1. MRS. CONTRERAS Language Arts 9 th Grade – Eng I Gifted/Honors Room C209 Welcome Braddock Bulldogs!!! 2006-2007

2. Weekly Forecast 4/30/07 – 5/4/07 Monday – "The Sea-Wolf" Ch 25-32. "The Sea-Wolf" Ch 33-end Tuesday – Introduction to Elie Wiesel, holocaust patches/creating mural & "Night”. Class Filing/return essays. Wednesday – Night" pg 1 - pg 20. Study & take quiz on grammar rules (hdts 245-260). Thursday – "Night" pg 21 - pg 40 & "Night" pg 41 - pg 60. Friday – Work on Holocaust project. Independent study for final.

3. Home Learning By Monday, 5/7: Read Night pg 61 - End. Study grammar rules (hdts 245-260) for quiz this Wednesday. Work on Holocaust project. Bring grammar hdts 267-284 next week to class for Finals Review! Revised essays due. Bring Movie letters signed by 5/11 Have a great week!

4. Extended Home Learning Assignment (Due 5/7/07). In an effort to enhance student writing skills and performance, all students are to rewrite (retype) all essay writing samples editing flaws and incorporating feedback provided. This assignment includes all hand-written essays in class as well as both research paper(s). Staple updated final draft on top of previous drafts. Recap Sheets must be updated and placed on top of all drafts which must be compiled in date order. A student reflection must be attached to the top evaluating your written work this year. Obviously this should take into consideration the feedback that has been provided throughout the course of the year.

5. The Sea Wolf Chapter 33 - End Shaun Rodriguez Per.3 English Courtesy Google Images

6. Plot Outline Chapter 33 Maud and Humphrey are waiting for Wolf Larsen to come ashore. At the end of the day they realized he was not going to come and Humphrey decides to go aboard the Ghost and see what is wrong with him. However, Maud stops him from going that day saying it was too dangerous. (London 212) After two days Maud and Humphrey begin to wonder why Larsen has not come ashore. Maud then tells Humphrey he should go and check up on Larsen. (213) When Humphrey goes to check on Larsen he meets him in the cabin where he talks to him but as he says “…the few words we spoke could hardly be called a conversation.” So Humphrey goes back and tells Maud what happened and she is relieved. (213) Afterwards Wolf stopped showing up on the deck and smoke stopped coming from the galley. Once again Maud starts to worry about Larsen and Humphrey goes onboard to check on him again but also to get condensed milk and marmalade. (214)

7. Plot Outline Chapter 33 When Humphrey gets to the cabin he finds it empty. Wolf is in the state room groaning about his headache so Humphrey takes the opportunity to get the milk and marmalade. But as Humphrey was getting the things Wolf came out of his state room. (214) When Larsen came out of the room Humphrey hid in the darkness. Larsen just paced around the room until as, Humphrey says, “The open trap lay directly in his path, and his discovery of it would lead instantly to his discovery of me.” (215) But Larsen doesn’t see the trap door and almost falls in but his agility saves him from falling in. then Larsen closes the door thinking he has just trapped Humphrey inside. At this point Humphrey realizes that Larsen is now blind. Humphrey waits for a while and then finally gets the marmalade and milk and goes back to the shore. (215-217)

8. Plot Outline Chapter 34 When Humphrey gets back Maud gives him the idea of repairing the Ghost and fixing its masts back into place. With Humphrey’s knowledge they created a plan to get the masts back on to the ship and in the right position. (217-218) So they began to prepare everything for the fixing of the masts into place. In doing so they go down into the hold of the ship where Larsen confronts them. He asks Hump what he’s doing and Hump tells him that they are preparing to restep the masts. Larsen replies “It seems as though you’re standing on your own legs at last, Hump,” (220) That refers back to the beginning of the book when Larsen tells Hump that he is living off of his fathers legs and that maybe time working on the Ghost would help him find his own.

9. Plot Outline Chapter 34 But then Larsen tell Hump that he can’t fix the boat because it is not his. They both threaten each other in the argument. However Larsen says “Nevertheless, I forbid you, I distinctly forbid your tampering with my ship.” (221) At the end of the chapter Larsen still forbids Hump to fix his ship but Hump openly disobeys him.

10. Plot Outline Chapter 35 Humphrey and Maud begin the process of getting the masts on deck. The first couple of times Humphrey messes up with his calculations and has to retie the tackles on the mast but eventually is able to get the masts on board.(222-223) After securing the masts to the deck Humphrey and Maud go back to shore calling it a day. That night they talk about how they do not trust Larsen and how they must do something so that hey can feel safe at night and have “…an uninterrupted night’s sleep” (225) The next day they wake up to see that the shears holding the masts have been cut, the windlass used to pull the masts out of the water was broken, and the masts had drifted away in the water nowhere in sight.(226) They were both very upset and depressed about it but when Larsen came on to the deck they completely ignored him and avoided him so that he wouldn’t get satisfaction from the things he had done to their masts. (227)

11. Plot Outline Chapter 36 Then Humphrey and Maud went around the island on their boat in search of the masts. After three days they found them and attached them to the boat to tow them back to the Ghost. But on the way back a wind came about that was pushing them away from land. (228) After a while Humphrey decided to cut off the masts and continue back to the island but Maud stopped him knowing that if they did let go of the masts they could be stuck on the island forever. In convincing Hump not to do it she says “Oh, please, please, Humphrey don’t!” (228-229) She purposely used the words “please, please” because of how earlier in the book Hump had told her how those words from her could make him do anything. The next day they were able to make it back to their cove, tired and exhausted but alive and with the masts. (230)

12. Plot Outline Chapter 36 After a day of rest Humphrey got to work on rebuilding the windlass. It took him three days but he got it done. Then he got the masts on board again. That night Humphrey and Maud went to sleep on the ship just in case Larsen tried to cut the shears again. As they expected Larsen was about to cut them when Hump threatened and stopped him making Larsen back down. (231-232) The next day Larsen came out on to the deck looking weak wand weary. He began to struggle with his headaches and collapsed on the deck. As Maud and Humphrey helped him Hump became suspicious of Larsen after noticing his perfectly normal heartbeat. At that moment Larsen grabbed hold of Humphrey so that he couldn’t move and then began to choke him. Eventually Maud comes and clubs Larsen over the head, knocking him out and saving Humphrey. (233-234)

13. Plot Outline Chapter 36 Maud and Humphrey now wondered what to do with Larsen but Humphrey said “…Now that I have him helpless, helpless he shall remain. From this day we live in the cabin. Wolf Larsen shall live in the steerage.” (235) With that they handcuffed Larsen’s hands and feet and put him into a bunk at the steerage. They were now safe from Wolf Larsen. (235)

