Night Journal: Chapter 1
Prediction: I think the Jews will be sent to concentration camps.
Clarifications: Elie and the townspeople don't believe
Moche the Beadle's story because his story is just to crazy to be real. To be
told that there are people being killed and buried in mass graves is hard to
accept. This is what happens to Elie, he doesn't believe but he also doesn't
want to believe such evil is happening.
Questions: How could
the townspeople refuse to believe Moche the Beadle? Why didn't the Wiesels
escape while they could while living in the ghetto?
Connections: I
remember reading about how the Nazis, when loading up the Jews, would place
anywhere from 80-100 people in such a small cattle car. No food or water was
ever given out. No one was allowed to leave under penalty of
death. if that was me I would have rebelled so much but they couldn't it was against their religion
they believed in peace and that god would help save them throughout all the crudities.
Summary: Eliezer Wiesel was born in Sighet, Romania to a
family of six. Elie was a very devout Jew and spent much of his time studying
his faith and often visited the Synagogue. While the war was raging
across Europe, no one believed that it would come into their own town. Then all
the foreign Jews were transported out of Sighet by the Hungarian Police. They
were loaded into cattle cars where they eventually had to dig their own graves.
Moche the Beadle managed to escape and tell the townspeople of what happened.
Nobody believed him and passed him off as being crazy. Eventually not just the
foreign Jews were transported out. They were made to live in makeshift ghettos
where they were transported out in cattle cars without food or water.
Prediction: I think the Jews will be sent to concentration camps.
Clarifications: Elie and the townspeople don't believe
Moche the Beadle's story because his story is just to crazy to be real. To be
told that there are people being killed and buried in mass graves is hard to
accept. This is what happens to Elie, he doesn't believe but he also doesn't
want to believe such evil is happening.
Questions: How could
the townspeople refuse to believe Moche the Beadle? Why didn't the Wiesels
escape while they could while living in the ghetto?
Connections: I
remember reading about how the Nazis, when loading up the Jews, would place
anywhere from 80-100 people in such a small cattle car. No food or water was
ever given out. No one was allowed to leave under penalty of
death. if that was me I would have rebelled so much but they couldn't it was against their religion
they believed in peace and that god would help save them throughout all the crudities.
Summary: Eliezer Wiesel was born in Sighet, Romania to a
family of six. Elie was a very devout Jew and spent much of his time studying
his faith and often visited the Synagogue. While the war was raging
across Europe, no one believed that it would come into their own town. Then all
the foreign Jews were transported out of Sighet by the Hungarian Police. They
were loaded into cattle cars where they eventually had to dig their own graves.
Moche the Beadle managed to escape and tell the townspeople of what happened.
Nobody believed him and passed him off as being crazy. Eventually not just the
foreign Jews were transported out. They were made to live in makeshift ghettos
where they were transported out in cattle cars without food or water.
Night Journal: Chapter 2
Clarifications:
The Jews didn't revolt because they were following the status quo. They believed
that if they just followed the rules they could escape the horrors waiting for
them.
Questions: Why didn't the Jews in the cattle car revolt and
attack the guard to escape? How could some of the Jews act so savagely toward
Madame Schachter? Was Madame Schachter predicting the evils they will going to
witness?
Connections: I've traveled long distances by car before
where I couldn't really move around or have frequent stops. I cant imagine being
in that situation, not knowing where I'm going, but knowing it's no where good.
Not being able to eat or drink or hardly move.
Summary: The rest of the ghetto had been cleared out and
shipped out on the carts. Everyone was packed in with very little space. During
the almost nonstop journey, one of the passengers name Madame Schachter has a
mental breakdown. She would scream of a fire or a furnace that would devour her
and burn all the passengers into ash. She was then subdued my other members of
the cart who could no longer take her screaming. The convoy then reached its
destination at Birkenau which was the reception center at Auschwitz, where the
the flames were clearly seen along with the stench of burning bodies.
Clarifications:
The Jews didn't revolt because they were following the status quo. They believed
that if they just followed the rules they could escape the horrors waiting for
them.
