Lines 1-19: What does Wiesel do to get listeners' attention at the beginning of his speech? Why might Wiesel have chosen to begin this way?

He starts the speech in one with a tense tone. He chooses to start like this, because the reason why he is receiving the award has a serious meaning and that must be treated with the same tension with which it happened.

Explanation:

Wiesel starts the speech by citing the dead in the holocaust and how the prize he is receiving is connected to these dead, as he is receiving a prize for the book he wrote about his own experiences in the concentration camps. Wiesel recognizes that he represents a people who suffered irrationally and that this cannot be treated with happiness, but with tension and that is why he starts the speech in a tense way.

for the united states of america, 1945 to 1964 was a time of high economic growth and general prosperity. it was also a time of confrontation as the capitalist united states and its allies politically opposed the soviet union and other communist countries; the cold war had begun.

explanation:

the  seven  days  battles  were  a series of seven battles over seven  days from june 25 to july 1, 1862, near richmond, virginia,  during  the american civil war. the  seven  days ended with mcclellan's army in relative safety next to the james river, having suffered almost 16,000 casualtiesduring  the retreat.