"The Judges"

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This paper examines the role of culture in Elie Wiesel's novel "The Judges." It discusses the culture of the author, a World War II concentration camp survivor and the cultural backgrounds of the five "judged" characters in the story. The paper also discusses the possible biographical significance, for Elie Wiesel, of the plot, themes and characterizations in "The Judges."

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"This suspenseful yet deeply philosophical and unsettling plot is the brainchild of a Holocaust survivor who, prior to writing it, experienced a great deal of what might be called unfortunate coincidences (e.g., being in the wrong place at the wrong time, as a young Jewish boy deported to Auschwitz when the Nazis rounded up his family and community), and also a period (in his case a longer one) of being arbitrarily judged: as worthy to either live or die. Like Wiesel's fictional interrogator, the evil of the Holocaust, which Wiesel barely survived (see Wiesel, Night, 1982) had no name."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Wiesel, Elie. The Judges. New York: Knopf, 2002.
• Wiesel, Elie. Night. New York: Bantam, 1982.
• "Elie Wiesel." Wikipedia. March 27, 2006. Retrieved March 30, 2006, from: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elie_Wiesel,html>.
• "Elie Wiesel Bio." Memory Made Manifest: The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. March 10, 1997. Retrieved March 30, 2006, from: < http://xroads.virginia.edu/~CAP/HOLO/holo.html>.

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