Questions: Why didn't the Jews in the cattle car revolt and
attack the guard to escape? How could some of the Jews act so savagely toward
Madame Schachter? Was Madame Schachter predicting the evils they will going to
witness?
Connections: I've traveled long distances by car before
where I couldn't really move around or have frequent stops. I cant imagine being
in that situation, not knowing where I'm going, but knowing it's no where good.
Not being able to eat or drink or hardly move.
Summary: The rest of the ghetto had been cleared out and
shipped out on the carts. Everyone was packed in with very little space. During
the almost nonstop journey, one of the passengers name Madame Schachter has a
mental breakdown. She would scream of a fire or a furnace that would devour her
and burn all the passengers into ash. She was then subdued my other members of
the cart who could no longer take her screaming. The convoy then reached its
destination at Birkenau which was the reception center at Auschwitz, where the
the flames were clearly seen along with the stench of burning bodies.
Night Journal: Chapter 3
Predictions: I believe that all the Jews will be
taken to the crematory while Eliezer will escape somehow into the night.
Clarifications: No one started a revolt or tried to rise up
against the guards or the kapos because everyone was concerned with him/herself.
Their only goal was to stay alive as long as possible. High risk, high reward.
If you wanted to survive, you don't make risks.
Questions: Why didn't the Jews stand up to their oppressors and possibly start a revolt?
Connections: I
understand what Elie is going through. If I saw the horrors that he saw, I
would want it to all be a dream. Where I could just wake up and be with my
family. I also understand his resentment toward God after seeing the pit of
burned children. He must think that if God is real then why would he let such
evil take its course.
Summary: When the transport of cattle cars
arrives to Auschwitz everyone is unloaded and placed in two lines. They are
surrounded by SS Guards and is approached by the infamous Dr. Mengele who then
divided people into two groups. One group suitable for labor and a second group
suitable for either the gas chamber or the furnace. Elie and is father were sent
to the labor camp while his mother were sent to the death camp. Elie and his
father when they arrived to the work camp were made to undress and take up the
workers clothes. They were then sent to the barber where they had to be shaved
down and were sent to the barracks. They were fed a small ration of stale bread
and black coffee .The next day they were then shipped out to the work camp
Buna.
Predictions: I believe that all the Jews will be
taken to the crematory while Eliezer will escape somehow into the night.
Clarifications: No one started a revolt or tried to rise up
against the guards or the kapos because everyone was concerned with him/herself.
Their only goal was to stay alive as long as possible. High risk, high reward.
If you wanted to survive, you don't make risks.
Questions: Why didn't the Jews stand up to their oppressors and possibly start a revolt?
Connections: I
understand what Elie is going through. If I saw the horrors that he saw, I
would want it to all be a dream. Where I could just wake up and be with my
family. I also understand his resentment toward God after seeing the pit of
burned children. He must think that if God is real then why would he let such
evil take its course.
Summary: When the transport of cattle cars
arrives to Auschwitz everyone is unloaded and placed in two lines. They are
surrounded by SS Guards and is approached by the infamous Dr. Mengele who then
divided people into two groups. One group suitable for labor and a second group
suitable for either the gas chamber or the furnace. Elie and is father were sent
to the labor camp while his mother were sent to the death camp. Elie and his
father when they arrived to the work camp were made to undress and take up the
workers clothes. They were then sent to the barber where they had to be shaved
down and were sent to the barracks. They were fed a small ration of stale bread
and black coffee .The next day they were then shipped out to the work camp
Buna.
Night Journal: Chapter 4
Predictions: I think that Elie and his
father are going to be worked nearly to death at their new camp,
Buna.
Clarifications: Elie is really affected by the hanging of the
young boy because it takes his innocence away. He is no longer the same boy from
Sighet. He is a man now and will now be treated like one. He realizes that the
boy hanging from the gallows before him could be him.
Questions: How evil can the German officers be to trade
children between each other? Why do the Kapos have to beat on the prisoners when
they are already willingly to work nonstop for them? Why does the hangings at
the gallows affect so many at the camp when they have seen people burned alive
and killed in such horrific ways? Why does the hanging of the young
boy affect Elie so much?
