dump of a room...worse than before" (Duncombe and Mattson 143). As the book moved on, Celia and Edwards were faced with harsh consequences in