Pg. 8
Quote: "The first step: Jews would not be allowed to leave their houses for three days-on pain of death." "I warned you" cried the father"
Reflection: I knew this would happen. The Germans came so calmly and acted nice to all the townspeople and thaen at the right time, they tried to take over. Now they are setting rules for the town.
Pg. 11
Quote: "I have terrible news","Deportation". The ghetto was completely wiped out."
Reflection: This novel is just intense. THe Germas just came from the middle of no where and tried to take over these innocent people. Now they get evacuated from their homes. I don't know if it is for safety from the war or they are trying to use them as slaves. Only time will tell.
Pg. 28
Quote: "You shut your trap, you filthy swine, or I'll squash you right now.
Reflection: I thought this was funny for the word choice used by Eliezer. You can see that being taken from their homes can be a very stressful time. They are also saying that it would gave been better to just die where they came from instead of coming along with the Germans. It would have saved them the hardship.
Pg. 30
Quote: "Babies! Yes, I saw it-saw it with my own eyes...those children in the flames"
Reflection: It is crazy that the Madame can see that. n It is just so crruel to think of little babies or children in the flames. That is injustice and downright wrong. I think that she is being psycic about this in this part yet I'm not too sure.
Pg. 47
Quote: "We left the camp without music...'Left,right,left,right!'"
Reflection: I just thought this part was very random yet funny. It also shows a group of people with common problems just trying to make the best of what they got. They are trying to make the best of what they got. They are trying to forget their problems as much as possible.
Pg. 54
Quote: "When I came back to the building...I went up and saw a half-naked girl on a matress. Moving a hundred pounds so that he could lie with the girl.
Reflection: I really never understood the whole purpose of this piece. The author is talking about the boys life away from home and then starts alking about women. That is why this caught my eye because it was different during the reading.
Pg. 67
Quote: "Are you scared? So were we scared. The old man stayed dumb, motionless, and counted. Some were praying."
Reflection: This piece shows the average man that is being locked up in this concentration camp. They sit all day and can be scard. Some may just sit and do nothing. Then others may go to religion and pray for better days. I would be the one praying.
Pg. 71
Quote: "I'm asking this of you...take them. Do as I ask, my son. We have no time... Do as your father asks.
Reflection: This scene at first I thought was the last time Eliser spoke to his father. But when I read again, his father is just telling him to take the spoon and knife to try and escape. I don't reallyunderstand why a spoon and knife, but that is what Weisel chose to write.
Pg. 83
Quote: "WHere is divine Mercy? Where is God? How can I believe , how could anyone believe, in this Merciful God?"
Reflection: This shows that people are giving up on faith. They feel that God is not real because they are not being helped in there time of need when God is supposed to help. Yet God does not just help. He gives you ways to help yourself.
Pg. 94
Quote: "Throw out all the dead! All corpses outside! The living rejoiced.
Reflection: This is the sad part. Now many people are dying of many reasons like starvation or disease. It is sad to justdump them outside. Yet the Germans don't care because first of all those people are not their own poeple or culture.
Pg. 106
Quote: "Iawake on January 29 at dawn. In my father's place lay another. They must have taken him away before dawn and carried him to the new year. He may still have been breathing.
Reflection: This is just sad. Iliezer's dad is now gone and what is said to be cremated. He believes his dad could have still been alive yet hi is just not accounted for. This part was just so sad it wanted to make me cry. Night was a magnificent story.
Monday, January 12, 2009
Night Essay Topic #3
John Reyes-Le’i
Mrs. Bosch
English 10 Honors
7 January 2009
Dehumanization of Jews
Throughout Night by Elie Wiesel, the Jews are clearly dehumanized by the Nazis to where there way of life is to a point of “survival of the fittest”. They are treated like dirt and they all are basically looking out for themselves to survive. In the exposition of the story, the Nazis arrive to the town yet make themselves seem as not a threat to the Jews. This event incorporates to the dehumanization of the Jews because the Nazis act as if they will not do anything and then at the right time, the Jews turn around to capture and torture the Jews. The Jews are dehumanized severely throughout Night by being evacuated from their homes, doing cruel and insane things to them, and by all the people turning against each other.
