The intended audience that Elie Wiesel is directing his memoir towards is the general public: in order to inform us on the events that transcribed during the holocaust as well as how it affected him.
Message:
The message that Elie is trying to get across to the reader is that The purpose for Elie Wisel writing this message was to tell the story of the people who couldn't as well as to provide himself with closure. "I only know that without this testimony, my life as a writer--or my life, period--would not have become what it is": that of a witness who believed he has a moral obligation to try to prevent the enemy from enjoying one last victory, by allowing his crimes to be erased from human memory." This message addresses the social trend of oppression. This passage can be compared to the oppression of South Africans, and Apartheid. Nelson Mandela made it his goal to make sure what occurred would not be forgotten.
Interrelation of Traits:
To any reader, the author Elie Wisel is both courageous and bold for having put what he encountered into words. The mood and tone that the author employs in the beginning of the memoir is reflective because it allows the reader to understand where he is coming from, thus building a sympathetic mood within the reader.
Ethos, Pathos, & Logos:
Wiesel's memoir is composed of ethos, pathos, as logos. I believe that it is hard to not feel compassion for any survivor of such a horrific occurrence as the holocaust. "Convinced that this period in history would be judged one day, I knew that I must bear whiteness." This quote stood out to me because it explains what drove Elie Wiesel to write this novel. The holocaust was responsible for the loss of countless lives
Evidence:
Ellie provides evidence through the use of facts and his personal experience. On the train ride, it is shown how fear, to a great extent impacts weather or not we adhere to our morals. When a persons life is in danger, survival supersedes doing the right thing based on what you believe. On the train when Ms. Schachter began to shout, the young men on the train subdued her, giving her blows until she submitted. The people om the train shouted their approval because they felt that she was endangering their lives.
Spin:
Wisel makes the reader care by covering an important aspect of his life that others would find difficult to recount. He depicts the actions of man-kind in a way that would make others doubt the progress that has been made overtime. But at the same times he builds the impression that this is one story that cannot be forgotten. "To forget would not only be offensive; to forget the dead would be akin to killing them a second time." This is a call to everyone saying that we are responsible for preventing something like this from happening again.