I remember: it happened yesterday or eternities ago. A young Jewish boy discovered the kingdom of night. I remember his bewilder
ment, I remember his anguish. It all happened so fast. How does he present his ideas in these sentences?
A. He asks a rhetorical question.
B. He boldly states his argument.
C. He refers to himself in the third person.
D. He appeals to the audience's sense of humor.
Elie Wiesel's autobiographical memoir "Night" recounts the details and horrors that he along with the Jews had to suffer during the Holocaust that killed millions and millions of people. This historical memoir gave the very piece of first hand witness account of the Nazi regime against the whole of the Jewish race.
By addressing/referring to himself in the third person, Elie presents his ideas through the eyes and feelings of a young boy. These sentences from the question are from his Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, where he recounts the situation, but as a young boy, separate from his own self.
Don't mind Martin; he just likes to play devil's advocate, shows that Martin wants to provoke discussion.
The idiom “he just likes to play devil's advocate” is a Latin translation of ‘advocatus diaboli’ , refers to attack an argument even one is in favor of it in order to testify the validity of the proposition or to examine it’s strength.