A huge role to the Jews being dehumanized is when they are evacuated from their homes. “All Jews outside! Hurry! The time’s come now… you’ve got to leave all this….” (Wiesel 13). They were told to be taken out of their homes and separated from each other. They had to leave all their belongings, even the items that have a lot of value. The Jews were then numbered instead of the Nazis remembering their names and threatened if missing. “‘There are eighty of you in this wagon,’ added the German officer. ‘If anyone is missing, you’ll all be shot, like dogs….’” (Wiesel 22). The Jews were then put into ghettos and then finally put into concentration camps where they stayed separated. Even some families would be separated from each other. “Men to the left! Women to the right!” (Wiesel 27).
Throughout the story, many different anomalies occurred to where this severely dehumanized the Jews. An example of this was marking the Jews and putting a number on them instead of knowing their name. “The three “veterans,” with needles in their hands, engraved a number on our left arms. I became A7713. After that I had no other name.”(Wiesel 39). It is one to hurt the Jews but to torture is another. They would have them lay in the cold at night with no clothes to torture them. This was horrible. The Nazis tortured the children of the Jews and just did horrible acts to them. Babies!...those children in the flames”(Wiesel 30). I bet it would be horrible to see your child, especially the mother to see your child burning in flames right in front of you. Simply the Nazis left the Jews with absolutely nothing but memories. There was not even enough food they had for all of the Jews to survive. The whole story is just a big reflection of how the Jews were just treated badly and disrespected by the higher authority of the Nazi or German people.
Towards the end of the story, the Jews are dehumanized enough to the point where they turn against each other. An example of this is when the Nazis cut down on the Jew’s food portions or so-called “rations”. This selfish attitude of the Jews is even reflected by their young when their “Sons abandoned their father’s remains without a tear.” (Wiesel 87).The Jews now get to the point where they fight or even kill each other just for that small portion. Plenty of them become selfish to where they all just want all the food for themselves. Wiesel then starts to explain how the Jews just tend to fight for what they want even if it’s their own townspeople. Wiesel refers to the Jews as, “wild beasts of prey with animal hatred in their eyes; an extraordinary vitality had seized them, sharpening their teeth and nails. Men threw themselves on top of each other, stamping on each other, biting each other” (Wiesel 95). Wiesel shows how the Jews are turning into human beasts by their inhumane treatment such as starvation and exhaustion. Another example is that the Jews then started to disrespect their own people after they had passed away. “‘Throw out all the dead! All the corpses outside!’…‘Here’s one! Take him!’ they undressed him, the survivors avidly sharing out his clothes” (Wiesel 94). They would give up the dead bodies and stripped them of their clothes and then left out in the middle of nowhere. Finally, even the main character and author, Elizer, betrayed his own friend. Moshe the Beadle, a man that he always looked up too, he just didn’t care. At the New Year's Day, while everyone prayed, he rebelled inside his mind, as he thought "why should I bless Him, who chose us from among the races to be tortured day and night, to see our fathers...end in the crematory?"(Wiezer64)
As shown above, the Jews have severely been dehumanized by the Nazis. They were evacuated from their homes, separated from their friends and family, tortured, and worst of all, because of being dehumanized; they turned away from friendship and fought with their only allies. It was basically one man for him to survive in the concentration camps, “Survival of the Fittest” at its best. The Jews traded on their own people just by being brainwashed by these Nazis and forgot the best thing in life that friendship is strong. None of this catastrophe would have happened if the Nazis did not trick the Jews from the beginning by acting as if they were good people, but then turning on them and doing all the horrible things that they did.
Work Cited
Wiesel, Elie. Night. 25th ed. New York: Hill & Wang, 1960.
Mrs. Bosch
English 10 Honors
7 January 2009
Dehumanization of Jews
Throughout Night by Elie Wiesel, the Jews are clearly dehumanized by the Nazis to where there way of life is to a point of “survival of the fittest”. They are treated like dirt and they all are basically looking out for themselves to survive. In the exposition of the story, the Nazis arrive to the town yet make themselves seem as not a threat to the Jews. This event incorporates to the dehumanization of the Jews because the Nazis act as if they will not do anything and then at the right time, the Jews turn around to capture and torture the Jews. The Jews are dehumanized severely throughout Night by being evacuated from their homes, doing cruel and insane things to them, and by all the people turning against each other.