Connections: I think Elie is genuinely happy that he was sent to the work camp. I would be the same because I know that my chances of survival would increase significantly. The Kapos and the guards would only kill you if they were given orders to or some other reason. They needed as many workers as possible to get certain tasks done and to kill your only work force would be foolish.
Summary: Elie and his father
are made to count random assortment of nuts, bolts, and other
things electrical fittings. Elie is then sent to the dentist to have
his golden tooth taken out but deliberately puts the operation off
thinking he can trade it later for food or something that will help him to
survive. During his work at Buna, he is savagely beaten by Idek for
walking on him having intercourse and Elie passes out from the pain from his
beating. An air raid siren started to go off. All the guards went into the bomb
shelters while the prisoners were made to hide within the warehouse. The
prisoners come across the large pots of soup where a dying man tried to feed
himself and dies. Then the whole work camp shakes as the bombing happens around
them while the prisoners enjoy the whole atmosphere of the danger and
chaos around them. Next the guards erect a gallows for two men who stole two
plates of soup and were then hung. The next time the gallows were used was for
two men and a young boy who were stockpiling arms and for sabotaging an electric
outpost. This hanging affects everyone in the camp and takes away Elie's
innocence as a child because he realizes they don't care who it is they will kill anyone.
Predictions: I think that Elie and his
father are going to be worked nearly to death at their new camp,
Buna.
Clarifications: Elie is really affected by the hanging of the
young boy because it takes his innocence away. He is no longer the same boy from
Sighet. He is a man now and will now be treated like one. He realizes that the
boy hanging from the gallows before him could be him.
Questions: How evil can the German officers be to trade
children between each other? Why do the Kapos have to beat on the prisoners when
they are already willingly to work nonstop for them? Why does the hangings at
the gallows affect so many at the camp when they have seen people burned alive
and killed in such horrific ways? Why does the hanging of the young
boy affect Elie so much?
Connections: I think Elie is genuinely happy that he was sent to the work camp. I would be the same because I know that my chances of survival would increase significantly. The Kapos and the guards would only kill you if they were given orders to or some other reason. They needed as many workers as possible to get certain tasks done and to kill your only work force would be foolish.
Summary: Elie and his father
are made to count random assortment of nuts, bolts, and other
things electrical fittings. Elie is then sent to the dentist to have
his golden tooth taken out but deliberately puts the operation off
thinking he can trade it later for food or something that will help him to
survive. During his work at Buna, he is savagely beaten by Idek for
walking on him having intercourse and Elie passes out from the pain from his
beating. An air raid siren started to go off. All the guards went into the bomb
shelters while the prisoners were made to hide within the warehouse. The
prisoners come across the large pots of soup where a dying man tried to feed
himself and dies. Then the whole work camp shakes as the bombing happens around
them while the prisoners enjoy the whole atmosphere of the danger and
chaos around them. Next the guards erect a gallows for two men who stole two
plates of soup and were then hung. The next time the gallows were used was for
two men and a young boy who were stockpiling arms and for sabotaging an electric
outpost. This hanging affects everyone in the camp and takes away Elie's
innocence as a child because he realizes they don't care who it is they will kill anyone.
Night Journal:
Chapter 5
Predictions: Elie's father
is caught trying to smuggle something to Elie and is then sentence to the
gallows.
Clarifications: Elie is angry at
his fellow prisoners because they are worshiping the
God who could have stopped all this evil that is happening all around them. He
doesn't understand why they believe in someone who caused he deaths of their
families and the horrors they
see everyday. Not to mention that everyone in Elie's family besides his father
was killed in the death camp. Elie has enough reason to doubt his faith and be
angry with God.
Questions: Will Elie's religion ever
be the same after what he has seen and been through while at the camp? Why
didn't Elie just stay in the infirmary with his father and get liberated by the
Russians?