14. Plot Outline Chapter 37 With Larsen imprisoned in the steerage Maud and Humphrey were able to move on board the Ghost. Now that they cared for Larsen they noticed that he could only hear through his left ear. Larsen then told them that the right side of his body was totally paralyzed. (236) Humphrey fixed all the problems with shears and masts on board. But then Larsen had another stroke in which he lost his voice and had to speak by writing or hand movements. (238-240) One Friday morning Humphrey says, “That mast goes in to-day.” So Maud and Humphrey hoist the mast up and drop it into the square mast hole. (240-241) While in the hold looking at their success Maud smells something burning. They go up to see the smoke coming from the steerage where Larsen is.(241)

15. Plot Outline Chapter 37 Humphrey went in their and was suffocating from all the smoke. He noticed that it had to be Larsen that started the fire. So after getting Maud out of all the smoke, Humphrey went back in and pulled out the mattress that Larsen had lit on fire and put it out with several buckets of water. (242) Afterwards Larsen wrote that he was happy about what he had done and said “I am still a bit of the ferment, you see”. He also wrote how that inside his body he has perfect concentration and can think clearly. (243)

16. Plot Outline Chapter 38 The next day Larsen’s left side starts to go numb. He says thought that he is still all there and when Maud asked him about immortality he wrote “bosh”. Those were his last words because after that his left side went numb completely. Now Larsen could only communicate by slight movements of his lips. (243-244) Humphrey began the final fixings of the ship. He put in the other mast and fixed all the sails with Maud’s help. But when they finished all the work Larsen finally lost all movement of his body and all his senses. He wasn’t dead but just trapped in his own body. (245-246)

17. Plot Outline Chapter 39 Now it was time that they set sail on the Ghost with everything fixed. (246) After a a difficult way of getting the ship started they were on the sea again. As they were sailing the sun came out bright and Humphrey says it was a good omen. (248) Humphrey had to sail constantly. Maud would bring him hot breakfast and coffee just to revive him. Then when the storm started to come Humphrey had to reef the sails but couldn’t do it the normal way and had to try a new way instead that took many hours. (249-250) Then after reefing the sails Humphrey fell asleep for 21 hours. When he woke up he went to look for Maud. He found her in the steerage over Larsen. Larsen had died during the time he slept. (250-251)

18. Plot Outline Chapter 39 They got Larsen’s body on deck and before they threw him over the side Humphrey said the same thing Larsen had said at the beginning of the book, “I remember only one part of the service, and that is, ‘And the body shall be cast into the sea.’” (251) Then they saw a steamship coming towards them and it was a United States ship. They knew now that they were going to be saved. (252) Maud and Humphrey looked at each other and they kissed and held each other until the boat came to them. (252)

19. Author’s Influences Jack London wrote The Sea wolf in 1904. Jack London was part of the socialist party so that would explain some of the socialist views in the book. For a time he sailed on a ship called the Sophia Sutherland. Some of Hump’s experiences could have come from Jack’s experiences on the ship or from stories he heard. Also the character of Wolf Larsen was from a real sailor he knew that they called Wolf. ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The _Sea_Wolf) Courtesy Google Images

20. Author’s Influences Jack London's intention in writing the The Sea-Wolf was "an attack on Nietzsche's super-man philosophy." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The _Sea_Wolf) Courtesy Google Images

21. Literary Criticism Couldn’t find any, seriously looked in all of those databases. It’s probably because that book is over 100 years old.

22. Research Paper Outline Thesis Statement: Throughout the novel The Sea Wolf you see how the way a person acts is greatly affected by what environment they live in. I. They are affected by their environment they live in by the amount of knowledge they have. A. In the story you see how Humphrey a man who grew up in a peaceful life in a rich family in San Francisco is very educated and intelligent. Where as the sailors on the boat have very little knowledge on anything other than sailing because that’s what they have grown up to know. 1. Humphrey is very smart and is always describing himself as a “book worm”. This is because he grew up in the life of a gentleman. 2. All the sailors are uneducated and only know of sailing and can never have any educated talks with Wolf Larsen. 3. While Wolf Larsen is also a sailor and grew up in that work from the day your born lifestyle, he is also intelligent like Humphrey because somewhere in his life he found books and read them and taught himself, where as his brother Death Larsen who grew up in the same lifestyle is not smart because he did not have books in his environment.

23. Research Paper Outline II. The people in the novel are affected by the environment they live in by how much brutality they show. A. Wolf Larsen is a very brutal man in contrast to someone like Humphrey or Maud that cringe at the sight of any brutality on the ship. The sailors are all use to the same brutality as Larsen. 1. Wolf Larsen who has grown up in a survival of the fittest environment uses his force to command control over his ship and is not afraid to use any brutality he can. 2. The sailors who grew up in the same environment as Larsen also use as much brutality as they can to gain power and command but because this is survival of the fittest Larsen commands them all as he is the “fittest”. 3. Humphrey, who grew up in San Francisco in a peaceful environment, is not used to all the brutality on the ship and is very scared the first time, when he sees Larsen punch the cabin boy. Even so as he gets used to living on the ship you see how that environment affects him as he becomes somewhat more violent even prepared to fight back to Cooky at one point.

24. Research Paper Outline III. In the novel a person’s environment also affects their philosophies on life. A. Humphrey believes in morals and people’s natural born rights. Maud, being from the same type of life shares the same views as Humphrey. Wolf Larsen with his lifestyle believes in very materialistic and Social Darwinist views. 1. Humphrey grew up where people all had rights and life was something very precious. He shows that in how he converse with Larsen about life and the way he reacts to things happening on the ship. 2. Larsen on the other hand holds no value to life and says it is worthless. This is because in the environment he lives in people only live if they are strong and the weak are eliminated by the strong. To him, and he being the strongest on the ship, all others weaker then him are worthless and only his own life holds any meaning to him. Concluding Statement: In conclusion, this novel shows how people can be affected by the environment they live in. It shows how different people from different environments have different views on life, how they differ in the amount of knowledge they have, and how much brutality they show towards others.

25. Blooms Taxonomy Questions What side did Wolf Larsen lose all feeling in first? Contrast the Wolf Larsen from these chapters with the Wolf Larsen from the rest of the book. Show how Humphrey restepped the masts on the Ghost. Interpret what you think Larsen meant by saying “I’m all here”. What do you think would happen if Larsen had not been dying, what would he have done to Maud and Humphrey? Explain how Larsen shows Social Darwinism.

