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Essay / Rising Above Hatred - 821
Night EssayNight, a memoir written by Elie Wiesel, and the Twilight Zone episode "He's Alive" are both depictions of the Holocaust. Night depicts Elijah's tale of concentration camps, and "He's Alive" features a man named Pete who wanted to purify the United States by eliminating all foreigners, which is essentially an allusion to the genocide of European Jews during the Second World War. The message of “He's Alive” is that humans are responsible for creating hatred but are also capable of destroying it. Rob Serling warns that hatred arises from prejudice and ignorance, and similarly, Elie's memoir describes actions of hatred caused by bigotry and forgetfulness. The central theme conveyed in the Twilight Zone episode "He's Alive" is that humans are responsible for creating hatred but also have the capacity to destroy it. Rob Serling says: “Where will he go next, this ghost from another time, this resurrected ghost from a previous nightmare – Chicago; Los Angeles; Miami, Florida; Vincennes, Indiana; Syracuse, New York? Hate is symbolized as a ghost because it is sinister and intangible. Hatred has no solitary place where it resides; like a ghost, he hides everywhere. People also incite hatred by spreading derogatory ideas about another person or group of people, hence the comparison of hatred to "the resurrected ghost of a previous nightmare." Additionally, Pete's friend Ernst insulted Pete during his speech by pointing out the harmful effects of his movement. The audience who previously listened to Pete's speech followed Ernst as he left. Ernst's courage to challenge Pete's ideas demonstrates the potential effect of a person's words; he changed the opinion of an entire public and...... middle of paper ...... many people became victims of bigotry. In conclusion, the Night and the Twilight Zone episode "He's Alive" depicts minority discrimination through the Holocaust. The central theme of "He's Alive" is that people are responsible for creating hatred, but they also have the ability to destroy it. The episode depicts the harmful effects of hatred and the reward of defiance in the face of such an unreasonable movement. When Ernst expressed his opinion during Pete's speech, it persuaded the audience to oppose Pete's beliefs. Night and "He's Alive" also show how hatred is caused by prejudice and ignorance, creating chaos and injustice. The characters in Night and “He's Alive” face difficulties because they succumbed to the ideas of hatred of others and failed to resist them. Ultimately, acceptance is the most effective solution to preventing hatred from forming and spreading..