In
Wiesels
the people with whom Wiesel interacts in the death camp strengthen his desire to live.
Elies interaction with Juliek show how people became inured to death. Elie and Juliek
watch a hanging. Juliek whispers, will it be over soon? I'm hungry." Conversely, when
Elie, Juliek, and others are being crushed together and gasping for air, Julieks actions are
heart-wrenching. Elie hears a violin in the dark barrack where the dead were piled on top of
the living. It was Juliek playing a fragment of a Beethoven concerto. Elie writes that, Never
before had I heard...
No comments:
Post a Comment