A huge role to the Jews being dehumanized is when they are evacuated from their homes. “All Jews outside! Hurry! The time’s come now… you’ve got to leave all this….” (Wiesel 13). They were told to be taken out of their homes and separated from each other. They had to leave all their belongings, even the items that have a lot of value. The Jews were then numbered instead of the Nazis remembering their names and threatened if missing. “‘There are eighty of you in this wagon,’ added the German officer. ‘If anyone is missing, you’ll all be shot, like dogs….’” (Wiesel 22). The Jews were then put into ghettos and then finally put into concentration camps where they stayed separated. Even some families would be separated from each other. “Men to the left! Women to the right!” (Wiesel 27).
Throughout the story, many different anomalies occurred to where this severely dehumanized the Jews. An example of this was marking the Jews and putting a number on them instead of knowing their name. “The three “veterans,” with needles in their hands, engraved a number on our left arms. I became A7713. After that I had no other name.”(Wiesel 39). It is one to hurt the Jews but to torture is another. They would have them lay in the cold at night with no clothes to torture them. This was horrible. The Nazis tortured the children of the Jews and just did horrible acts to them. Babies!...those children in the flames”(Wiesel 30). I bet it would be horrible to see your child, especially the mother to see your child burning in flames right in front of you. Simply the Nazis left the Jews with absolutely nothing but memories. There was not even enough food they had for all of the Jews to survive. The whole story is just a big reflection of how the Jews were just treated badly and disrespected by the higher authority of the Nazi or German people.
Towards the end of the story, the Jews are dehumanized enough to the point where they turn against each other. An example of this is when the Nazis cut down on the Jew’s food portions or so-called “rations”. This selfish attitude of the Jews is even reflected by their young when their “Sons abandoned their father’s remains without a tear.” (Wiesel 87).The Jews now get to the point where they fight or even kill each other just for that small portion. Plenty of them become selfish to where they all just want all the food for themselves. Wiesel then starts to explain how the Jews just tend to fight for what they want even if it’s their own townspeople. Wiesel refers to the Jews as, “wild beasts of prey with animal hatred in their eyes; an extraordinary vitality had seized them, sharpening their teeth and nails. Men threw themselves on top of each other, stamping on each other, biting each other” (Wiesel 95). Wiesel shows how the Jews are turning into human beasts by their inhumane treatment such as starvation and exhaustion. Another example is that the Jews then started to disrespect their own people after they had passed away. “‘Throw out all the dead! All the corpses outside!’…‘Here’s one! Take him!’ they undressed him, the survivors avidly sharing out his clothes” (Wiesel 94). They would give up the dead bodies and stripped them of their clothes and then left out in the middle of nowhere. Finally, even the main character and author, Elizer, betrayed his own friend. Moshe the Beadle, a man that he always looked up too, he just didn’t care. At the New Year's Day, while everyone prayed, he rebelled inside his mind, as he thought "why should I bless Him, who chose us from among the races to be tortured day and night, to see our fathers...end in the crematory?"(Wiezer64)
As shown above, the Jews have severely been dehumanized by the Nazis. They were evacuated from their homes, separated from their friends and family, tortured, and worst of all, because of being dehumanized; they turned away from friendship and fought with their only allies. It was basically one man for him to survive in the concentration camps, “Survival of the Fittest” at its best. The Jews traded on their own people just by being brainwashed by these Nazis and forgot the best thing in life that friendship is strong. None of this catastrophe would have happened if the Nazis did not trick the Jews from the beginning by acting as if they were good people, but then turning on them and doing all the horrible things that they did.
Work Cited
Wiesel, Elie. Night. 25th ed. New York: Hill & Wang, 1960.
Monday, January 5, 2009
Winter Vocabulary
1. prostrate
1. to cast (oneself) face down on the ground in humility, submission, or adoration.
2. to lay flat, as on the ground.
3. to throw down level with the ground.
2. interlude
1. an intervening episode, period, space, etc.
2. a short dramatic piece, esp. of a light or farcical character, formerly introduced between the parts or acts of miracle and morality plays or given as part of other entertainments.
3. one of the early English farces or comedies, as those written by John Heywood, which grew out of such pieces.
3. reprieve
1. to delay the impending punishment or sentence of (a condemned person).
2. to relieve temporarily from any evil.–noun
3. a respite from impending punishment, as from execution of a sentence of death.
4. rations
1. a fixed allowance of provisions or food, esp. for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage: a daily ration of meat and bread.
2. an allotted amount: They finally saved up enough gas rations for the trip.
3. rations,a. provisions: Enough rations were brought along to feed all the marchers.b. Chiefly South Atlantic States. food or meals: The old hotel still has the best rations in town.
