Irony: The Cruelty Of The Holocaust

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The author uses Irony to show the cruelty of the Holocaust. A quote from the text that shows how awful the concentration camps were is “Every bomb filled us with joy, gave us renewed confidence.” This shows irony because they are in the camp as it is getting bombed and they are happy about it. They have no fear but joy and as they are in the camp they were not cowardice but happy they no longer cared if they died in that camp or if the camp got destroyed or if anyone else was killed. In that moment all they saw was the American planes coming and the planes dropping bombs and they had hope, hope of a new day and another shot at life. A second quote to show how the Jewish people felt after the Holocaust going on for that long is “I have more

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