Connections: If I was at the service for the eve of Rosh
Hashanah I think that would be a really emotional time. For a lot of the
prisoners God is the only thing they have, who they are living for. I understand
Elie's anger and frustration with the people around him for praising the only
being who could have stopped all this evil and made things right again. But I
also think that Elie feels alone. He has his father with him but before he was
also very devout and spent so much time praying to God and now that he doesn't
know if there is one or not which makes him feel alone.
Summary:
All the Jewish prisoners at Buna decided to gather together for the service of
Rosh Hashanah. Elie then denies the existence of God to himself and is troubled
at how the other prisoners are worshiping when so much evil has happened to them
but they still believe in God. Then the Day of Atonement came. Many of the
prisoners were torn between fasting which can could bring with it a swifter
death or not to fast at all which means missing out on one of the most important
days in the Jewish calender. The selection soon followed and the prisoners had
to be examined to see if he was good for labor or the crematory. Dr. Mengele
looked over each prisoner and when Elie was then examined, he passed the test.
When winter approaches and Elie's foot begins to worsen and receives surgery.
The guards and then evacuate the whole camp. Forcing all the prisoners to stand
in the snow and start the long trek ahead of them.
Chapter 5
Predictions: Elie's father
is caught trying to smuggle something to Elie and is then sentence to the
gallows.
Clarifications: Elie is angry at
his fellow prisoners because they are worshiping the
God who could have stopped all this evil that is happening all around them. He
doesn't understand why they believe in someone who caused he deaths of their
families and the horrors they
see everyday. Not to mention that everyone in Elie's family besides his father
was killed in the death camp. Elie has enough reason to doubt his faith and be
angry with God.
Questions: Will Elie's religion ever
be the same after what he has seen and been through while at the camp? Why
didn't Elie just stay in the infirmary with his father and get liberated by the
Russians?
Connections: If I was at the service for the eve of Rosh
Hashanah I think that would be a really emotional time. For a lot of the
prisoners God is the only thing they have, who they are living for. I understand
Elie's anger and frustration with the people around him for praising the only
being who could have stopped all this evil and made things right again. But I
also think that Elie feels alone. He has his father with him but before he was
also very devout and spent so much time praying to God and now that he doesn't
know if there is one or not which makes him feel alone.
Summary:
All the Jewish prisoners at Buna decided to gather together for the service of
Rosh Hashanah. Elie then denies the existence of God to himself and is troubled
at how the other prisoners are worshiping when so much evil has happened to them
but they still believe in God. Then the Day of Atonement came. Many of the
prisoners were torn between fasting which can could bring with it a swifter
death or not to fast at all which means missing out on one of the most important
days in the Jewish calender. The selection soon followed and the prisoners had
to be examined to see if he was good for labor or the crematory. Dr. Mengele
looked over each prisoner and when Elie was then examined, he passed the test.
When winter approaches and Elie's foot begins to worsen and receives surgery.
The guards and then evacuate the whole camp. Forcing all the prisoners to stand
in the snow and start the long trek ahead of them.
Night Journal:
Chapter 6
Predictions:
I believe that nearly all of Elie's block of men will die during the march,
possibly his father. I also think that all the prisoners are going to be marched
to another death camp so that the Nazis will try to get rid of any evidence that
they had prisoners.
Clarifications: During the death
march at Auschwitz, all the prisoners were forced to run nonstop for 42 miles
through a snow storm. Eli was able to accomplish this because of his father.
Without him Elie has nothing to live for, likewise for his father. He managed to
finish the march to Gleiwitz because of the bond he shares with him,
without both would have died.
Questions: Where is the convoy
headed? How could Elie and his father survive the 42 mile
march?
Connections: I believe that the only main reason Elie continues to
fight through the pain of the march is because of his father. If I was Elie I
know that my father is the only person worth living through in this situation.
They both have each others back throughout the whole march which seems nearly
impossible to do with the length of the march and how cold it is. I know that if
I didn't have someone to live for like Elie did, that march would have killed
me.
Summary: The SS guards forced all the prisoners to run
in the snow and wind. Anybody seen stopping for only a second or stepping out of
line was shot down. The thousands of prisoners running in unison became deadly.
