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Remembering and Reflecting on the Holocaust

Question 1 • Common Core ELA 11 - ELA3011 IC

Recall that Wiesel was a teenager when he was deported to Auschwitz. How does that point of view add to the power of this passage?It helps express the horrors of the concentration camps.It gives objective explanations of a teenager’s response to the Holocaust.It shows that Wiesel was too young to comprehend what was happening at the time.It shows that teenagers will relate events to things they learned in school.

Answer
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It helps express the horrors of the concentration camps.
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It gives objective explanations of a teenager’s response to the Holocaust.
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It shows that Wiesel was too young to comprehend what was happening at the time.
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It shows that teenagers will relate events to things they learned in school.

Explanation

Wiesel’s perspective as a teenager makes the suffering and fear of the concentration camps feel immediate and personal. His firsthand account helps readers understand the camps’ horrors through the experience of someone who endured them. It is not an objective explanation; it conveys his personal response.

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