Why The Holocaust Was Bad
Grant Hughes
April 21st, 2011
AA World History
4th Hour
You Mean The Holocaust Was Bad? It’s simple to say that the Holocaust was bad. I don’t think it was third grade and I already knew that. In A Good Day from Survival in Auschwitz, an autobiography by Primo Levi, and Night, an autobiography by Elie Wiesel, I learned the very different first-hand experiences of two young men who dealt with persecution from the Nazi Officers, during the time of the Holocaust. Now although these stories are very different, in truth, they both share similarities as well. The first, and most noticeable, things are the differences. Right off the bat, we can tell that these stories are going to be very different by looking at the titles. We can infer that …show more content…
These stories have some very clear similarities. For instance, both Levi and Wiesel are fraught by the Nazi Officers. Not only are they both hated, but they’re also very hungry. Although Levi might be sizably less hungry because he received two bowls of soup that day, it doesn’t make up for the starvation he’s been going through for the past few days. Another similarity is that they both have been separated from their family. Wiesel’s father may have been within the vicinity, but his son was still helpless while being attacked. It can also be noticed that both Levi and Wiesel express the ugly parts in their situation. Levi wrote, referring to the Buna, “Its roads and buildings are named like us, by numbers or letter, not by weird sinister names. Within its bounds not a blade of grass grows, and the soil is impregnated with the poisonous saps of coal and petroleum, and the only things alive are machines and slaves – and the former are more alive than that latter.” In the same likeness, Wiesel wrote, “We were given no food. We lived on snow; it took the place of bread. The days were like nights, and the nights left the dregs of the darkness in our souls.” They both express a more hidden sadness of their circumstance that they’ve either grown used to or shows us the glooming darkness in the midst of their story. Yes, Wiesel and Levi were in
April 21st, 2011
AA World History
4th Hour
You Mean The Holocaust Was Bad? It’s simple to say that the Holocaust was bad. I don’t think it was third grade and I already knew that. In A Good Day from Survival in Auschwitz, an autobiography by Primo Levi, and Night, an autobiography by Elie Wiesel, I learned the very different first-hand experiences of two young men who dealt with persecution from the Nazi Officers, during the time of the Holocaust. Now although these stories are very different, in truth, they both share similarities as well. The first, and most noticeable, things are the differences. Right off the bat, we can tell that these stories are going to be very different by looking at the titles. We can infer that …show more content…
These stories have some very clear similarities. For instance, both Levi and Wiesel are fraught by the Nazi Officers. Not only are they both hated, but they’re also very hungry. Although Levi might be sizably less hungry because he received two bowls of soup that day, it doesn’t make up for the starvation he’s been going through for the past few days. Another similarity is that they both have been separated from their family. Wiesel’s father may have been within the vicinity, but his son was still helpless while being attacked. It can also be noticed that both Levi and Wiesel express the ugly parts in their situation. Levi wrote, referring to the Buna, “Its roads and buildings are named like us, by numbers or letter, not by weird sinister names. Within its bounds not a blade of grass grows, and the soil is impregnated with the poisonous saps of coal and petroleum, and the only things alive are machines and slaves – and the former are more alive than that latter.” In the same likeness, Wiesel wrote, “We were given no food. We lived on snow; it took the place of bread. The days were like nights, and the nights left the dregs of the darkness in our souls.” They both express a more hidden sadness of their circumstance that they’ve either grown used to or shows us the glooming darkness in the midst of their story. Yes, Wiesel and Levi were in