“In the poem… so we become a little bit unlike ourselves.”
(Mulisch 38).
In this passage, an interesting use of the juxtaposition of the contrasting ideas of light and dark, and more importantly of love and hate is utilized. The narrator talks about how she wanted to write a poem in which she would have compared the idea of light to love, while conversely comparing darkness to hatred. She also states that while hatred is evil and should be avoided, "we've got hate the Fascists, and that's considered perfectly alright. How is that possible? It's because we hate them in the name of the light... whereas they hate only in the name of darkness." (38). In saying this, the narrator elicits the irony of the situation. How can this hate be justified? We hate the fascists because they hate. We are only creating more of the thing that could destroy us, more of the darkness. Perhaps this is a message from Mulisch. Hatred destroys and corrupts society, therefore we must eradicate it.
I suggest that you do not put a period in your title. Furthermore, if you use a period then you should capitalize the first letter of the first word. Your sentence structure is varied, however you do not elaborate; you should explain the "irony" of the situation. You can improve your diction and clarity- stop using such vague diction. I think that you can get to the point faster, instead of spending 3 sentences with the thesis. Last but not least, I liked your title and the use of the word elicit
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