Pangier's MS Language Arts Semester 2

“For today, thanks to recently discovered documents, the evidence shows that in the early days of their accession to power, the Nazis in Germany set out to build a society in which there simply would be no room for Jews” (Wiesel 8).

The other really important thing is adaptability, and whether you can let things roll off your back. New York Times (Dec 12, 2015)

Over time, the cells have adapted to life in plastic petri dishes, altering their genetic make-up and behaviour. Nature (Feb 16, 2016)

“I fought my way to the coffee cauldron like a wild beast” (Weisel 106).

Yet applying his ideas across the whole range of human circumstances is a trickier subject than this pretty series wants to tackle. New York Times (Feb 17, 2016)

“Would they be able to comprehend how?” (Wiesel 10).

“Did I write it so as not to go mad or, on the contrary, to go mad in order to understand the nature of madness, the immense, terrifying madness that had erupted in history and in the conscience of mankind?” (Wiesel vii).

Halie and Dodge are barely hanging on as their two adult sons have returned home after failing to cope with reality. Washington Times (Feb 17, 2016)

"Crammed into cattle cars by the hungarian police, they cried silently" (Wiesel 6).

“The train with the deportees had crossed the Hungarian border and, once in Polish territory, had been taken over by the Gestapo” (Wiesel 6).

“Why not for others more deserving than myself?” (Wiesel viii).

“Special units would then disinter the corpses and burn them” (Wiesel 3).

"Not to learn it by heart but to discover within the very essence of divinity" (Wiesel 5).

“But what exactly was ‘it’? 'It’ was something elusive” (Wiesel 2).

"From that day on, I saw him often. He explained to me, with great emphasis, that every question possessed a power that was lost in the answer. . . (Wiesel 5).

Free radicals are teeny molecules released in our modern-day environment and produced when our body breaks down certain foods. Washington Post (Feb 15, 2016)

"...terrifying madness that had to erupt in history and in the conscience of mankind?” (Night vii).

“He sang, or rather he chanted, and the few snatches I caught here and there spoke of divine suffering, of the Shekhinah in Exile, where, according to Kabbalah, it awaits its redemption linked to that of man” (Wiesel 3).

“At that time we knew nothing about the Nazis’ extermination methods” (Wiesel 12).

“We spoke that way almost every evening, remaining in the synagogue long after all the faithful had gone, sitting in the semi-darkness where only a few half-burnt candles provided a flickering light” (Wiesel 5).

“She continued to scream and sob fitfully” (Wiesel 77).

“...a few half-burnt candles provided a flickering light” (Wiesel 5).

“He harangued us from the center of the barrack” (Wiesel 38).

“Yet his plaintive, harrowing voice went on the piercing the silence and calling me, nobody but me” (Wiesel 11).

“I remember that night, the most horrendous of my life” (Wiesel xi).

“In the beginning there was faith-which is childish; trust-which is vain; and illusion-which is dangerous” (Wiesel 10).

“Did I write it so as not to go mad or, on the contrary, to go mad in order to understand the nature of madness, the immense, terrifying madness that had erupted in history and in the conscience of mankind?” (Wiesel vii).

"Eight words spoken quietly, indifferently, without emotion" (Wiesel 28).

“He smiled indulgently” (Wiesel 5).

“I believe that on that day, I first became aware of the mystery of the iniquity whose exposure marked the end of an era and the beginning of another” (Wiesel 13).

“Was it to leave behind a legacy of words, of memories, to help prevent history repeating itself?” (Wiesel vii).

“Painfully aware of my limitations, I watched helplessly as language became an obstacle” (Wiesel ix).

“Just as the past lingers in the present, all my writings after Night...” (Wiesel vii).

“All the dictionary had to offer seemed meager, pale, lifeless (Wiesel ix).

“A miracle?” (Wiesel vii).

“You cannot understand. I was saved miraculously” (Wiesel 7)

“There are a thousand and one gates allowing entry into the orchard of mystical truth” (Wiesel 5).

"Maimonides tells us that one must be thirsty before venturing into the world of mysticism" (Wiesel 4).

“I only know that without this testimony, my life as a writer—or my life, period— would not have become what it is: that of a witness who believes he has a moral obligation to try to prevent the enemy from enjoying one last victory by allowing his crimes to be erased from human memory” (Wiesel viii).

“...to wander through space until the end of time, seeking redemption, seeking oblivion, without any hope of finding either” (Wiesel 36).

"The optimists were jubilant: ‘Well?What did we tell you? You wouldn't believe us. There they are, your Germans What do you say now? Where is their famous cruelty?'" (Weisel 10).

“There are a thousand and one gates allowing the entry into the orchard of mystical truth” (Wiesel 5).

“Or was it simply to preserve a record of the ordeal I endured as an adolescent, at an age when one’s knowledge of death and evil should be limited to what one discovers in literature?” (Wiesel vii).

“He was poor and lived in utter penury” (Wiesel 3).

“I stood petrified. What happend to me?” (Wiesel 39).

“How to explain this phenomenon?” (Wiesel 14).

“His presence bothered no one” (Wiesel 3).

“Just as the past lingers in the present, all my writings after Night, including those that deal with biblical, Talmudic, or Hasidic themes, profoundly bear its stamp, and cannot be understood if one has not read this very first of my works” (Weisel vii).

“Some prominent members of the community came to consult with my father, who had connections at the upper levels of the Hungarian police;the wanted to know what he thought of the situation” (Weisel 11).

“...it awaits its redemption liked to that of man” (Wiesel 3).

“In retrospect I must confess that I do not know, or no longer know,what wanted to achieve with my words” (Wiesel 3).

“My father was a cultured man, rather unsentimental” (Wiesel 4).

“‘Doctor,’ I stammered” (Weisel 79).

“The weather was sublime” (Wiesel 10).

We should not be surprised that students arrive at college ignorant and biased and find reinforcement for their intolerance. Washington Post (Feb 17, 2016)

“The synagogues were no longer open” (Wiesel 10).

“And that the connection between the cross and human suffering remains, in my view, the key to the unfathomable mystery in which the faith of his childhood was lost?” (Weisel 8).

“He was poor and lived in utter penury” (Wiesel 3).

“Or incredibly, the vanishing of a beautiful, well-behaved Jewish girl with golden hair and a sad smile. murdered with her mother the very night of their arrival?” (Wiesel ix).

“His waiflike shyness made people smile” (Wiesel 3).