Quote: "Whenever he found a weak one, a musulman as we called them, he would write his number down: good for the crematory." (Wiesel pg.76)
Analysis: Ironic is a word to describe this quote. Verbal Irony is the type of irony being used because the weak men were called "musulman" and they didn't have much muscle at all.
Quote: " 'Me, too...me, too...! They told me to stay behind in the camp.' They had written down his number without his being aware of it." (Wiesel pg.81)
Analysis: I found this event extremely ironic because I was expecting Elie's dad to be one of the stronger men. The type of irony is situational. Obviously Elie wasn't expecting this outcome either because no one saw his father's name written down.
1 comment:
This is deffinatley ironic. It seems to me when they call the weak ones musulman they are teasing and making fun of them.
I would have to disagree about the father of Elie being strong. I think when it said strong in the book it meant strong in faith.
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