Decisions in Night by Elie Wiesel
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1. Suspense is a feeling of growing curiosity or anxious uncertainty about the outcome of events in a literary work. In And Then There Were None Agatha Christie creates suspense in many different ways. Identify the significance of the following items: the ten china soldier figures,
“The Ten Little Soldier Boys” poem, the gramophone. Discuss how EACH adds to the suspense of the story.
2. Suspense is a feeling of growing curiosity or anxious uncertainty about the outcome of events in a literary work. In “The Most Dangerous Game” explain how author Richard Connell adds suspense to the story. Use at least THREE specific episodes from the story to prove your point and provide two examples of suspense in each episode (e.g. when Whitney and Rainsford were on the yacht).
3. The decisions people make often have a significant impact on their lives. Think of the decisions Elie Wiesel was forced to make in Night. Discuss at least THREE decisions Elie made and analyze how those decisions positively or negatively impacted his life and affected his
identity and innocence.
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Decisions in Night by Elie Wiesel
The decisions people make often affect their lives significantly. In the autobiographical account Night, Elie Wiesel was forced to make several decisions that had significant impact on his life. A failure to decide in these instances would have resulted in different outcomes. This essay argues that Elie’s decisions to lie about his age, be evacuated from the infirmary, and not to fight food had significant impacts on his life, identity, and innocence.
When Elie and his father decided to lie about their age after they had been told by a stranger to do so, the decision ends up saving their lives. Elie decided to tell Mengele that he was eighteen years old when he was not even fifteen yet (Wiesel 31). His father had to say that he was 40 when he was actually forty. This decision to lie, although affected his innocence, ended up saving them. Had they mentioned their true ...
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