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Analytical essay on Primo Levi's 'If This Is a Man' - Analysis of the beginning of the ninth chapter "The Saved and the Drowned", pages 102-104.
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Irina Akentjeva Analytical essay on Primo Levi's 'If This Is a Man' Analysis of the beginning of the ninth chapter "The Saved and the Drowned", pages 102-104 Primo Levi's book 'If This Is a Man' is a novel about a German concentration camp, one among many novels on the same subject. However, this book is exceptional as Levi never 'raises his voice, complains, or attributes blame'.1 'If This Is a Man' is an objective story told in a detached tone using scientific language, which sometimes makes this book not a confession but an analysis. Nevertheless, distant tone and unemotional language bring the horrifying message across with even greater impact on readers. The saddest, the most powerful, and the most ironic chapter of the book is the central ninth chapter, called 'The Drowned and the Saved'. Here the author's talent as well as his training as chemist comes through in unique manner. Instead of...
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