26. Works Cited London, Jack. The Sea Wolf. New York: Bantam, 1991. Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. 23 Oct. 2005. Wikimedia Foundation. 23 Oct. 2005.

27. Class Response… Wednesday Recall the events in chapter 1 of Night. 1.Explain the “process of reduction” that Wiesel depicts in this first chapter.

28. Night Chapter 1: 1-20 Carlos Rodriguez P.505/01/2007

29. Author Elie Wiesel was a Holocaust survivor born in the small town of Sighet in Transylvania on September, 30, 1928. Elie Wiesel was a Holocaust survivor born in the small town of Sighet in Transylvania on September, 30, 1928. His father, Chlomo, was a shopkeeper who was very involved with the Jewish community. His father, Chlomo, was a shopkeeper who was very involved with the Jewish community. He was still a teenager during World War II that his family, and other Jews from the area were sent to German concentration and extermination camps. He was still a teenager during World War II that his family, and other Jews from the area were sent to German concentration and extermination camps. His world revolved around politics, family, and religious studies. His family and everything he had were destroyed with the invasion of his village. His world revolved around politics, family, and religious studies. His family and everything he had were destroyed with the invasion of his village. In 1933, Adolf Hitler came to power. In 1933, Adolf Hitler came to power. In 1944 he was deported to Auschwitz. In 1944 he was deported to Auschwitz. In 1945, his parents were executed and liberated from the concentration camp. In 1945, his parents were executed and liberated from the concentration camp. By the end of the Holocaust, six million Jews were killed. By the end of the Holocaust, six million Jews were killed. After keeping ten years of silence he published Night, he married Marion Rose in 1969. and had his first child in 1972. After keeping ten years of silence he published Night, he married Marion Rose in 1969. and had his first child in 1972. In 1986, he was awarded the Nobel Prize. In 1986, he was awarded the Nobel Prize. He is now a professor in the Humanities at Boston University and founding chairman of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council. He is now a professor in the Humanities at Boston University and founding chairman of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council. Without Eliezer surviving in the Holocaust he probably would of not written this book. Without Eliezer surviving in the Holocaust he probably would of not written this book.

30. Plot Sequence The story starts by talking about Moshe the Beadle, he was a man who was sent to a concentration camp and was luckily enough to escape (Wiesel 1). The story starts by talking about Moshe the Beadle, he was a man who was sent to a concentration camp and was luckily enough to escape (Wiesel 1). The Jews of the town where very fond of him and he always made people smile (1). The Jews of the town where very fond of him and he always made people smile (1). Eliezer wanted his father to look for a man to help him further in his studies of the cabbala (1). Eliezer wanted his father to look for a man to help him further in his studies of the cabbala (1). His father thought he was too young to enter the world of mysticism, thought he didn’t know that he had already found a master (2). His father thought he was too young to enter the world of mysticism, thought he didn’t know that he had already found a master (2). His father owned a shop and he had four children, Hilda was the eldest, then Bea, then Eliezer, and the baby of the family was Tzipora (2). His father owned a shop and he had four children, Hilda was the eldest, then Bea, then Eliezer, and the baby of the family was Tzipora (2). His father would ask him questions about why he prayed. He would turn to Moshe the Beadle and ask him (3). His father would ask him questions about why he prayed. He would turn to Moshe the Beadle and ask him (3). One day the Hungarian police took the foreign Jews from Sighet, days later they were soon forgotten (4). One day the Hungarian police took the foreign Jews from Sighet, days later they were soon forgotten (4). Moshe the Beadle decided to tell Eliezer and other companions about his story. He was taken passed the Hungarian frontier where the Polish territory took charge near Gestapo. They were made to jump into lorries and were dropped in a forest.They had to dig huge graves and were slaughtered and thrown into the graves. The babies were thrown in the air and used as target practice. Moshe the Beadle had a wounded leg and was taken for dead, he waited till they left and he escaped (4).. Moshe the Beadle decided to tell Eliezer and other companions about his story. He was taken passed the Hungarian frontier where the Polish territory took charge near Gestapo. They were made to jump into lorries and were dropped in a forest.They had to dig huge graves and were slaughtered and thrown into the graves. The babies were thrown in the air and used as target practice. Moshe the Beadle had a wounded leg and was taken for dead, he waited till they left and he escaped (4)..

31. Plot Sequence He took long days of going house to house and telling his stories (4). He took long days of going house to house and telling his stories (4). Moshe had changed, he no longer made people smiled and he would cry in between his prayers (5). Moshe had changed, he no longer made people smiled and he would cry in between his prayers (5). People asked him why he cared if people believed him or not, he responded by saying that he wanted to warn them for what was coming (5). Moshe must have been getting mad because I think he felt as if he was wasting his time if no one was going to believe him. People asked him why he cared if people believed him or not, he responded by saying that he wanted to warn them for what was coming (5). Moshe must have been getting mad because I think he felt as if he was wasting his time if no one was going to believe him. 1934 passed by, in Spring 1934, everyone was to confident that Hitler couldn’t harm them anymore (6). I think Eliezer thought the people were to confident and he was worried, he even asked his dad to sell the business and move to another country. 1934 passed by, in Spring 1934, everyone was to confident that Hitler couldn’t harm them anymore (6). I think Eliezer thought the people were to confident and he was worried, he even asked his dad to sell the business and move to another country. There was news that German troops had crossed Hungarian territory (7). There was news that German troops had crossed Hungarian territory (7). One of their relatives, Berkovitz, told them that they were attacking shops and synagogues. Everyone thought that they would stay in Budapest and that they shouldn’t be worried. The next day, there were German cars in their streets (7). One of their relatives, Berkovitz, told them that they were attacking shops and synagogues. Everyone thought that they would stay in Budapest and that they shouldn’t be worried. The next day, there were German cars in their streets (7). Their opinions of the Germans where different. They were very polite and never demanded the impossible. The optimists joined together and shouted. “ There are your Germans, now do you believe us?”. The Jews continued to smile (7). Their opinions of the Germans where different. They were very polite and never demanded the impossible. The optimists joined together and shouted. “ There are your Germans, now do you believe us?”. The Jews continued to smile (7). The week of Passover began and they would eat and sing everyday for the past week (8). The week of Passover began and they would eat and sing everyday for the past week (8). In the last day of the Passover, the Germans arrested all of the leading Jews. Eliezer said “ The race toward death had begun” (8). Eliezer must of thought that they were going to die soon. In the last day of the Passover, the Germans arrested all of the leading Jews. Eliezer said “ The race toward death had begun” (8). Eliezer must of thought that they were going to die soon.

