last section of the book!!!!

What is the significance of the book's final image, Wiesel's face, reflected in a mirror? He writes that a corpse gazed back at him, with a look that has never left him. What aspects of him died during his ordeal? What aspects were born in their place? What do you make of his observation that among the men liberated with him, not one sought revenge

I think the ending of the book was really interesting, the fact that he has not seen himself in the mirror for so long, and finally he gets a look at himself, after all the hurt and all the pain everything he has been through and finally he saw himself, I understand that it looked like he was looking at a dead body, it is like doing all the drugs without the high. Some aspects of him that died were his emotions. some aspects that were born were, rebellion. I understand why they didn't look for revenge in the beginning, they were starving, the first thing I would do is eat
as well but Iwould more rather seek revenge than go sleep with women. Or would I...


What is the symbolism of the word "night" in the book?
The symbolism for the word night is darkness, where all the worst thingd happen, darkness like black, emptyness.


How is Elie’s moral struggle an important element of Night?
Elie through out the book struggles alot with his emotions, getting weak but at the same time getting stronger. It is important because it gives us the meaning of the word night.


Why do you think survivors often feel guilty?
I think that survivors often feel guilty, because they didn't seek revenge and they fought their own blood for food, the practically went insane in there, and now that they are free they have to live with the guilt of what they did.


What hints of hope does Elie offer us?
I think that Elie throughout the book he gave us a lot of hints of hope, he never gave up on himself and he never gave up on his dad, to tell you the truth Iwould so much rather be dead.

Why is this book relevant today?
REflect, think about this based upon the whole book and how Elie has grown from an innocent young boy to who is is at the young age of 15. How do the people Elie interacts with strengthen or diminish his hope and desire to live? Talk about his father, Madame Schachter, Juliek (the violin player), the French girl, Rabbi Eliahou & his son, the Nazis. Which of their actions touched you the most? Find at least 2 people and explain his relationship and how that person has influenced Elie.
Tell one person in your life that has strength your hopes, faith, or desire of life. Who has influenced you the most, how does this person do that? Which of their actions touch you the most? ( 5sentence)
There is actually two people in my life that has strenghten my hopes, and faith and desire of life, and that is my moms and pops,they grew up in the gehtto slums of Tijuas, with broken familys, it was real easy for them to do the same to my brother and I, but even though it is hard they have done anything they could forus to have a real good life and they have tried to be there for us too and since i could look back at thierestruggle then look at them now, it gives me strength and hope.

chapter 7

1. How did Elie again help his father when they were on the train? Elie woke him up when they were throwing the dead bodies out of the train.
2. Describe the scene Elie witnessed between the father and son.Eli witnessed a son beat his father to death over a piece of bread. Then the son got beat to death by other Jews on the train.
3. How many got out of the wagon? Where had they arrived? A dozen of them got out of the wagon when they arrived at Buchenwald.
4. Explain how the father/son roles had been reversed in the case of Elie and his father?
Before, it was Elie's father who was looking out for him, and now Elie is looking after his father.
5. Imagine being in Elie's position or the fathers position during this chapter, Tell me what you are going through and how would you handle it, feel, react, behave, or be!!! ( 7 sentences)
first I would ask my Dad if he wants to keep on going, I know he would say yes but if no, i would just die with him, but i would try anything and do anything to keep my pops and myself going as long as we could just help him survive.

Part 2
1. Describe the setting.The setting of this chapter is a train car and they are being transported to another camp. Like always it is crowded and cramped. People are dieing and being thrown out when the car comes to a stop.
2.What do you think elie meant when he said, “ to die today or tomorrow. What is the difference?” I think Elie meant that it didnt matter if he lived or died. He felt that he was going to die rgardless so it just didn't matter.
3.If his father was to die, do you think elie would have the motivation to live? I think since at this moment he is living for his father and they are dependent on eachother I think Elie would be too sad.
4.What did the people do with the dead bodies?When ther was a dead body they just threw them out.
5.Describe how life was like in this chapter for them. Give examples
In this chapter it got worse, they are starving, literally killing each other for food.
6.What happened when a piece of bread was thrown into a wagon?When a piece of bread was thrown into the wagon, the Jews would brutally fight each other.
7.How do the german’s react to the stampede?The German's think it is entertaining.
8.The son that let his father die over a piece of bread, what was he behaving like? Why do you think people were acting this way?The son and everyone else, were acting like animals. They are starving, and they will do anything for food.
9.How old is elie now in this chapter?Elie is fifteen in this chapter.
10.Being his age and all things that are happening to him, could you relate to his feeling and troubles?i cannot relate to Elie at all, I was having fun being a kid at age 15.
11.Who was Meir Katz? Describe him.Meir Katz was a friend of Elies father, who worked as a gardener in Buna. He was bigger than the rest of the men so he was put in charge of the wagon.
12.Who attacked elie, why?A stranger attacked him, and he doesnt know why.
13.What as this journey like for all the jews…describe it.This journey is the worat for the jews they are tired and even though they want to slow down they can't. They are all starving and freezing.
14.Where did they arrive to?They arrived to Buchenwald.
15.Make a prediction about the next chapter, do you think father or elie will die?I think Elies father, is going to give up and not want to live much longer, and Elie is going to struggle a little more to try to keep him alive.

