Events
Elie and his family are held here first.
The Sighet ghetto
Elie was able to dodge the dentist by...
lying about being sick
After Elie is separated from his mother and sisters, Elie stays with this person.
What can the symbol of fire represent in Night?
Destruction and death
Elie Wiesel's Night shows that ______ can diminish and even fail when faced with unspeakable horror and suffering.
Faith
or
Humanity
When the first arrived at Auschwitz, the prisoners underwent the first selection. What did this consist of?
Questions about their job and age
What is Kabbalah?
The religious tests of Judaism. Jewish mysticism.
This horrifically infamous doctor is seen frequently at Auschwitz and performs the first selection.
Dr. Josef Mengele
This is what most of the prisoners were thinking about constantly. When the humanity within them died, the desire for this remained.
What is it and what is it a symbol of?
Bread and soup...is a symbol of life.
This necessity of life, the thoughts of most prisoners and their bellies. It represents life.
What is bread?
What happens to the sick prisoners who stay behind in the infirmary when the camp is evacuated?
The are freed/liberated by the Red Army 2 days later
What do the men say/recite as they approach the burning pit and crematorium?
Kaddish, the Jewish prayer for the dead
This person brought an instrument with him on a 12.5 mile "death run"
Juliek <3
The book is named after this symbol. What is it and what does it represent?
Night is a symbol of darkness and suffering.
This instinct compels some of the prisoners to fight even their own family members for food and other resources.
What is survival?
How many father/son duos did we see throughout the story?
4:
Elie and his father
Rabbi Eliyahu and his son
The father and son fighting over the bread
The prisoner who had to burn his father's body
This is how Elie "rebelled" against God during Yom Kippur.
He did not fast or pray?
He whipped Elie 25 times for having caught him with a girl.
Idek
This person's gruesome death was a symbol of the death of Elie's faith.
The "angelic pipel".
Wiesel explores the connection between ______ and ______ by illustrating what happens to this relationship when it tries to survive in a lethal and violent environment.
father and son
What is the last word that Elie's dad says before he dies?
"Eliezer"
:'(
Akiba Drumer was promised this, but he did not receive it.
Elie and his peers promised to say Kaddish for Akiba after he was selected for the crematorium but they forgot.
This person showed Elie kindness after Idek hurt him. He accidentally reunited with his person after the liberation of the camps.
The French girl from his Kommando
Name 4 moments that symbolize resistance.
1. Prisoner crawling for soup
2. Juliek's Beethoven concert :(
3. Prisoners cursing Germany before they are hanged
4. Refusing to fast on Yom Kippur
5. Refusing to give up their Jewish holidays and traditions in the camps
6. Elie's consideration of the electric fence over the burning pit
7. Elie Wiesel writing Night
What 3 pieces if evidence do we have to prove that Night demonstrates the theme of silence and inaction in the face of human suffering.
1. The good weather (symbol)
2. The irony of "if the world knew"...
3. Elie's habit of freezing when his father is being hurt.
4. The German citizens non-reactions to the trains of prisoners
5. Elie's story of the woman who threw coins at children for entertainment