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ANALYSIS OF WIESEL’S CHARACTER AS HERO

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This 5 page paper gives the requirements, per Joseph Campbell's book: Hero With a Thousand Faces, for the analysis of Elie Wiesel's hero in his book, Night. The protagonists development is analyzed and each stage pointed out. Also, the use of archetypal characters is mentioned. Each example is cited and quoted. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

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5 pages (~225 words per page)

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are persecuted because of their race, religion, or political views, that place must - at that moment - become the center of the universe"(Elie Weisel..Nobel Peace Speech, Foundation 2002). Elie Wiesel portrays Joseph Campbells traits of a hero by first showing a call to adventure, his road of trials and his realization of his own innate gifts and those granted to him by his journey. Though Campbells book and Wiesels book differ in style and era, it can be said that they both share similar characteristics. They intrinsically serve as a character study on the human condition as it strives to better itself in an often harsh and cruel world. The Elementary idea, according to Campbell, is that single universal truth that is apparent in the work of all the worlds peoples from the beginning of time. These truths may be presented in the cultural context in which they find themselves, but beneath the social trappings and historical rhetoric lies the truth, or the elementary idea. Interestingly enough, these same elementary truths, more or less, still serve to act as guideposts for modern man. The hero in a sense adheres to a set of personal codes (much like Hemingways did) which serve them in good stead when faced with insurmountable dangers. Along their journey (and there always is one) the hero is challenged both physically and psychologically. However, there generally enters into the storyline a guide of some sort (archetype of the old man/old woman) who steers them along the right path. So begins, too, Elies journey when he and his family must pack their bags quickly for the journey from their homeland to the Nazi ...

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