5. dysentery
1. Pathology. an infectious disease marked by inflammation and ulceration of the lower part of the bowels, with diarrhea that becomes mucous and hemorrhagic.
2. diarrhea.
6. robust
1. strong and healthy; hardy; vigorous: a robust young man; a robust faith; a robust mind.
2. strongly or stoutly built: his robust frame.
3. suited to or requiring bodily strength or endurance: robust exercise.
7. quarantine
1. a strict isolation imposed to prevent the spread of disease.
2. a period, originally 40 days, of detention or isolation imposed upon ships, persons, animals, or plants on arrival at a port or place, when suspected of carrying some infectious or contagious disease.
3. a system of measures maintained by governmental authority at ports, frontiers, etc., for preventing the spread of disease.
8. apathy
1. absence or suppression of passion, emotion, or excitement.
2. lack of interest in or concern for things that others find moving or exciting.
9. humane
1. characterized by tenderness, compassion, and sympathy for people and animals, esp. for the suffering or distressed: humane treatment of horses.
2. of or pertaining to humanistic studies.
10. grimace
1. a facial expression, often ugly or contorted, that indicates disapproval, pain, etc.
2. to make grimaces.
11. nocturnal
1. of or pertaining to the night (opposed to diurnal ).
2. done, occurring, or coming at night: nocturnal visit.3. active at night (opposed to diurnal ): nocturnal animals.
12. livid
1. having a discolored, bluish appearance caused by a bruise, congestion of blood vessels, strangulation, etc., as the face, flesh, hands, or nails.
2. dull blue; dark, grayish-blue.
3. enraged; furiously angry: Willful stupidity makes me absolutely livid.
13. pious
1. having or showing a dutiful spirit of reverence for God or an earnest wish to fulfill religious obligations.
2. characterized by a hypocritical concern with virtue or religious devotion; sanctimonious.
3. practiced or used in the name of real or pretended religious motives, or for some ostensibly good object; falsely earnest or sincere: a pious deception.
14. interminable
1. incapable of being terminated; unending: an interminable job.
2. monotonously or annoyingly protracted or continued; unceasing; incessant: I can't stand that interminable clatter.
3. having no limits: an interminable desert.
15. wizened
1.withered; shriveled: a wizened old man; wizened features.
2. To dry up; wither or shrivel.
16. morale
1. emotional or mental condition with respect to cheerfulness, confidence, zeal, etc., esp. in the face of opposition, hardship, etc.: the morale of the troops.
2. a state of individual psychological well-being based upon a sense of confidence and usefulness and purpose
3. the spirit of a group that makes the members want the group to succeed [syn: esprit de corps]
17. infernal
1. hellish; fiendish; diabolical: an infernal plot.
2. extremely troublesome, annoying, etc.; outrageous: an infernal nuisance.
3. of, inhabiting, or befitting hell.
18. refuge
1. shelter or protection from danger, trouble, etc.: to take refuge from a storm.
2. a place of shelter, protection, or safety.
3. anything to which one has recourse for aid, relief, or escape.
19. oppressive
1. burdensome, unjustly harsh, or tyrannical: an oppressive king; oppressive laws.
2. causing discomfort by being excessive, intense, elaborate, etc.: oppressive heat.
3. distressing or grievous: oppressive sorrows.
20. expelled
1. to drive or force out or away; discharge or eject: to expel air from the lungs; to expel an invader from a country.
2. to cut off from membership or relations: to expel a student from a college.
1. to cast (oneself) face down on the ground in humility, submission, or adoration.
2. to lay flat, as on the ground.
3. to throw down level with the ground.
2. interlude
1. an intervening episode, period, space, etc.
2. a short dramatic piece, esp. of a light or farcical character, formerly introduced between the parts or acts of miracle and morality plays or given as part of other entertainments.
3. one of the early English farces or comedies, as those written by John Heywood, which grew out of such pieces.
3. reprieve
1. to delay the impending punishment or sentence of (a condemned person).
2. to relieve temporarily from any evil.–noun
3. a respite from impending punishment, as from execution of a sentence of death.
4. rations
1. a fixed allowance of provisions or food, esp. for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage: a daily ration of meat and bread.
2. an allotted amount: They finally saved up enough gas rations for the trip.
3. rations,a. provisions: Enough rations were brought along to feed all the marchers.b. Chiefly South Atlantic States. food or meals: The old hotel still has the best rations in town.
