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Night – Elie Wiesel

Night – Elie Wiesel. By: Zack Saneto, Thu Phan, Carina Shan, Jessica Bressler, Nima Naimi. Quote #1 From Chapter 1. Background: Religious, Elie was very into religion before he got sent to the concentration camp. Quote # 1 from Chapter 1.

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Night – Elie Wiesel

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  1. Night – Elie Wiesel By: Zack Saneto, Thu Phan, Carina Shan, Jessica Bressler, Nima Naimi

  2. Quote #1 From Chapter 1 • Background: Religious, Elie was very into religion before he got sent to the concentration camp.

  3. Quote #1 from Chapter 1 • “ I continued to devote myself to my studies, by day, the Talmud, at night, the Cabbala.” • “ Why did I pray? Why did I live? Why did I breathe?”

  4. Analysis: Quote #1 from Chapter 1 • Looking to God to show him the way of life. • Quizzical • Hopes to God to find answers. • Thematic Element • Struggle to maintain faith

  5. Quote #2 from Chapter 1 • Background • The Germans came into Elie’s village. People are unaware of problems they cause.

  6. Quote #2 from Chapter 1 • “ Our first impressions of the Germans were reassuring.”

  7. Analysis: Quote #2 from Chapter 1 • Cluelessness • Unawareness • Thematic Element • Man’s Inhumanity to Man

  8. Quote #3 from Chapter 1 • Background • The Nazis had started to ship off Jews.

  9. Quote #3 from Chapter 1 • “ The race toward death had begun.”

  10. Analysis: Quote #3 from Chapter 1 • Loss of faith • Aware of death’s presence • Thematic Element • Struggle to maintain faith

  11. Quote #1 from Chapter 2 • Background • Elie and his family are getting sent off.

  12. Quote #1 from Chapter 2 • “Naturally, we refused to be separated.”

  13. Analysis: Quote #1 from Chapter 2 • Child-like • Not ready to be left • Thematic Element • Father-son bond

  14. Quote #2 from Chapter 2 • Background • All the Jews in cattle cars being moved.

  15. Quote #2 from Chapter 2 • “No one prayed, so that the night would pass quickly.”

  16. Analysis: Quote #2 from Chapter 2 • Sad feeling • Loss of faith • Afraid • Thematic Element • Struggle with faith

  17. Quote #3 from Chapter 2 • Background • All the Jews had arrived at the concentration camp.

  18. Quote #3 from Chapter 2 • “We were on our own.”

  19. Analysis: Quote #3 from Chapter 2 • Loss of faith in man’s humanity to man • Anger • Despair • Thematic Element • Man’s Inhumanity to Man

  20. Quote #1 from Chapter 3 • Background • Didn’t believe Moshe the Beadle

  21. Quote #1 from Chapter 3 • Background • Beating up Madame Schachter

  22. Quote #1 from Chapter 3 • “ I pinched my face. Was I still alive? Was I awake? I could not believe it. How could it be possible for them to burn people, children, and for the world to keep silent?” (pg. 30)

  23. Analysis: Quote #1 from Chapter 3 • Realization • Disbelief Thematic Element • Man’s Inhumanity to Man

  24. Quote #2 from Chapter 3 • Background • Study Talmud • Religious • Studies of the Cabbala

  25. Quote #2 from Chapter 3 • “I too had become a completely different person. The student of the Talmud, the child that I was, had been consumed in the flames. There remained only a shape that looked like me. A dark flame entered into my soul and devoured it.” (pg. 34)

  26. Analysis: Quote #2 from Chapter 3 • Changed • Darkness • Sins • Dark Flame = “Loss of Faith” • Thematic Element • Struggle to Maintain Faith

  27. Quote #3 from Chapter 3 • Background • Father: beaten • Cared/love for his father

  28. Quote #3 from Chapter 3 • “What had happened to me? My father had just been struck, before my eyes, and I had not flickered an eyelid…Yesterday, I should have sank my nails into the criminal’s flesh.” (pg.37)

  29. Analysis: Quote #3 from Chapter 3 • Bystander • Defenseless • Selfish • Thematic Element • Father-Son Bond

  30. Quote #1 From Chapter 4 • Background • Religious

  31. Quote #1 from Chapter 4 • “ I now took little interest in anything except my daily plate of soup and my crust…I was a body. Perhaps less than that even: a starved stomach.” (pg. )

  32. Analysis: Quote #1 from Chapter 4 • Hungry • Soulless • No longer pray • Thematic Element • Struggle to Maintain Faith • Man’s Inhumanity to Man

  33. Quote #2 from Chapter 4 • Background • Franek wanted Eliezer’s gold tooth • Didn’t care about his father

  34. Quote #2 from Chapter 4 • “But alas, Franek knew where to touch me; he knew my weak point. My father…We had to give in.” (pg. 53)

  35. Analysis: Quote #2 from Chapter 4 • Love for his father • Caring son • Thematic Element • Father-Son Bond

  36. Quote #3 from Chapter 4 • Background • Religious • “Why do I pray? Why do I breath” • Questioned God • Young pipel was hanged

  37. Quote #3 from Chapter 4 • “Where is He? Here He is - He is hanging here on this gallows…”- (pg. 62)

  38. Analysis: Quote #3 from Chapter 4 • Loss of Faith • Hopelessness • “God is Dead” • Thematic Element • Man’s Inhumanity Against Man • Struggle to Maintain Faith

  39. Quote #1 from Chapter 5 • “’Don’t talk like that, Father.’ (I felt like I would break into sobs.) ‘I don’t want you to say that.’” • (pg. 71)

  40. Analysis: Quote #1 from Chapter 5 • Fear • Worried • Hopeless • Thematic Element • Father-Son Bond

  41. Quote #2 from Chapter 5 • “I ran off to look for my father. And at the same time I was afraid of having to wish him a Happy New Year when I no longer believed in it.” • (pg. 65)

  42. Analysis: Quote #2 from Chapter 5 • Loss of belief – “Happy New Year” • No longer believed that the new year would be “happy” or something to look forward to. • Care for father • Hopeless • Thematic Elements • Father-Son Bond and Struggle to Maintain Faith UNHappy New Year!

  43. Quote #3 from Chapter 5 • Background • Belief that God will be there for him • Studied Talmud • Religious

  44. Quote #3 from Chapter 5 • “Where is God? How can I believe, how could anyone believe, in this merciful God?” • (pg. 73)

  45. Analysis: Quote #3 from Chapter 5 • Fear • Confused • Lost • Loss of faith • Thematic Element • Struggle to Maintain Faith

  46. Quote #1 from Chapter 6 • “My God, Lord of the Universe, give me the strength never to do what Rabbi Eliahou’s son has done.” • (pg. 87)

  47. Analysis: Quote #1 from Chapter 6 • Love • Care for his father • Doesn’t want to ever lose his father • Thematic Element • Father-Son Bond

  48. Quote #2 from Chapter 6 • “The idea of dying, of no longer being, began to fascinate me.” • (pg. 82)

  49. Analysis: Quote #2 from Chapter 6 • Depressed • Suffering • Thematic Element • Struggle to Maintain Faith

  50. Quote #3 from Chapter 6 • “God knows what I would not have given for a few moments of sleep. But, deep down, I felt that to sleep would mean to die.” • (pg. 85)

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