32. Plot Sequence The first step was that the Jews couldn’t leave their house for three days, known as “The pain of death”(8). This was as if the Germans already took over the Jews and had right over them. The first step was that the Jews couldn’t leave their house for three days, known as “The pain of death”(8). This was as if the Germans already took over the Jews and had right over them. They could not keep any of their jewels in their house and they had to wear the yellow star, they couldn’t go to restaurants, travel on the railway, attend synagogue, or go outside after 6 p.m., then came the “ghetto” (9). They could not keep any of their jewels in their house and they had to wear the yellow star, they couldn’t go to restaurants, travel on the railway, attend synagogue, or go outside after 6 p.m., then came the “ghetto” (9). There were two ghettos set up and the first one was in the center of their street (9). There were two ghettos set up and the first one was in the center of their street (9). They weren't bothered by the fence that surrounded them. They felt as if they had their own republic (9). They weren't bothered by the fence that surrounded them. They felt as if they had their own republic (9). Their opinion was that they would remain in the ghetto, until the war ends (10). Their opinion was that they would remain in the ghetto, until the war ends (10). Germans came and took his father for a meeting. He came back around midnight and told everyone there were going to get deported (11). Germans came and took his father for a meeting. He came back around midnight and told everyone there were going to get deported (11). He said they were going tomorrow, the president of the council knew but couldn’t say anything because he would of gotten shot, the Jews were only allowed to take their personal belongings (11). He said they were going tomorrow, the president of the council knew but couldn’t say anything because he would of gotten shot, the Jews were only allowed to take their personal belongings (11). A relative of theirs, a Hungarian policeman, told them that if there was any danger he would go to their house and tell them. In the middle of the night,, someone knocked on their window but they didn’t answer. The next day, they figured it was him (12). A relative of theirs, a Hungarian policeman, told them that if there was any danger he would go to their house and tell them. In the middle of the night,, someone knocked on their window but they didn’t answer. The next day, they figured it was him (12). Elizer spent the whole day warning people and telling them to get ready for the journey. It was 4 o’clock in the morning when the Jews were ready. Around 8 o’clock the Hungarian police were shouting, “All Jews outside! Hurry!”(13). Elizer spent the whole day warning people and telling them to get ready for the journey. It was 4 o’clock in the morning when the Jews were ready. Around 8 o’clock the Hungarian police were shouting, “All Jews outside! Hurry!”(13).

33. Plot Sequence By 10 o’clock the Jews were outside and ready (14). By 10 o’clock the Jews were outside and ready (14). By one o’clock everyone was in a line, on their journey, Eliezer describes everyone that he has known for years that they were passing by him as if they didn’t know him. He says the town was abandoned, the shops and houses were abandoned (15). By one o’clock everyone was in a line, on their journey, Eliezer describes everyone that he has known for years that they were passing by him as if they didn’t know him. He says the town was abandoned, the shops and houses were abandoned (15). They were exhausted, they had to move on Tuesday, the day before their mother made them go to sleep early, so they can gain strength. His father came back with good news that they were leaving tomorrow. At nine o’clock, Elizer was the first one to leave (16). They were exhausted, they had to move on Tuesday, the day before their mother made them go to sleep early, so they can gain strength. His father came back with good news that they were leaving tomorrow. At nine o’clock, Elizer was the first one to leave (16). They were already exhausted by the count off. He heared his father weeping, his mother was lost in thought, and his sisters were weeping also because their packs weighed to much. The guards were making them run, when they finally reach their destination, they threw their bags down and thanked god (17). They were already exhausted by the count off. He heared his father weeping, his mother was lost in thought, and his sisters were weeping also because their packs weighed to much. The guards were making them run, when they finally reach their destination, they threw their bags down and thanked god (17). The other ghetto was even worse than theirs. There was people sleeping on top of ovens, even on the ceiling, and there was books scattered everywhere. Eliezer and his sister went to get some wood to build a fire (17). The other ghetto was even worse than theirs. There was people sleeping on top of ovens, even on the ceiling, and there was books scattered everywhere. Eliezer and his sister went to get some wood to build a fire (17). Since that ghetto was not guarded, Eliezer and his sister wanted to leave, but Eliezer’s father told him that if he wanted he could leave but he should stay he with his mother and his baby brother. Eliezer stayed (18). Since that ghetto was not guarded, Eliezer and his sister wanted to leave, but Eliezer’s father told him that if he wanted he could leave but he should stay he with his mother and his baby brother. Eliezer stayed (18). That night no one prayed and everyone went to bed without saying anything (18).In this part of the story, I would think that now the Jews are feeling the same way as Eliezer. They could have been thinking of the consequences that could happen the next day. That night no one prayed and everyone went to bed without saying anything (18).In this part of the story, I would think that now the Jews are feeling the same way as Eliezer. They could have been thinking of the consequences that could happen the next day. People thought that the deportation was a fake, that they just wanted to steal their jewelry that they had hidden under the ground (19). People thought that the deportation was a fake, that they just wanted to steal their jewelry that they had hidden under the ground (19). Saturday came, the day they finally had to leave, the Friday before they had a dinner with their family but Eliezer couldn’t get his mind off the deportation (19). Saturday came, the day they finally had to leave, the Friday before they had a dinner with their family but Eliezer couldn’t get his mind off the deportation (19). Everyone was outside waiting, but the Hungarian police weren’t there, they arrived several minutes later. Everyone got into a huge car that was there, and everything was sealed off, all they had was a piece of bread and a bucket of water, for a couple days, the tires starting moving and they were on their way (20). Everyone was outside waiting, but the Hungarian police weren’t there, they arrived several minutes later. Everyone got into a huge car that was there, and everything was sealed off, all they had was a piece of bread and a bucket of water, for a couple days, the tires starting moving and they were on their way (20).

34. Literary Criticism Night is autobiographical; indeed, Wiesel has said that the story should be read in view of this statement: “I swear that every word is true”. But there is a difference between Eliezer of the book and Elie Wiesel the storyteller. The reader's clue to this is the difference in names: the character in the story is Eliezer, while the storyteller uses the name Elie. The difference in names relates to Wiesel's recognition that he cannot adequately convey what happened to him and to millions of others ( Ted L. Estess ). Wiesel must kind of be hiding something. He tells us the story in a different kind of way, this means that he tells us the story of the holocaust but not as horrific as it was. As he also quoted: “The story itself, will never be told…..”.