Elie witnessed one of his friends get trampled to death from the thousands of
feet behind them. Elie's foot stopped hurting which means he could run nonstop,
he even ran the march at times in his sleep. The convoy then entered into a
deserted town where Elie and his father took shifts on keeping watch and
sleeping. The march started up again and they headed toward the camp Gleiwitz.
When they finally reached the camp all the prisoners swarmed the barracks. Men
were trampled to death going into the entrance. Elie managed to survive the
stampede by clawing and digging his way through the bodies. His friend named
Juliek began playing his violin as the men poured in but the next morning was
found stiff and cold. The prisoners stayed at Gleiwitz for three days before
being selected, weak to the left, strong to the right. Elie's father was sent to
the left so Elie managed to sneak him back. All the prisoners were made to stand
outside in the cold until the train came hours later. They were then loaded up
into the cattle cars to an unknown destination.
Chapter 6
Predictions:
I believe that nearly all of Elie's block of men will die during the march,
possibly his father. I also think that all the prisoners are going to be marched
to another death camp so that the Nazis will try to get rid of any evidence that
they had prisoners.
Clarifications: During the death
march at Auschwitz, all the prisoners were forced to run nonstop for 42 miles
through a snow storm. Eli was able to accomplish this because of his father.
Without him Elie has nothing to live for, likewise for his father. He managed to
finish the march to Gleiwitz because of the bond he shares with him,
without both would have died.
Questions: Where is the convoy
headed? How could Elie and his father survive the 42 mile
march?
Connections: I believe that the only main reason Elie continues to
fight through the pain of the march is because of his father. If I was Elie I
know that my father is the only person worth living through in this situation.
They both have each others back throughout the whole march which seems nearly
impossible to do with the length of the march and how cold it is. I know that if
I didn't have someone to live for like Elie did, that march would have killed
me.
Summary: The SS guards forced all the prisoners to run
in the snow and wind. Anybody seen stopping for only a second or stepping out of
line was shot down. The thousands of prisoners running in unison became deadly.
Elie witnessed one of his friends get trampled to death from the thousands of
feet behind them. Elie's foot stopped hurting which means he could run nonstop,
he even ran the march at times in his sleep. The convoy then entered into a
deserted town where Elie and his father took shifts on keeping watch and
sleeping. The march started up again and they headed toward the camp Gleiwitz.
When they finally reached the camp all the prisoners swarmed the barracks. Men
were trampled to death going into the entrance. Elie managed to survive the
stampede by clawing and digging his way through the bodies. His friend named
Juliek began playing his violin as the men poured in but the next morning was
found stiff and cold. The prisoners stayed at Gleiwitz for three days before
being selected, weak to the left, strong to the right. Elie's father was sent to
the left so Elie managed to sneak him back. All the prisoners were made to stand
outside in the cold until the train came hours later. They were then loaded up
into the cattle cars to an unknown destination.
Night Journal:
Chapter 7
Predictions: The convoy is going to head to large
labor camp where the prisoners are made to work outside in the winter and many
of them will die.
Clarifications: Elie and his father are made to
ride a train all the way to Buchenwald. While the other prisoners kill each
other over small bits of food, Elie and his father just watch the evil happening
around them. Eli and his father choose not to become like animals to keep their
sanity.
Questions: Where is the convoy headed? How could these men
kill each other over bits of bread?
Connections: I feel like Elie
and his father are the only sane people on board the train. I feel like I would
be the passenger on the train not wanting to join in the struggle for food but
just witnessing the desperate souls killing each other for bits and pieces of
bread. I feel like Elie just sometimes doesn't understand the actions of some of
the prisoners and has to just sit back and watch their struggle and that's how I
would react in this situation.
Summary: The prisoners are then
loaded unto the car for 10 days with no food or water. The carts weren't covered
so the snow piled up unto the men, which in turn was eaten by the prisoners.
