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Wiesel's writing style is reflective of his direct experience by juxtaposing humanizing and dehumanizing subjects such as personal relationships with real individuals being described with a different tone than the procedures of the camps.

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he conveys his exact experience through the style he writes in, when he was running, he uses. shorter quicker sentences and when he's bored or deep in thought

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His use of Hebrew language and prayer is deliberate, to emphasize his cultural background and how it can't be erased.

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Wiesel's syntax conveys his perception of the situation through his 15 year old self using simple, yet effective sentences.

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lucid, poetic, purposeful

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blunt

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The volatility in his writing style tends to reflect the situations he presents. more specifically, when he experiences something traumatizing, it tends to have a much more direct and simple diction and syntax. ie. I did this. we were ordered to run. things like that. creating this numb writing compared to the colorful and emotion filled writing that is everything else he writes, it creates an uncanny sense that really strikes the reader differently.

This sense of numbness could also just be present in his own mind. in my personal experience and what I have found in research, traumatic events tend to be remembered as facts and lack some emotions, particularly in events that are repeated. it creates a disconnected feeling to further the harsh reality of the situation.

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Wiesel uses syntax to emphasize the humanity of the situation he was facing. When describing camp life and dehumanizing procedures, he is very terse and to the point. He composes long and flowing sentences when writing about his emotions and the states of other victims.

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Wiesel's style reflects his thought process through his experiences. He focused on the humanity he saw and characterizes people with detailed diction. However, he also uses terse syntax when describing the actual details of what was around him since he tried to avoid thinking about it.

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direct, particular, memorable

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Elie Wiesel's use of diction is demonstrated in his use of pointed, terse sentences to demonstrate the gravity of the situation that he is living in. These words also seek to paint a greater picture than a biography of him would display.

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Wiesel uses a variety of sentence lengths to display either the ongoing torment of his experiences or the suddenness of the changes in his life.

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"Terse"

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Haunting, Explicit, Selective

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ulfiltered, raw

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Wiesel uses strong diction often to really get his meaning across to the reader. In the beginning of the pdf (his preface to the new translation), we find out that he sort of struggles with putting his experiences into words. He isn't sure how these horrible events can be expressed and therefore, in an effort to at least try to explain, he uses selective and strong diction.

He often reuses phrases/symbols to emphasize the significance of his story.

"Only those who experienced Auschwitz know what it was. Others will never know. But would they at least understand?” (PDF pg. 3)

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Wiesel's diction is efficient, utilizing few words to create a vivid image of his experience - his words are carefully chosen and placed so that every word is carefully considered by the reader. Overall, this choice by Wiesel aids his metaphorical style and varied syntax.

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particular

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Wiesel's diction often allows his sentences to display a double meaning in a way that they have literal and figurative meanings.
“In a few seconds, we had ceased to be men.”
Figuratively this could mean that the inmates were being dehumanized.
Literally, adults were being given a child's clothes

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Stark

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Short sentences are read faster, contributing to a hasty tone that is often either emotionless or fearful. Longer sentences full of descriptive imagery lead to a more emotional and reminiscing tone that he attributes to humanity (such as individuals and religion).

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Wiesel uses diction to convey emotion or lack thereof. Wiesel's specific diction demonstrates how Wiesel has deeply processed the event.

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determined

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meaningful, intentional

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Wiesel uses pointed language to force the reader to feel sympathy. His word choices make his imagery very immersive.

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Poetic, Repetitive, Vivid, & Structured

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Wiesel sometimes uses incomplete sentences and ellipses to mimic a real-time thought process, putting the reading experience above the grammatical correctness.

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using words that provoke imagery very precisely, instead of simply describing the action, with intentional meaning

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Wiesel's meticulously chosen words help create imagery that is memorable and impactful to the reader.

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Unforgettable

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Wiesel's writing is incredibly verbose and articulate. His diction perfectly encapsulates the feeling and environment he's in.

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Wiesel uses a wide variety of punctuation like semicolons, colons, and exclamation points, to essentially emphasize and convey more emotion with less words.

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Wiesel's writing style reflects his experience in the Holocaust by distinguishing the difference between his thoughts and the reality of what occured.