chapter 5

Part 2 :
How was the day different of any other? (Rosh Hashanah)
It was diffrent from anyother because it was the last day of the year.
Find 3 examples that show that elie’s faith is questioned.
He doesn't want to worship him anymore, he has rebelled, he says why should he worship him if he is the one who is burning them, and he is the one who created Auschwitz.
How was the solemn service?
What was Yom kippur?
Yom Kippur was the day of Atonement.
Why does Elie not fast?
Eli did not fast, because his father had forbidden him to, he also was rebelling.
Why do you think he has a feeling a great void?
I think he feels a great void because, He had a lot of faith in God and now he has no faith so he feels empty.
Where was elie transferred to ?what was his new job?
Eli was transferred to a new block , for 12 hours a day he had to drag heavy blocks of stone about.
What do the SS man do when they found a weak one?
He would write his number down: Good for the crematory.
Describe what selection is like?
Who was Dr. Mengele?
Why was his dad in panic?
What was the inheritance? Why would he need those things?
Did his dad live? Who was not so lucky with the selection?
What is going on with his foot?
What journey were they going to go on?
Why do they wash/clean their area before leaving?
Based upon this chapter, how can you describe elie's dad, his attitude, and his relationship with his son? examples
Eliezer’s foot swells up, and he undergoes an operation. While he is in the hospital recovering, the rumor of the approaching Russian army gives him new hope. Tell me who he meets in the hospital, what happens, and why did he not stay in the hospital to heal?

chpater 5

It seems that the Nazis have placed themselves in God’s role. Eliezer has decided that the Nazis’ actions mean that God is not present in the concentration camps, and thus praying to him is foolish. What examples display his religions rebel for his faith in his GOD? ( at least 5 complete sentences)
a couple examples from the book are:
An example of Eliezer's diminishing faith is "Who are you, my god, compared to this afflicted crowd, proclaiming You to their faith, thier anger, their revolt? what oes you greatness mean, lord of the universe, in the face of all this weekness, this decomposition, and this decay? Why do You still trouble thier minds, their crippled bodies?"
I think if I was Eli I would give up on my faith too.

Eliezer has been separated from his father to work in the building unit. He worries that his father will not pass the selection and he may never see his father again. In this section how is the relationship between him and his father? Has it changed? How can you relate to his relationship? Is there someone in your life and that you have a similar relationship where you depend on one another and the person will sacrifice anything for you? Tell me your relationship. ( 8 sentences
Elie escapes death on so many occasions. Tell me in DETAIL incidents where he has manage to escape death. give me the page number as well. Why or how do you think he has? Do you think it is fate or maybe just luck, explain your thoughts. (5 sentences)

Eliezer and his father have a real good relationship, I could relate to that because my brother and I have a real good relationship and I know he would do anything for me, and so would I, I also have a real good relationship with my parents, I am real dependent on them, and I would do anything for them.

Chapter 2

Part 1:Madame Schachter is beaten while riding with the rest of the Jews in the cattle cars, people think she is mad as she screams “Jews, listen to me! I can see fire! There are huge flames! It is a furnace!” With these words we get a glimpse of what the future holds for these people.In 10 sentences describe the worst possible place that you have ever been or that you could imagine yourself in.

The worst place I could ever imagine myself would be in the shoes of a Jew, I think that is the worst thing someone cuold go through, I always wonder why God could let somthing like that happen. I still can't figure it out. Just the fact that the nazis burned them and hung them and beat them, very severley. Also that they cooked them and fed them to eachother, it sounds to bad to be true, it's ridiculous. It is jsut not sane.

part 2:
Part 2 questions
How was the ride, comfortable? Describe.
No the ride was not comfortable, they were cramped together and they, would'nt get any water and they would be real thirsty for hours.
What did he Hungarian interpreter say?
The Hungarian interpreter said that once they arravied at the camp whoever had watches, gold, or silver must give them up, and anyone who was later found with any valubles would be shot at the spot. He also said if anyone felt they could go to the hospital car.
What will happen to someone who escapes?
If anyone escapes, they will be shot like dogs.
Describe Madame Schachlter, what was she like in the cart?
What did she scream, why?
Madame Schachlter was the lady, that everyone thought was a psycho, she was going crazy saying she saw fire, and a furnace, and flames, that is why she was screaming.
How did the people respond to her madness?
They were getting annoyed because she kept screaming and they were trying to sleep.
Where did they arrive to at the station?
They arrived at Aschwitz.
What were the conditions like?
It was in a real bad condition.
When they arrived to final destination, what did see and smell?
They saw flames and, and they smelled burning corpse.
Find an image to represent this chapter.