Eventually hundreds of men were dying on the train which then had to make a stop
to unload the dead into huge piles. The train started up again and stopped in a
nearby German town where the residents began to throw bits and pieces of food
into the carts. That's when the men became like beasts and started to kill each
other over the scrapes of food. The train then eventually made its way to the
camp Buchenwald. Of the 100 men who boarded the train, only 12 men came off it,
Elie and his father were some of the prisoners to survive that train
ride.
Chapter 7
Predictions: The convoy is going to head to large
labor camp where the prisoners are made to work outside in the winter and many
of them will die.
Clarifications: Elie and his father are made to
ride a train all the way to Buchenwald. While the other prisoners kill each
other over small bits of food, Elie and his father just watch the evil happening
around them. Eli and his father choose not to become like animals to keep their
sanity.
Questions: Where is the convoy headed? How could these men
kill each other over bits of bread?
Connections: I feel like Elie
and his father are the only sane people on board the train. I feel like I would
be the passenger on the train not wanting to join in the struggle for food but
just witnessing the desperate souls killing each other for bits and pieces of
bread. I feel like Elie just sometimes doesn't understand the actions of some of
the prisoners and has to just sit back and watch their struggle and that's how I
would react in this situation.
Summary: The prisoners are then
loaded unto the car for 10 days with no food or water. The carts weren't covered
so the snow piled up unto the men, which in turn was eaten by the prisoners.
Eventually hundreds of men were dying on the train which then had to make a stop
to unload the dead into huge piles. The train started up again and stopped in a
nearby German town where the residents began to throw bits and pieces of food
into the carts. That's when the men became like beasts and started to kill each
other over the scrapes of food. The train then eventually made its way to the
camp Buchenwald. Of the 100 men who boarded the train, only 12 men came off it,
Elie and his father were some of the prisoners to survive that train
ride.
Night Journal: Chapter 8
Predictions: Elie and his father are made to
work at Buchenwald and somehow find a way to escape.
Clarifications:
Eli chose not to defend his father because of fear. If he chose to fight the
other prisoners or the SS guard he would have surely been killed. His decision
to watch his father be beaten nearly to death and eventually taken to the
furnace saved his life.
Questions: Why didn't Elie stop
the men who were beating his father and taking his rations? How could Elie not
cry over his father death?
Connections: I understand the pain
Elie has while seeing his father in that state. My Grandfather suffered a stroke
in his old age, so my family took care of him. He was bed ridden like Elie's
father. It's defiantly hard having to see someone you love in a state
like that. I understand Elie's pain.
Summary: The convoy lands
at Buchenwald where the prisoners are all made to take showers but Elie's father
tells him he can't go any further and he is going to die. Elie refuses to accept
that and must take care of his father who is dying of dysentery. Elie must
feed him and give him water. Some of the other prisoners start beating Elie's
father for his stench and start taking his rations. During a roll call Elie's
father begs for him to bring some water but one of the SS guards savagely beats
his father and cracks his skull open. Later in the night, his father is taken to
the crematory and is killed.
Predictions: Elie and his father are made to
work at Buchenwald and somehow find a way to escape.
Clarifications:
Eli chose not to defend his father because of fear. If he chose to fight the
other prisoners or the SS guard he would have surely been killed. His decision
to watch his father be beaten nearly to death and eventually taken to the
furnace saved his life.
Questions: Why didn't Elie stop
the men who were beating his father and taking his rations? How could Elie not
cry over his father death?
Connections: I understand the pain
Elie has while seeing his father in that state. My Grandfather suffered a stroke
in his old age, so my family took care of him. He was bed ridden like Elie's
father. It's defiantly hard having to see someone you love in a state
like that. I understand Elie's pain.
Summary: The convoy lands
at Buchenwald where the prisoners are all made to take showers but Elie's father
tells him he can't go any further and he is going to die. Elie refuses to accept
that and must take care of his father who is dying of dysentery. Elie must
feed him and give him water. Some of the other prisoners start beating Elie's
father for his stench and start taking his rations. During a roll call Elie's
father begs for him to bring some water but one of the SS guards savagely beats
his father and cracks his skull open. Later in the night, his father is taken to
the crematory and is killed.
