Read the excerpt below and answer the question. I pinched myself: Was I alive? Was I awake? How was it possible that men, women,
and children were being burned and that the world kept silent? No. All this could not be real. A nightmare perhaps . . . Soon I would wake up with a start, my heart pounding, and find that I was back in the room of my childhood, with my books . . . What central themes are expressed in this excerpt from Elie Wiesel’s Night? Select all that apply. loss of innocence the indifference of humans to the suffering of others hope in the face of adversity the resilience of the human spirit
Answer: B) the indifference of humans to the suffering of others, and C) hope in the face of adversity.
Explanation: In literature, the theme is the underlying message of a story, it is what critical belief about life is the author trying to convey in the writing of a novel, play, short story or poem. Usually this belief, or idea, is universal and transcends cultural barriers. In the given excerpt from Elie Wiesel's "Night" we can see developed the themes of the the indifference of humans to the suffering of others ("How was it possible that men, women, and children were being burned and that the world kept silent") and the hope in the face of adversity (because she keeps hoping that she is dreaming).
Douglass is implying that witnessing the celebration has shown him that the nation is even crueler than he thought.
Explanation: Fredrick Douglass explained that the hipocrisy of the country to celebrate freedom and rights while still owning slaves (and having him give a speech) makes the country much worse than he imagined.