35. Literary Criticism Wiesel's pain lies in the discovery that neither love, filial piety, nor his intense Talmudic training can stand up against extremes of starvation and fear. On the road to survival everything goes, leaving only the most primitive terrors and desires (A. Alvarez). As I said in my essay, Eliezer starts to lose faith in himself and his studies in God. He realizes throughout the story, that his studies aren't going to help him survive this. He must forget about all the negative feelings and fears he has and survive. He has to move on after the death of his father and escape this.

36. Literary Criticism Wiesel has been considered the chief novelist of the holocaust. But it was only in Night that he disclosed the horrors of Auschwitz as he had personally experienced them. In other novels, the hero, a former inmate, is mercilessly pursued by past memories. They shape his attitudes toward all later experience. But Wiesel's novels of horror are more searching and penetrating than other writings on the subject. He has approached the holocaust mainly from a moral standpoint, leaving legalistic and political debates to others. He has dealt with Auschwitz, not only on the level of Man, but also that of God (Lothar Kahn). As discussed in my essay, Wiesel wrote the stories of the Holocaust like no other novelist. Not only did he give us descriptive information but made us see it as if we were there. This affected him deeply. It’s kind of saying how the Holocaust affected his life.

37. Literary Criticism The stories, essays, and reportage of Elie Wiesel have been dominated to date by a single theme: the Holocaust. His writings are not, however, contributions to the historical and psychological study of the death camps seeking answers to the questions How? and Why? For Wiesel the destruction of six million men, women, and children, methodically and without passion, is a terrifying mystery before which one's reason is silenced. Facts can be discovered and explanations given, but the act of making sense is somehow incommensurable with the catastrophe. The enormity of the evil, suggested in the very word-holocaust-forces Wiesel beyond explanations to judgments that one must call theological (Thomas A. Idinopulos). As I said before, he not giving us a couple of dates and saying what happened. It is a different story when you are there. He let us be there with him.

38. Literary Criticism The language of Night is deceptively simple, language that gives the reader the illusion of understanding the unspeakable situation. The familiar linguistic signals, however, reverberate and urge the discovery of a revelation of experience and truth behind the image as sign. It is the language of a religious imagination, demonstrated in the first chapter by the passion with which Eliezer studied not only the law of the Talmud but also the mysticism of the Kabbalah. In the final analysis, Night is not an attempt to realistically detail the experience of Auschwitz but rather to show how that experience transformed the religious personality's relation to God (Hamida Bosmajian). As if saying that Night isn't just to inform you about what happened during the Holocaust but to show how this experience transformed Wiesle’s life and many other people.

39. Literary Criticism Wiesel’s relation both to his subject and to his craft required that, before he could invent fiction, he should starkly record fact, and so his first book, Night, is a terse and terrifying account of the concentration-camp experiences that made him an agonized witness to the death of his father innocence, his human self-respect, his father and his God (Robert Alter). I think this is a lie because he didn’t have to first record fact because he was there while it was happening.

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43. Questions Who was Moshe the Beadle? Who was Moshe the Beadle? Would you have gone mad if the Jews didn’t believe you that there were Nazi’s coming soon? Would you have gone mad if the Jews didn’t believe you that there were Nazi’s coming soon? Would you have left your family and gone with your sister to a safe place? Would you have left your family and gone with your sister to a safe place? Where the Jews correct about the Germans not coming for them and not harming them? Where the Jews correct about the Germans not coming for them and not harming them? What was it that the Nazi’s made the Jews wear, so they cane be recognized? What was it that the Nazi’s made the Jews wear, so they cane be recognized? How do you think Eliezer felt during this entire journey? How do you think Eliezer felt during this entire journey?

44. By: Elie Wiesel Tahimi Neyra May 2, 2007 Period 5

45. Elie Wiesel at age 15 (courtesy of google images) Elie Wiesel was born in Sighet, Transylvania on September 30, 1928. Elie Wiesel was born in Sighet, Transylvania on September 30, 1928. He had two older sisters and a younger sister. He had two older sisters and a younger sister. In 1944, Elie and all the other Jews in the town wereIn 1944, Elie and all the other Jews in the town were deported to concentration camps in Poland. Elie and his father were taken to Auschwitz, where Elie and his father were taken to Auschwitz, where they got separated from his mother and younger sister. Elie, who was fifteen at the time, never saw Elie, who was fifteen at the time, never saw them again. During the following year, Elie was moved to the concentration camps at Buna, Gleiwitz, and Buchenwald where he managed to stay with his father until his father died at Buchenwald from starvation, exposure, and exhaustion. Finally, in April 1945, Elie was released fromFinally, in April 1945, Elie was released from Buchenwald by the United States Third Army.

46. Elie Wiesel (Courtesy of Google images) After the war, Elie found out that his mother and younger sister had died in the gas chambers, but that his two older sisters had survived. After the war, Elie found out that his mother and younger sister had died in the gas chambers, but that his two older sisters had survived. Elie had vowed never to write about his experiences, Elie had vowed never to write about his experiences, but in 1955, he decided to write “And the World Remained Silent”, a 900-page book. The book was originally written in Yiddish andThe book was originally written in Yiddish and was published in Buenos Aires, Argentina. After two years, it appeared again in a smaller, 127-page French version called “La Nuit” (Night). He wrote an additional 35 works in French, most of them dealing with Judaism and the Holocaust.He wrote an additional 35 works in French, most of them dealing with Judaism and the Holocaust. He got married in 1969 to his wife Marion, who also survived the concentration camps.He got married in 1969 to his wife Marion, who also survived the concentration camps. In 1986, he received the Nobel Prize for Peace.In 1986, he received the Nobel Prize for Peace. Currently, Elie Wiesel lives in New York City with his wife and son Elisha.Currently, Elie Wiesel lives in New York City with his wife and son Elisha.

