Dialectical Journal Practice

Discuss how Wiesel sets up the contrast between the panic of the Jews with each new decree or action of the government and their attempts to reassure themselves and to adjust to each new infringement on their freedom.

So basically Wiesel set everything up to make sure people understood that although many jews were panicking, they stayed optimistic throughout their entire experience. By optimistic, he included many family values and how sticking together was so important. Also, with them traveling and moving all the time, many still kept their faith intact, for example the father. 

Dialectical Journal Entries

1. "The stars were only sparks which devoured us. Should that fire die out one day, there would be nothing left in the sky but dead stars, dead eyes" (18)

2. "In everyone's eyes was suffering drowned in tears. Slowly, heavily, the procession made its way to the gate of the ghetto." 

3. "Humanity? Humanity is not concerned with us. Today anything is allowed. Anything is possible, even these crematories." (30)

4. "Never shall i forget those flames which consumed my faith forever" (32)

5. "The morning star was shinning in the sky.....There remained only a shape that looked like me. A dark flame had entered my soul and devoured it." (34)