1. Quote: " I wanted to come back to Sighet to tell you the story of my death. So that you could prepare yourselves while there was still time. To live? I don't attach any importance to my life any more. I'm alone. No, I wanted to come back, and to warn you. And see how it is, no one will listen to me " (Wiesel, 17 )
Analysis: This quote shows how this character has developed through his experiences while held captive by the Gestapo in Poland. He use to have a strong passion for life and now he feels there is no importance to life anymore. This quote is foreshadowing the events that will take place because Moche is warning Elie about the cruelty happening to the Jews. What happened to Moche foreshadows what will happen to the Jews later on in the story. The news he brought of the torture of his fellow Jews becomes a theme for the book.
2. Quote: " Jews listen to me! I can see a fire! There are huge flames! It is a furnace!" (Wiesel, 34)
Analysis: In this quote Madame Schachter is trying to warn the jews of a fire. She had been hysterical and had talked continually of flames and a furnace. This event does foreshadow upcoming events in the chapter. In the end of the chapter it there really is a furnace at Birkenau,reception center for Auschwitz.
3. Quote: " The yellow star? Oh well, what of it? You don't die of it..." (Wiesel, 20)
Analysis: The yellow star is a symbol for the Jewish people, it let the Germans know who to tae captive. Irony is used in this quote because in the holocaust, people did die because they were Jews and this quote Elie's dad said you wouldn't die because of that.
3 comments:
All of your analyses are really good but your first quote is a little long. You could use ... to leave out some of the quote if it is that long but it's good anyway.
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Nice job on the quote analysis! I like the way that you set it up and i didnt see a problem with the citation. Your quotes could be a little better if you would had shortened the first quote keeping the same quote keeping the main point just shortening it. and did you know that you were only supposed to do two quotes?? lol
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