47. Elie and his family were in the ghetto and they decided that there was nothing left to do but go to bed. (Night 21) Elie and his family were in the ghetto and they decided that there was nothing left to do but go to bed. (Night 21) When they got up they all felt a lot better and “the mood was more secure”. (21) This shows that they don’t expect what’s coming and they don't really think they’re in danger. When they got up they all felt a lot better and “the mood was more secure”. (21) This shows that they don’t expect what’s coming and they don't really think they’re in danger. On Friday night they all sat down to eat their meal and say their blessings. They all sensed that something was wrong and that this could be the last time they gathered at the table as a family. (22)On Friday night they all sat down to eat their meal and say their blessings. They all sensed that something was wrong and that this could be the last time they gathered at the table as a family. (22) Saturday came and that was the day chosen for their expulsion. (21)Saturday came and that was the day chosen for their expulsion. (21) They were standing in the streets at dawn They were standing in the streets at dawn and they’re group headed towards the main and they’re group headed towards the main synagogue. (22) synagogue. (22) They spent a whole day in the synagogue They spent a whole day in the synagogue and it was forbidden to go outside so people had to “relieve themselves” in a corner. (22) The Ghetto (courtesy of Google images) (courtesy of Google images))

48. The next morning everyone had to walk to the station, where there were groups of cattle cars waiting for them. (22)The next morning everyone had to walk to the station, where there were groups of cattle cars waiting for them. (22) They packed eighty people in each one and gave them some bread and a couple of pails of water. (22) This shows inhumanity and that the Jews were being treated as if they were animals.They packed eighty people in each one and gave them some bread and a couple of pails of water. (22) This shows inhumanity and that the Jews were being treated as if they were animals. One person was put in charge of each car, if anyone escaped, the person in charge would be shot. (22) One person was put in charge of each car, if anyone escaped, the person in charge would be shot. (22) Soon they were on their way.(22) Soon they were on their way.(22) They couldn’t lie down and they didn’t all fit sitting down so they took turns. (23) They couldn’t lie down and they didn’t all fit sitting down so they took turns. (23) After two days of travel, they finally stopped in Kaschau. This is when they realized that they were not staying in Hungary. (23) After two days of travel, they finally stopped in Kaschau. This is when they realized that they were not staying in Hungary. (23) A German officer told them that from that point on they were under the authority of the German Army. (24) A German officer told them that from that point on they were under the authority of the German Army. (24) They had to give up their gold, silver, and watches. Anyone that was found with them later on would be shot. (24)They had to give up their gold, silver, and watches. Anyone that was found with them later on would be shot. (24) The doors were closed and the German officer left. (24) The doors were closed and the German officer left. (24) Among the people that were with Elie was Mrs. Schachter. (24) Among the people that were with Elie was Mrs. Schachter. (24)

49. She was devastated because her husband and two older sons were deported by mistake with the first transport. (24)She was devastated because her husband and two older sons were deported by mistake with the first transport. (24) On the third night she started yelling “Fire! I see a fire! I see a fire!”(24) On the third night she started yelling “Fire! I see a fire! I see a fire!”(24) Soon they all became very irritated with her and a few young men forced her to sit down and tied her. (26) This shows the ignorance of people. They don’t understand why she’s screaming and they don’t even bother to find out.Soon they all became very irritated with her and a few young men forced her to sit down and tied her. (26) This shows the ignorance of people. They don’t understand why she’s screaming and they don’t even bother to find out. Everything was quiet for about two hours until she broke out of her bonds and started yelling again. The young men came once again and tied her down and hit her on the head a couple of times. (25) Everything was quiet for about two hours until she broke out of her bonds and started yelling again. The young men came once again and tied her down and hit her on the head a couple of times. (25) Towards the evening of the next day she began to yell once more “ The fire, over there” and point to the same place. (25)Towards the evening of the next day she began to yell once more “ The fire, over there” and point to the same place. (25) Soon they were pulling into a station and someone near a window read “Auschwitz”. (26) Soon they were pulling into a station and someone near a window read “Auschwitz”. (26) The train stopped and didn’t move again, a while later the doors were opened and two men were allowed to go get water. (27) When they returned they said that in return for a gold watch they found out that this was their stop. (27) When they returned they said that in return for a gold watch they found out that this was their stop. (27) They were also told that this was a labor camp and the conditions were good, families wouldn’t get separated, only the young would work in the factories, and the old and sick would work in fields. (27) They were also told that this was a labor camp and the conditions were good, families wouldn’t get separated, only the young would work in the factories, and the old and sick would work in fields. (27)

50. Soon the train began to move again and about an hour later it slowed down and they saw the camp through the window. (28)Soon the train began to move again and about an hour later it slowed down and they saw the camp through the window. (28) At that moment Mrs. Schachter started yelling once again and this time there saw flames coming out from a tall chimney. (28) At that moment Mrs. Schachter started yelling once again and this time there saw flames coming out from a tall chimney. (28) The doors opened and men began to yell at them and old everyone to get out and leave everything behind. (28) The doors opened and men began to yell at them and old everyone to get out and leave everything behind. (28) They had arrived in Birkenau. (28) They had arrived in Birkenau. (28) Men and women were ordered to separate. Elie went with his dad and his mother and little sister went the other way. “I didn’t know that this was the moment in time and the place where I was leaving my mother and Tzipora forever”. (30) The men were ordered to form ranks The men were ordered to form ranks of five. (30) A man came up to Elie and his dad and A man came up to Elie and his dad and told them to lie about their age. Elie, who was fifteen, had to say he was eighteen. His dad, who was fifty, had to said that he was forty. (30) Selection of the Jews ( Courtesy of Google images)

51. Soon Dr. Mengele, an SS officer, came up to Elie and his dad and asked them their age, condition, and profession. (31) Elie was sent to the left along with his father. They didn’t know which side led to camp and which one led to the crematoria but they soon found out that they were headed for the crematoria. (32) Elie was sent to the left along with his father. They didn’t know which side led to camp and which one led to the crematoria but they soon found out that they were headed for the crematoria. (32) Elie witnessed babies being thrown into the flames, then he saw a bigger pit for adults. (32)Elie witnessed babies being thrown into the flames, then he saw a bigger pit for adults. (32) They continued to get closer and closer to the pit, when it was almost their turn, they were ordered to turn left and they were lead into the barracks. (34) They continued to get closer and closer to the pit, when it was almost their turn, they were ordered to turn left and they were lead into the barracks. (34) At that moment Elie’s dad said “Do you remember Mrs. Schachter, in the train?”. (34) This shows that people were too ignorant and they didn’t see what was coming. At that moment Elie’s dad said “Do you remember Mrs. Schachter, in the train?”. (34) This shows that people were too ignorant and they didn’t see what was coming. When they got to the barrack they were ordered to strip down and they were only to hold on to their shoes and belts. (35) Then they were ordered to go to the barber and they were shaved from head to toe. (35) Then they were ordered to go to the barber and they were shaved from head to toe. (35) At around five o’clock the next morning they were woken up and they were ordered to run, naked and cold. (36) At around five o’clock the next morning they were woken up and they were ordered to run, naked and cold. (36) They ran for a couple of minutes until they reached another barrack. They were sprayed with disinfection then they took a hot shower. (36) They ran for a couple of minutes until they reached another barrack. They were sprayed with disinfection then they took a hot shower. (36) After the shower they were ordered to run more, they were throwing clothes at them as they were running. (36) After the shower they were ordered to run more, they were throwing clothes at them as they were running. (36)

