Hope, Despair and Memory: Table of Contents
Introduction
The Text
Summary
Section 1: Besht in Show
Section 2: Remembering the Holocaust
Section 3: Falling on Deaf Ears
Main Idea
Historical Context
Timeline
Key Figures
Elie Wiesel
Shimon Dubnov
Rabbi Baal Shem Tov
Themes
Quotes
Suffering
Suffering Quotes
Memory and the Past
Memory and the Past Quotes
Passivity
Passivity Quotes
Compare and Contrast
Elie Wiesel, Night
Oscar Arias Sanchez, Nobel Acceptance Speech, 1987
Ronald Reagan, "Memorial Day Speech," 1986
Elie Wiesel, "50 Year Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz Speech," 1995
Then and Now
Analysis
Symbols, Motifs, and Rhetorical Devices
Besht Anecdote
The Text
Summary
Section 1: Besht in Show
Section 2: Remembering the Holocaust
Section 3: Falling on Deaf Ears
Main Idea
Historical Context
Timeline
Key Figures
Elie Wiesel
Shimon Dubnov
Rabbi Baal Shem Tov
Themes
Quotes
Suffering
Suffering Quotes
Memory and the Past
Memory and the Past Quotes
Passivity
Passivity Quotes
Compare and Contrast
Elie Wiesel, Night
Oscar Arias Sanchez, Nobel Acceptance Speech, 1987
Ronald Reagan, "Memorial Day Speech," 1986
Elie Wiesel, "50 Year Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz Speech," 1995
Then and Now
Analysis
Symbols, Motifs, and Rhetorical Devices
Besht Anecdote
Jewish Texts
A Young Man in Paris
Inverted Tower of Babel
Rhetoric
Structure
What's Up With the Title?
What's Up With the Opening Lines?
What's Up With the Closing Lines?
Tough-o-Meter
Shout-Outs
Trivia
Questions
Glossary
Best of the Web
Quizzes
Quotes True or False
Historical Context True or False
People
People True or False
Memory
Memory True or False
Judaism
Judaism True or False
A Young Man in Paris
Inverted Tower of Babel
Rhetoric
Structure
What's Up With the Title?
What's Up With the Opening Lines?
What's Up With the Closing Lines?
Tough-o-Meter
Shout-Outs
Trivia
Questions
Glossary
Best of the Web
Quizzes
Quotes True or False
Historical Context True or False
People
People True or False
Memory
Memory True or False
Judaism
Judaism True or False