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The raid lasted more than one hour. If only it could have goneon for ten times ten h o u r s ... T h e n, once more, there was silence.
A. The motif is hope B. I think "hope" because they are hoping for a longer time of "silence". Meaning that the soldiers aren't yelling at them or torturing them. C. Hyperbole D. By saying "If only it could have gone on for ten times ten hours" this is slightly unrealistic and an exaggeration but also hopeful that it would go on longer.
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"You...you...you..." T h ey p o i n t ed their f i n g e r s, t he w ayone might choose cattle, or merchandise.
The motif for this is inferiority. The quote shows just how they were treated less than human. This is a metaphor to compare how they were treated to how cattle are treated. This reinforces how badly the prisoners were treated and how they were looked upon.
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The Kapo launched into a lengthy explanation of theimportance of this work, warning us that anyone who proved to belazy would be held accountable. My new comrades reassured me:"Don't worry. He has to say this because of the Meister.
The motif for this is intimidation. The people who ran the camps tried to keep the inmates in constant fear so they would do what they were told without question. This sets a very dark tone and theme to show that the inmates had to live in constant fear of people who were seen as greater than they were.
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"Bite your lips, little brother...Don't cry. Keep your anger,yourhate, for another day, for later. The day will come but notnow...Wait. Clench your teeth and w a i t ..
The motif represented in this is revenge. This shows that the promise of revenge is what kept many prisoners going and living. Imagery is used because it gives you a mental image of how the revenge is keeping them alive and how.
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Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, that turnedmy life into one long night seven times sealed.Never shall I forget that smoke.Never shall I forget the small faces of the children whosebodies Isaw transformed into smoke under asilent sky.Never shall I forget those flames that consumed my faith for-ever.Never shall I forget the nocturnal silence that deprived mefor all eternity of the desire to live.Never shall I forget those moments that murdered my Godand my soul and turned my dreams to ashes.Never shall I forget those things, even were I condemned tolive as long as God Himself.Never
This passage shows trauma. The purpose of this passage is to show the memories Elie will always have even if he doesn't want to remember how terrible it really was. There is repetition when it repeats "Never shall I forget..." many times. The author does this to emphasize that he will never be able to forget what happened.
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I nodded, once, ten times, endlessly. As if myhead had de-cided to say yes for all eternity
A)Fear B) The author included this text to emphasize how weak and fearful he was of receiving another flogging from Idek and felt as if his body was automatically answering Idek. The literary device used in this text is a simile. The device reinforces the author's purpose because Ellie represents his tiresome, submitted response to Idek's question as if his head had decided to answer for him for all eternity.
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