Question

Wiesel states that forgetting is necessary because the ability to forget allows _.

the dead to rest in peace
people to forgive and be forgiven
people to avoid being haunted by the past
people to live without the constant fear of death

Answer 1

Im thinking C or B, because having the ability to forget does not or would not get rid of a constant fear of death, nor does it allow the dead to rest in peace.

Answer 2

So that gets rid of two .

Answer 3

So its not A or D????

Answer 4

A and D are eliminated.

Answer 5

@ThisGirlPretty

Answer 6

@Felicity96 , is there a story with this? o:

Answer 7

The answer is most likely B. You can't continue to hate someone if you don't remember what they did to you in the first place.

Answer 8

And it will be hard to forget that your brain cells will eventually decay and wither, and your organs will start failing and you will die in a crude looking way.

Answer 9

B makes the most sense, but `Wiesel` probably believes differently. e.e

Answer 10

Wiesel studied the holocaust so it may just mean something different.

Answer 11

So its B

Answer 12

https://sites.google.com/a/iconschool.org/milburn/english/english-1a/unit-2/analysis-of-hope-despair-and-memory-by-elie-wiesel

Answer 13

If you say so~

Answer 14

look at that

Answer 15

Ok thanks guys

Answer 16

I dont think its b

Answer 17

Ok now im confuzzled

Answer 18

It's probably D then. o:

Answer 19

If he was studying holocaust, he must be studying death and mourning, but in turn he would also be studying the ways people forget about them. Does this give a clear answer? Yes and No. Does it help? Maybe. Is this just me changing my answer? Maybe, maybe not.

Answer 20

The Talmud tells us that without the ability to forget, man would soon cease to learn. Without the ability to forget, man would live in a permanent, paralyzing fear of death. Only God and God alone can and must remember everything.

Answer 21

It's D then, Lot. e.e

Answer 22

Yes!

Answer 23

I was correct. cx

Answer 24

:D

Answer 25

Felicity did we help you learn the answer at all, or did we just mash your brains up even more?

Answer 26

I think we killed her. >.>

Answer 27

lololol

Answer 28

Ya'll mashed my brains up so bad

Answer 29

I have done my job beautifully then. Here take a five pointed shape thing.