ISU Task 4 Blog Entry 2 ~ Night by Elie Wiesel

ISU BLOG POST #2 ~ Night By Elie Wiesel

The following poem will discuss the social issue of the story as well as what the main character (author) has to face as a Jew during WWII.

~Poem~

The year of the 40's, 

Following by the late 30's,

The second great war rises from the dark death of millions,

Bringing destruction and chaos back towards the only world we have,

Walking down the streets,

Without being one of the deceased,

A miracle they say,

But no,

As cold blood enters,

The gas chambers inverter's,

Rises to bring in the slender,

Being discriminated,

Seeing the chambers smoke out the incineration of many,

A Jew they say,

I'am a Jew,

I'am a Jew watching the rest of my family die,

I feel no pain,

Because I have nothing to gain,

I see the light shining through my tear drops,

I will escape this he says as he reaches his hands towards my mother and sisters,

Rising to the sky,

They'll stay in a better place now,

Because I see their souls rising out of their dead bodies.

~End of Poem~

It's WWII and this poem focuses on the harsh things Elie faces in the concentration camp. The poem also discusses the social issue of the story due to the fact that many Jewish men, women and children were being discriminated and sent to concentration camps by  German soldiers. As mentioned in the poem, the gas chambers were a big part of the story because many were forced to go in their and die within a couple of minutes. Elie faces that when he sees people dying in those gas chambers which is a horrific moment for him as a young teen.