The Accident
(Elie Wiesel)
Elie Wiesel?s "The Accident" is a strong story of struggling with the past, hesitating to accept the present, and refusing to deal with the unrelenting fear of the future. It creates great insight at the way humans fail to move on and accept the past as what has happened and unchangeable. Elie Wiesel cleverly spawns a web of love and rejection, sadness and hope inthis tale with the use of expressive language and flawless descriptions.
Vivid images and colorful observances are a strong weapon used in this novel, and the readers suffer and feel the pain and fear that the narrator speaks of in tragic tones. "The Accident" seeks to bridge the gap between life and death, choice and hopelessness, and love and forgiveness. It shows that before we can move and live life fully, we have to let go of the past and enjoy the present with those who are dear to us. Eliezer the narrator, graphically describes his violent past and lost loves. He cleverly draws the audience into the world of the infamous concentration camps and recounts his encounters with death and tragedy and sorrow: we can feel the anguish in his heart and are seared by the burning tears that run down the face of his grandmother. We see the world through his eyes, the world that he is so reluctant on letting go, the world of his past, the world of agony. It also explores the possible subconscious tendency of all victims of undesirable pasts to commit suicide and give up on life, true most of them feel like giving up and killing themselves, but not all of them actually commit suicide. Eliezer shows that even those who do not directly commit suicide subliminally contemplate of doing so and inwardly kill themselves sometimes.
The constant battle that goes on in the mind of Eliezer is a dilemma that everyone can relate to: it makes us realize the importance of grasping love and letting go of tragic pasts and experiences. Elie Wiesel?s language is fluid and smooth, his vocabulary rich and powerful. This novel is a really good piece of literature and will be enjoyed immensely by any one who appreciates great works of literature.
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