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The Wolf By Elie Wiesel Analysis

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This is a story of a young girl named Lisel, who discovers the shocking truth about her grandmother, Anna. Lisel was sent to her grandmother’s house by her father, which was the first time she had been there. It was during this visit that she discovered her grandmother’s awareness of the wolf happenings. Intimidated by being in her grandmother's house, as this is the area where the wolves ran, Lisel expressed her concerns despite her grandmother's aloof knowledge of Lisel’s concerns. Anna shares her necessary transformation story with Lisel on how her husband used to beat her and how she ate yellow flowers so that she could become a wolf in order to kill him. The following three question prompts are discussed with relation to the story. “At what point do you realize the truth about Anna's history and her intentions for Lisel? Are there hints early in the story that a rereading would reveal?” The reason for taking on this transmogrification was for the sheer purpose of taking out her husband, which she did one night while he was on his way back home. This could possibly emphasize the paragon of women of power as compared to women who are overpowered. …show more content…

The gift that Anna wanted to give her granddaughter is being aware of the wolf. This was to help Lisel not suffer the pain she endured again. Anna also wanted to carry on the hereditary wolf. This was the best way Anna could show her granddaughter how to defend herself in situations that could harm her, such as the same that she had experienced prior to the transformation. The truth about the history of Anna is to reveal how she overpowered her bad situation. From her experience, the story reveals Anna’s intentions of teaching her granddaughter through experience on how to deal with situations such as the one she faced. The story reveals that from what Anna did, learning is better by

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