Question

In this selection of Night, Elie experiences two executions within the camps. In the first, he describes the events and concludes with "I remember that on that evening, the soup tasted better than ever…" However, after the second execution on, Elie says, "That night, the soup tasted of corpses."

Compare and contrast these two anecdotes. Wiesel uses a parallel conclusion, the description of how the soup tasted to him after these experiences, but they are opposite. Why?

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Answer 1

In Night, the soup tastes better after the first hanging because Elie is still alive. He can return to the bunks and eat. The actual taste does not matter. What matters is that he has survived another day. The prisoners have become inured to death because it surrounds them. The second hanging is different. A young boy beloved by the camp is hanged. It is too much. Elie cannot get the image out of his head as he eats.

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