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chapter 8 paRT2

1. What fascinated Elie,why?


2. 2.Was it easy to take showers, describe? It wasnt easy to take shower becuase the SS officers were not in control of the showers, so if he wanted to take a shower he needed to get there quick.


3. 3.Describe how the father is now, what can you say about his spirit and his will to live, how has it changed? His father is growing weaker and weaker by the minute his spirit is dying out and losing will to live before he was struggiling to live and just kept on going, but now he just wants to die.


4. 4.Why does elie mean he says, “ I felt that I was not arguing with him, but with death itself.”? He wants to keep him alive but he wants to die, so not only is he arguing with his father, to keep on going but he is arguing with death.


5. 5.Why was elie ashamed of? What was he thinking about? Elie was ashamed of the thought that he had of leaving his father and just letting him die alone.


6. 6.Why didn’t father eat anything? He wasn't hungry he was very tired and very thirsty.


7. 7.Describe what is happening to Elie’s father. His father is really ill he is dying slowly, he is very weak and feels he can't go on much longer.


8. 8.How are you supposed to live in a concentration camp? in a concentration camp every man has to fight for himself and not think of anyone else.


9. 9.What was the last memory of elie’s father? The last memory Eli had of his father was of his bloody face and cracked skull.


10. 10.What happened to Elie’s father? Elie's father was dead the next morning, the SS soldiers carried him out to the crematory.


11. 11.Did elie cry? Why or why not? Elie did not weep, it pained him that he did not weep, but he had no more tears, and in the depths of his being in the recesses of his conscience, he felt free at last.


12. 12.What does he mean “free at last”? He meant that he finally didn't have to worry about his father, he didn't have to fight for the both of them, now he could fight for only himself.

Part 1: Chapter 8

How does Wiesel treat his father during the journey to Buchenwald and later during his dad's illness? How does Wiesel’s link to his father affect his will to survive?
Wiesel encourges his father to keep going, and he takes care of him and supports him, he doesn't want his father to die or to kill himself, so Wiesel takes care of him anyway he can.
Given their life or death situation, do you believe Wiesel’s attitude toward his father was understandable? Explain your reactions
Yes, it is understandible because, when somone is struggling to survive, it is hard to survive for somone else espcially if you have been starving, and real exhausted, even though he is his father, survival of the fitess"
Elie weeps (cries) several times in the book; explain when and why. Explain one time he does not weep when it would be expected.
He cries many times in the beginning of the book, he doesn't weep when his father died, he was sad that he didn't weep, but even though he wanted to he couldn't. All his tears were drained out of him he cried so much that he couldn't cry anymore.
What feelings and thoughts went through your mind as you read about Wiesel’s final experiences as a German prisoner? What would you say if you could talk to him about this time in his life? What would you want him to explain to you? I just think everything the Jews went through was so sad, did they really deserve all of that? I would want him to tell me his worst nightmares, and his worst stories.

Tell me 2 things that you admire or disgust about any of the characters in the chapter and why? two things that I admire about Elie is that he doesn't want to leave his father, and how he has experienced a lot of murder is seems natural to him.

Rabbi Eliahou’s son abandons him during the death march from Buna,The rabbi is looking for his son: throughout their ordeal in the concentration camps, father and son have protected and supported each other. Eliezer falsely tells Rabbi Eliahou he has not seen the son, yet, during the run, Eliezer saw the son abandon his father, running ahead when it seemed Rabbi Eliahou would not survive. Eliezer prays that he will never do what Rabbi Eliahou’s son did. This illustrating the depth of the brutality to which people are capable of sinking when they are mistreated for too long, these incidents reflect on another, They examine the way that the Holocaust tests father-son bonds. What do you think of these unfortunate events? how do you feel about it? Do you think these incidents effects Elie's relationship towards his father? Why do you think that his son abandoned his father? What would you have done is this event, where you and a loved one had to run 42 miles or you will be shot ?Would you take care of yourself or would you do whatever it takes to survive together? Would you also fight over food with your loved one?( 8 sentences)

In Jewish prayer, God is often referred to as “Master of the Universe.” After reading this section, what do you think this quote means. Really think about events that have already happen in the story that may lead to this important passage. Pick apart this quote, analyze and describe each sentences on what you think it means and why. ( 5 sentences) "We were masters of nature, masters of the world. We had forgotten everything—death, fatigue, our natural needs. Stronger than cold or hunger, stronger than the shots and the desire to die, condemned and wandering, mere numbers, we were the only men on earth. At last, the morning star appeared in the gray sky. A trail of indeterminate light showed on the horizon. We were exhausted. We were without strength, without illusions."