52. They were lead again into a new barrack and were sorted into ranks of five and they were ordered to just stand there. (38) Soon an SS officer came in and told them that they were in a concentration camp in Auschwitz. (39) All the specialists were ordered to step forward, everyone else, including Elie and his dad, were lead into another barrack. (39) They were allowed to sit down but suddenly Elie’s dad asked if he could know where the toilets were located. The Gypsy inmate, which was in charge, looked at him up and down and slapped hi so hard that he fell to the ground. (39) Elie felt horrible for not doing anything but his father whispered to him “It doesn’t hurt”. (39) Everyone was ordered to go outside and started to march. (40) They marched for about half an hour and came to a new camp. (40) There was an inscription over the gate that read: “ARBEIT MACHT FREI”, which means work makes you free. (40) They had arrived at Auschwitz. (40)

53. “At the beginning of the work, his faith in God is absolute. When asked why he prays to God, he answers, ‘Why did I pray? Why did I live? Why did I breathe?’ His belief in an omnipotent, benevolent God is unconditional, and he cannot imagine living without faith in a divine power. But this faith is shaken by his experience during the Holocaust…” This shows that throughout his experiences during the Holocaust he struggles with his faith and he eventually loses all faith in God.

54. “In one of Night’s most famous passages, Eliezer states, ‘Never shall I forget that nocturnal silence which deprived me, for all eternity, of the desire to live.’ It is the idea of God’s silence that he finds most troubling…” This shows that “God’s silence” is a major theme in the book. Elie start’s to feel as if God is in a way ignoring him, which eventually causes him to lose all faith in God.

55. “There is also a second type of silence operating throughout Night; the silence of the victims, and the lack of resistance to the Nazi threat. When his father is beaten at the end of his life, Eliezer remembers, ’I did not move. I was afraid,’ and he feels guilty about his inaction. It is implied throughout the text that silence and passivity are what allowed the Holocaust to continue…” This shows that because people were so afraid to speak up and defend themselves this allowed the Holocaust to continue. If the Jews were to fight back there’s a good chance that the Holocaust wouldn’t have extended for such a long period of time.

56. “Eliezer is disgusted with the horrific selfishness he sees around him, especially when it involves the rupture of familial bonds. On three occasions, he mentions sons horribly mistreating fathers: in his brief discussion of the pipel who abused his father; his terrible conclusion about the motives of Rabbi Eliahou’s son; and his narration of the fight for food that he witnesses on the train to Buchenwald, in which a son beats his father to death. All of these moments of cruelty are provoked by the conditions the prisoners are forced to endure. In order to save themselves, these sons sacrifice their fathers.” This shows the importance of father-son bonds. Elie feels that you should always remain faithful to your family and never turn against them no matter what.

57. “Elie’s spiritual struggle owes to his shaken faith not only in God but in everything around him. After experiencing such cruelty, Elie can no longer make sense of his world. His disillusionment results from his painful experience with Nazi persecution, but also from the cruelty he sees fellow prisoners inflict on each other. Elie also becomes aware of the cruelty of which he himself is capable. Everything he experiences in the war shows him how horribly people can treat one another—a revelation that troubles him deeply…” This shows that inhumanity towards other humans affected Elie greatly. He discovers not only the cruelty that other people have towards each other, but also his own cruelty.

58. “One of Wiesel’s concerns in Night is the way that exposure to inhuman cruelty can deprive even victims of their sense of morality and humanity. By treating the Jews as less than human, the Nazis cause the Jews to act as if they were less than human…” This shows that because the Nazis were treating the Jews as if they were nothing, the Jews began to believe as if they really were nothing.

59. Thesis Statement: Throughout the novel, we see how Elie’s faith in God slowly decreases as he experiences more and more of the Holocaust. I.We can observe in the text that Elie’s faith in God is being lost slowly, but evidently. being lost slowly, but evidently. A. Initially, we can unmistakably see that Elie has very strong religious beliefs. From a very early stage in his life he was interested in Judaism and he was also very eager to study the Talmud and the Cabbala. A. Initially, we can unmistakably see that Elie has very strong religious beliefs. From a very early stage in his life he was interested in Judaism and he was also very eager to study the Talmud and the Cabbala. 1. He often attended services at the synagogue, prayed to his God, and wept over the history of the Jews. His father was also a very religious man; this was a great influence on Elie’s religious beliefs. 2. When he is asked why he prays to God he answers “Why do I pray? Why did I live? Why did I breathe?” (Night 4). 3. He is taught that God is everywhere and that “his divinity touches every aspect of his daily life.”

60. II. At certain moments he does struggle with his faith, but this struggle shouldn’t be confused with a complete refusal of his faith. A.At certain moments, such as during his first night in the camp and during the hanging of the pipel, he does struggle with his faith, his struggle should not be confused with a total rejection of his faith. 1. His struggle doesn’t lessen his belief in God; instead, it is crucial to the existence of that belief. For example, when Moshe the Beadle is asked why he prays, he answers, “I pray to the God within me for the strength to ask Him the real questions.” 2. Although he does turn his back on God in the lowest moments of his faith, in many ways he contradicts himself when he says that he has given up on God completely, yet he constantly uses religious metaphors. 3. Elie also refers to biblical passages when he denies his faith and when he fears that he might abandon his father, he prays to God. After his father’s death, he also expresses regret that there was no religious memorial.

61. III. As the story continues however, we become gradually aware that the events that are happening in his life at that instant are affectinghis way of thinking and his beliefs. He soon begins to feel as if God is “ignoring him”, even to the point where he loses absolute faith in God. A. Although he contradicts himself in a couple of ways, Elie soon becomes appalled by the torture that he must see and tolerate almost every day. 1. He soon starts to question if God really exists. He feels as if God is ignoring him or doesn’t exist at all and eventually loses faith. 2. He refuses to pray on the eve of the Jewish New Year and doesn’t fast during the time of compensation. As said before, Elie's faith is not permanently crushed though. 3. When he experiences a son robbing from his father, he prays to God that he may never leave his fathers side. Elie’s prayer is answered, even when his father becomes a burden to him, he stays by his side and takes care of him. Concluding Statement: All these up’s and down’s with his faith and beliefs get resolved in the end. At last, even though he’s been greatly changed by his experience in the Holocaust, Elie still remains with his religion and faith intact.