Night Journal: Chapter 9
Predictions: Buchenwald is liberated by American
soldiers and Elie is free.
Clarifications: Elie is freed by
american troops but comes down with severe food poisoning. When he recovered he
remembers looking into a mirror and seeing a corpse. The last time he saw his
own reflection was back in the ghetto. He believes that the old Elie died during
the Holocaust but he isn't sure what he sees before him.
Questions: Why does the author leave the story on a cliff hanger?
Why does no one experience hatred or want revenge on the
guards?
Connections: When my grandfather passed away I felt very
withdrawn from everything. I think this is how Elie feels about his father. He
doen't feel anything and only worries about eating and how to get
food.
Summary: after Elie's father is killed, he is withdrawn from
the world. He only worries about food and when and where his next meal is coming
from. The Nazis then try to kill the rest of the Jews, killing thousands
everyday. The resistance group of prisoners starts driving out the SS guards.
That same day, the Americans arrive. Shortly afters, Elie comes down with a
severe food poisoning and then spends weeks in the hospital. He then looks into
the mirror which he hasn't looked into one since the ghetto and describes as
looking into the eyes of a corpse.
Predictions: Buchenwald is liberated by American
soldiers and Elie is free.
Clarifications: Elie is freed by
american troops but comes down with severe food poisoning. When he recovered he
remembers looking into a mirror and seeing a corpse. The last time he saw his
own reflection was back in the ghetto. He believes that the old Elie died during
the Holocaust but he isn't sure what he sees before him.
Questions: Why does the author leave the story on a cliff hanger?
Why does no one experience hatred or want revenge on the
guards?
Connections: When my grandfather passed away I felt very
withdrawn from everything. I think this is how Elie feels about his father. He
doen't feel anything and only worries about eating and how to get
food.
Summary: after Elie's father is killed, he is withdrawn from
the world. He only worries about food and when and where his next meal is coming
from. The Nazis then try to kill the rest of the Jews, killing thousands
everyday. The resistance group of prisoners starts driving out the SS guards.
That same day, the Americans arrive. Shortly afters, Elie comes down with a
severe food poisoning and then spends weeks in the hospital. He then looks into
the mirror which he hasn't looked into one since the ghetto and describes as
looking into the eyes of a corpse.
Plot Line: Night
Exposition: A young man named Eliezer Wiesel born
and raised in Sighet, Romania. Being a devout Jew, he spends much of his time in
the synagogue, studying the Talmud and other religious scriptures during the
1940's. Elie comes from a family of six with three sisters and becomes good
friends with Moche the Beadle who was a Jewish theologian. They became good
friends and spent many days and nights praying and talking on religious issues.
All was good and peaceful in Sighet.
Rising Action: All the foreign Jews in Sighet are deported they have little food and water and go through misery dailey some of there relationships with go are on and off because they think how if there is a go can he let such evil be acquired
Climax: Elie,s father was sent to the gas chamber and all Elie is focused on is survival
Falling Action: The American come in and Save what few Jewish men and women there are left surviving
Resolution: Elie Get back and looks and the mirror and describes it as looking in the eyes of a corpse
Exposition: A young man named Eliezer Wiesel born
and raised in Sighet, Romania. Being a devout Jew, he spends much of his time in
the synagogue, studying the Talmud and other religious scriptures during the
1940's. Elie comes from a family of six with three sisters and becomes good
friends with Moche the Beadle who was a Jewish theologian. They became good
friends and spent many days and nights praying and talking on religious issues.
All was good and peaceful in Sighet.
Rising Action: All the foreign Jews in Sighet are deported they have little food and water and go through misery dailey some of there relationships with go are on and off because they think how if there is a go can he let such evil be acquired
Climax: Elie,s father was sent to the gas chamber and all Elie is focused on is survival
Falling Action: The American come in and Save what few Jewish men and women there are left surviving
Resolution: Elie Get back and looks and the mirror and describes it as looking in the eyes of a corpse