5. dysentery
1. Pathology. an infectious disease marked by inflammation and ulceration of the lower part of the bowels, with diarrhea that becomes mucous and hemorrhagic.
2. diarrhea.
6. robust
1. strong and healthy; hardy; vigorous: a robust young man; a robust faith; a robust mind.
2. strongly or stoutly built: his robust frame.
3. suited to or requiring bodily strength or endurance: robust exercise.
7. quarantine
1. a strict isolation imposed to prevent the spread of disease.
2. a period, originally 40 days, of detention or isolation imposed upon ships, persons, animals, or plants on arrival at a port or place, when suspected of carrying some infectious or contagious disease.
3. a system of measures maintained by governmental authority at ports, frontiers, etc., for preventing the spread of disease.
8. apathy
1. absence or suppression of passion, emotion, or excitement.
2. lack of interest in or concern for things that others find moving or exciting.
9. humane
1. characterized by tenderness, compassion, and sympathy for people and animals, esp. for the suffering or distressed: humane treatment of horses.
2. of or pertaining to humanistic studies.
10. grimace
1. a facial expression, often ugly or contorted, that indicates disapproval, pain, etc.
2. to make grimaces.
11. nocturnal
1. of or pertaining to the night (opposed to diurnal ).
2. done, occurring, or coming at night: nocturnal visit.3. active at night (opposed to diurnal ): nocturnal animals.
12. livid
1. having a discolored, bluish appearance caused by a bruise, congestion of blood vessels, strangulation, etc., as the face, flesh, hands, or nails.
2. dull blue; dark, grayish-blue.
3. enraged; furiously angry: Willful stupidity makes me absolutely livid.
13. pious
1. having or showing a dutiful spirit of reverence for God or an earnest wish to fulfill religious obligations.
2. characterized by a hypocritical concern with virtue or religious devotion; sanctimonious.
3. practiced or used in the name of real or pretended religious motives, or for some ostensibly good object; falsely earnest or sincere: a pious deception.
14. interminable
1. incapable of being terminated; unending: an interminable job.
2. monotonously or annoyingly protracted or continued; unceasing; incessant: I can't stand that interminable clatter.
3. having no limits: an interminable desert.
15. wizened
1.withered; shriveled: a wizened old man; wizened features.
2. To dry up; wither or shrivel.
16. morale
1. emotional or mental condition with respect to cheerfulness, confidence, zeal, etc., esp. in the face of opposition, hardship, etc.: the morale of the troops.
2. a state of individual psychological well-being based upon a sense of confidence and usefulness and purpose
3. the spirit of a group that makes the members want the group to succeed [syn: esprit de corps]
17. infernal
1. hellish; fiendish; diabolical: an infernal plot.
2. extremely troublesome, annoying, etc.; outrageous: an infernal nuisance.
3. of, inhabiting, or befitting hell.
18. refuge
1. shelter or protection from danger, trouble, etc.: to take refuge from a storm.
2. a place of shelter, protection, or safety.
3. anything to which one has recourse for aid, relief, or escape.
19. oppressive
1. burdensome, unjustly harsh, or tyrannical: an oppressive king; oppressive laws.
2. causing discomfort by being excessive, intense, elaborate, etc.: oppressive heat.
3. distressing or grievous: oppressive sorrows.
20. expelled
1. to drive or force out or away; discharge or eject: to expel air from the lungs; to expel an invader from a country.
2. to cut off from membership or relations: to expel a student from a college.
Winter Questions
1) Where is Wiesel's childhood home? Locate the country on a map.Wiesel's childhood home is a twon called Jews of Sighet in Transylvania.
2) Wiesel opens Night by relating his youthful desire to study the cabala. What is the cabala? The cabala is a perilous world of mysticism but Elie must first study the basic subjects within his own understandings.
3) Wiesel says that when he was young, he wanted to study the cabala in order to know the truths of this world. What kinds of truths is he referring to? After you complete Night, return to this question: what kinds of truth was the young Elie ignorant of? The truths he is referring to is about the cabala. Elie is ignorant of the evil in the world.
4) Why is Moshe the Beadle a significant character? What does he tell Elie about answers, questions, and the truth? After you complete Night, return to this question: why was Moshe prescient in his admonition to Elie? Moshe the Beadle is a significant character because he taught Elie the truth in himself. Moshe was prescient in his admonition to Elie because he was the first to explain Elie of the evils in concentration camps.