Chapter 3 parts 1-2-3

Elie is a deeply religious boy whose favorite activities are studying the Talmud and spending time at the Temple with his spiritual mentor, Moshe the Beadle. At an early age, Elie has a naïve, yet strong faith in God.•However, it is difficult to have faith in God when one is constantly surrounded by death and inhumanity.•In chapter 3, As Eliezer approaches the fiery pit, he feels anger towards a God who allows Nazi inhumanity to exist in this world: "For the first time, I felt revolt rise up in me. Why should I bless His name? The Eternal, Lord of the Universe, the All-Powerful and Terrible, was silent. What had I to thank Him for?" p. 42•Although the only way to survive the concentration camps is to have faith that God will see you through, it is nearly impossible to believe in a God who allows concentration camps to exist in the first place.•What other examples from chapter 3 can you add to display his revolt for God and his faith?•Tell me an experience where your faith has help you go through a hard time or questioned your belief?
Through out thechapter he questioned his faith alot because he is going through a lot of hurt and torture, he is mad at God for letting all of this happen to his family. Yes, there has been time where I question my faith, especially when it gets me to struggle and hate life, I always wonder since God knows the future why would he let people suffer, but I guess what God gives God takes.
Part 2:In this section, Eliezer and the other prisoners are fully exposed to the horrible inhumanity of the Nazis. Due to the brutal methods of the Nazis, they are transformed from respected individuals into obedient, animal-like automatons. How does this transformation take place?Take examples from the book using quotations, tell me your thoughts, and feelings.Tell me an experience where you can relate to a time when your self pride, faith, ego, individuality or family has been striped away from you.
part 3:When the prisoners first arrive at the camp, some of the young men want to rebel: "We've got to do something. We can't let ourselves be killed. We can't go like beasts to the slaughter. We've got to revolt." Despite these early feelings of rebellion, the prisoners rapidly become docile and fearful, and they follow the rules set out by the Nazi authorities.Why do they obey people who are so obviously intent on destroying them? Why do they not just team up together and rebel? the feelings of rebellion quickly get crushed because the nazis seem way more powerful than they thought they get scared and decide no to rebel.

Chapter 4 Questions'

1.Describe their person in charge of the tent. The person in charge, was well built and he looked kind he took an interest in them and gave orders for them to be brought food.
2.Which camp was known to be the best? Buna's camp was known ro be the best.
3.Why do you think they need to stay in quarantine?
They need to stay in quarantine to make sure that they have no diseases or that they are not sick so that they will not get any one else sick.
4. What does he need to give up to get into a better unit? Does he, why or why not. He would have to give up his shoes to get into a better unit, no he didn't, he felt that was the only valuble thing he had left.
5. What was the dentist doing? Why? The dentist was pulling out everyones gold crowns because they were gold.
6. Who is Juliek?Juliek is a french girl.
7. Describe what elie group’s job was? Elie's group was to work in a warehouse with electrical equiptment.
8. Who were tossi ad Tibi? Tossi and Tibbi were brothers that were in the group.
9.Who was Alphonee, describe. Alphonee was the head of the block.
10. Without any toothache why was elie taken to the dentist? He had to go to the dentist it was mandatory for his gold crown.
11.Did the dentist get what he wanted? Why or why not? No, he did not get what he wanted, he wanted the gold crown but he was killed before he got it.
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13.Who was the girl? What does she do for him? The girl was Juliek and she gave him advice so he could feel better.
14. Why do you think Elie had no pity for his dad when he was getting beat? I think that he had no pitty for his dad because he tried teaching him how to march but he couldn't learn.
15.How does he lose his gold crown? He lost his gold crown because the officer saw it and told him that he had to take it out.
16.What was Elie’s consequence for walking in on Idek and a girl? His consequence was that he was whipped 25 times.
17. Why didn’t people escape during the raids? They did not escape during the raids because they were scared.
18. Were they afraid during the bombing? Why? No they were not afraid during the bombing because they wanted to die.
19. Where is god is questioned during the hanging. How does elie respond to that? He responds "He is hanging here on this gallows. . ."
20.Do you think his religion faith is dying too? probably, i also think that he thinks that God is dying with them.
21. What do the death of innocents represent to him?