is a
literary term for descriptive language that appeals to the reader's five senses.employs imagery
when he describes the harsh winter in the concentration camp. Wiesel writes,
"Winter had arrived. The days became short and the nights
almost unbearable. From the first hours of dawn, a glacial wind lashed us like a whip"
(77).
He goes on to say,
"The stones were so cold that touching them, we felt that our hands would remain
stuck. But we got used to that too" (Wiesel 78).
Elie's use of imagery appeals to the reader's sense of touch and feel.
The reader can imagine the harsh gusts of freezing winds and the burning sensation of touching
extremely cold stones in the middle of winter.
Elie Wiesel
again uses imagery to give the audience an understanding of the environment in the camp during
his last night at Buna. Wiesel writes,
"Through the
frosty windowpanes we could see flashes of red. Cannon shots broke the silence of night...There
was whispering from one bunk to the other..." (83).
The reader can visualize the red flashes from the bullets and hear the
loud cannon shots outside of the building. Elie Wiesel is appealing to the reader's auditory and
visual senses throughout the paragraph.
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