A Story Of Sorrow & Relief

            Elie Wiesel uses repetition to create contradicting tones of sorrow and relief .
             He feels so much pain and the memories only deepen his .
             sorrow. Then when his father is taken away he is relieved that the "dead weight" is .
             finally gone.
             Wiesel's memories from the past caused him so much suffering that his .
             mental anguish and sorrow is unbelievable. For example when he says, "Never .
             shall I forget that nocternal silence which deprived me, for all eternity, of the desire .
             to live." The silence of the terrified men stole everything from him. The silence .
             also condemed him to sorrow and memories of those awful years. For instance .
             when he says, " Never shall I forget those flames which consumed my faith .
             forever." The faith he had in God was taken away from him by those first flames. .
             Everything he believed in was demolished in only a matter of minutes, but the .
             memories still linger on. Wiesel will never be able to forget those painful memories .
             of the silence or of the flames.
             Wiesel's father was loved dearly, but he was thought of as a burrden and a .
             problem by his only son. For example, " I did not weep, and it pained me that I .
             could not weep." He and his father had been through so much and yet his father's .
             death didn't faze him. The reason why he couldn't weep after so long is because he .
             felt relieved. For instance when he thinks, " --Free at last!" This shows that he felt .
             tied down, with his father as his burrden. He felt that his father was weakening him .
             and shortening his chances of surviving the next selection. Even though Wiesel was .
             being held back by his father, he never left his side or lost hope in his persuit for .
             freedom.
             Wiesel overcomes his sorrow from the first night at camp. In a way he gets .
             used to the idea that people are being killed everyday. His life becomes nothing but .
             the worries of getting his bread and soup and making it through the next selection. .
             He constantly worries about his father and then he feels relief after his father is .