Night Journals (Extra Credit)

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.