5) Why do the people of Sighet ignore Moshe after he returns from his escape? Why don't they listen to him? The people of Sighet ignore Moshe because they think he's crazy. They don't listen to him because they think he wants charity.
6) Who is Madame Schachter? In what ways is she similar to Moshe the Beadle? (Think about prophetic figures and how people often ignore them.) Madame Schachter is a mother and a psycic. She is similar to Moshe the Beadle because they both attempt to warn the Jews and get ignored and rejected.
7) Consider this passage on pg. 32:Never shall I forget that nocturnal silence which deprived me, for all eternity, of the desires to live. Never shall I forget those moments which murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to dust. Never shall I forget these things, even if I am condemned to live as long as God himself. Never.
8) What is the context of this passage? How has the young Elie's theology changed? As you continue reading, ask yourself how this passage speaks to the rest of Night. The context of this passage is hatred and fear. Elie's theology changed, he used to believe God would answer to prayers and he would help.
9) How does Elie's understanding of God and God's presence—or absence— continue to change throughout Night? When is he most angry with God? When is not angry at all? Mark passages throughout Night that illustrate his changing attitudes toward God. Elie's understanding of God and God's presence-or absence-continue to change throughout Night by distance the the suffer he goes through. He is most angry with God when he says he is hanging on gallows.
10) What literal and figurative (symbolic or metaphorical) meanings does night have in Night? The literal and figurative meanings are that it is a time of darkness, evil does exist, and there's no escape or hope
11) Why do you think Night is such a slim book? Surely Wiesel could have included much more detail. Night is such a slim book because there is not much information left to tell because it is so complex.
12) Is Night a memoir of tragedy or triumph? Can it be both? If so, why? If not, why not? Night is a memoir of tragedy and triumph both because Elie had lost everyone he cared for. Also he had survived the challenges God had put in front of him.
2) Wiesel opens Night by relating his youthful desire to study the cabala. What is the cabala? The cabala is a perilous world of mysticism but Elie must first study the basic subjects within his own understandings.
3) Wiesel says that when he was young, he wanted to study the cabala in order to know the truths of this world. What kinds of truths is he referring to? After you complete Night, return to this question: what kinds of truth was the young Elie ignorant of? The truths he is referring to is about the cabala. Elie is ignorant of the evil in the world.
4) Why is Moshe the Beadle a significant character? What does he tell Elie about answers, questions, and the truth? After you complete Night, return to this question: why was Moshe prescient in his admonition to Elie? Moshe the Beadle is a significant character because he taught Elie the truth in himself. Moshe was prescient in his admonition to Elie because he was the first to explain Elie of the evils in concentration camps.
5) Why do the people of Sighet ignore Moshe after he returns from his escape? Why don't they listen to him? The people of Sighet ignore Moshe because they think he's crazy. They don't listen to him because they think he wants charity.
6) Who is Madame Schachter? In what ways is she similar to Moshe the Beadle? (Think about prophetic figures and how people often ignore them.) Madame Schachter is a mother and a psycic. She is similar to Moshe the Beadle because they both attempt to warn the Jews and get ignored and rejected.
7) Consider this passage on pg. 32:Never shall I forget that nocturnal silence which deprived me, for all eternity, of the desires to live. Never shall I forget those moments which murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to dust. Never shall I forget these things, even if I am condemned to live as long as God himself. Never.
8) What is the context of this passage? How has the young Elie's theology changed? As you continue reading, ask yourself how this passage speaks to the rest of Night. The context of this passage is hatred and fear. Elie's theology changed, he used to believe God would answer to prayers and he would help.
9) How does Elie's understanding of God and God's presence—or absence— continue to change throughout Night? When is he most angry with God? When is not angry at all? Mark passages throughout Night that illustrate his changing attitudes toward God. Elie's understanding of God and God's presence-or absence-continue to change throughout Night by distance the the suffer he goes through. He is most angry with God when he says he is hanging on gallows.
10) What literal and figurative (symbolic or metaphorical) meanings does night have in Night? The literal and figurative meanings are that it is a time of darkness, evil does exist, and there's no escape or hope
11) Why do you think Night is such a slim book? Surely Wiesel could have included much more detail. Night is such a slim book because there is not much information left to tell because it is so complex.
12) Is Night a memoir of tragedy or triumph? Can it be both? If so, why? If not, why not? Night is a memoir of tragedy and triumph both because Elie had lost everyone he cared for. Also he had survived the challenges God had put in front of him.
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