62. 1.How do you think Elie felt when he was in the cattle cars? 2.Why do you think Mrs. Schachter was yelling when they were on their way to the concentration camp? 3. What did Elie tell the SS officer that his profession was? 4.If you were Elie, would you have stayed with your dad or would you have gone with your mother and sister? 5. When Elie was on his way to the crematoria, what did he see that was being thrown into smaller pits? 6. If you were Elie how would you have reacted when the SS officer smacked his dad?

63. "BookRags Book Notes on Night." 30 April 2007 http://www.bookrags.com/notes/nit/ www.fgsbooks.comwww.nightthebook.com

64. Night by Elie Wiesel pgs 41-60 Isabel Campodonico English I Honors Period 5 May 3, 2007 “Jews arriving in Auschwitz” Courtesy of Google Images

65. Pgs. 41-60 Eliezer and his father marched from camp Birkenau to Auschwitz (Wiesel 41). Elie’s first impression of Auschwitz was that it was better than Birkenau because of it’s outdoor settings (41). This is talking about how Elie finds himself into moving from an urban, peaceful home in the beginning to living life in the ghetto and poverty (41).This is talking about how Elie finds himself into moving from an urban, peaceful home in the beginning to living life in the ghetto and poverty (41). –“ Better than Birkenau. Cement buildings with two stories rather than wooden barracks. Little gardens here and there. We were led to one of those “blocks”. Seated on the ground by the entrance, we began to wait again. From time to time somebody was allowed to go in. These were showers, a compulsory routine. Going from one camp to the other, several times a day, we had, each time, to go through them.” (41). “Auschwitz” Courtesy of Google Images

66. Pgs. 41-60 When Eliezer and the other men got into Auschwitz they showered and were given new clothes to wear (41). At midnight the prisoners were told to run as fast as they can, and when they came to a stop, one SS officer stood up to them and said to them that Auschwitz was a place that is filled with suffering, but that didn’t mean that they should lose hope to stay alive (41). This reflects on how first good impressions happen when Eliezer goes to new camps (Wiesel 42). “The next morning, the “veteran” inmates treated us without brutality. We went to wash. We were given new clothing. They brought us black coffee” (42). “Auschwitz” Courtesy of Google Images

67. Pgs. 41-60 After a smooth day with no one yelling at any body, Elie though that the officer that night was lying about Auschwitz being a terrible place (42). Later, Eliezer was tattooed with the code A-7713, and he was only to be called by that number (42). Days went by and Eliezer was living the same routine so far (Wiesel 43). Suddenly there was a man that walked up to Eliezer’s father named Stein and he said that he happened to be Eliezer’s father’s relative. But Eliezer’s father barely recognized him (43). “Auschwitz” Courtesy of Google Images

68. Pgs. 41-60 Stein heard that there were people deported to Auschwitz and he wondered if anyone he knew was there, if Eliezer or his father might have some news about Stein’s wife and kids from Antwerp (43). Eliezer lied that Stein’s family had communicated with his mother saying that they are doing fine (Wiesel 44). After three weeks of being in Auschwitz, the Blockalteste was judged too nice with the prisoners and was replaced by a more brutal SS officer (44). Stein heard the “real” news about what happened to his wife and kids (Wiesel 45). “Auschwitz” Courtesy of Google Images

69. Pgs. 41-60 Akiba Drumer would always raises the Jews’ hopes by telling them about having faith in the divine redemption (45). Unlike the rest of the Jews, Eliezer slowly looses his faith in God and “doubted his justice” and his faith diminishes little by little (45). “Akiba Drumer said: “God is testing us. He wants to see whether we are capable of overcoming our base instincts, of killing Satan within ourselves. We have no right to despair. And if He punishes us mercilessly, it is a sign that He loves us that much more…” (45). The next day, Eliezer and the rest of the Jews arrive at a new camp, Buna (Wiesel 46). Camp Buna was described as “empty and dead” (Wiesel 47). “Auschwitz” Courtesy of Google Images

70. Pgs. 41-60 When Eliezer walked into the head of the camp, he gave the same good impression as the SS officer in Auschwitz (47). Eliezer had to give up his only shoes to a fat German tent leader in order to get into a good Kommando with his dad (Wiesel 48). It shows that Eliezer sees the type of discrimination and harm that the Germans are putting into him by taking away the things that Eliezer values the most (48). “Would you like to stay at a good Kommando?” “Of course. But on one condition: I want to stay with my father.” “All right”, he said. “I can arrange it. For a pittance: your shoes. I’ll give you another pair.” When Eliezer was called for a dental check-up, the dentist was only looking through Eliezer’s teeth to look for golden crowns (48). Four days later, Eliezer and his father were to be housed in the musician’s block (Wiesel 49). “Auschwitz” Courtesy of Google Images

71. Pgs. 41-60 In the musician’s block, Eliezer meets some new friends: Juliek, a Pole with glasses and a pale face, Louis, a well- known violinist from Holland, Hans, a witty young man from Berlin, and Franek, a former student in Warsaw (49). Eliezer and his father had to work in a warehouse of electrical materials, the work wasn’t hard but Eliezer had to avoid Idek, a Kapo with a bad temper (Wiesel 50). Eliezer had met other new friends in his job: Yossi and Tibi, two brothers whose parents were assassinated in Birkenau (50). The Blockalteste of Buna was a German Jew named Alphonse (Wiesel 51). “Auschwitz” Courtesy of Google Images

72. Pgs. 41-60 The dentist wanted to pull out Eliezer’s gold crown, but Eliezer faked about being sick so that he won’t get his crown extracted (Wiesel 52). Then the dentist was accused of pulling out the prisoners’ gold teeth for his own personal gain, and was sentenced to be hanged (52). Idek suddenly beat Eliezer while he was passing by him (Wiesel 53). A French girl tried to heal Eliezer’s wounds from Idek’s beating (53). Eliezer sees the French girl again in Paris the girl tells Eliezer that during the Occupation, she was a Jew passing as an Aryan and used to work in the electric warehouse as a laborer not a concentration camp prisoner (Wiesel 54). “Auschwitz” Courtesy of Google Images

73. Pgs. 41-60 Idek suddenly had another blowout but with Eliezer’s father (54). When Eliezer saw his father getting beaten by Idek, he remembers the same situation with himself and Franek, this is when people in the camps start getting violent with each other that later they begin killing their own kind, since most of these people are Jews (Wiesel 54, 55). “Franek the foreman, one day noticed the gold crown in my mouth: “Let me have your crown kid.” I answered that I could not because without that crown I could no longer eat. “For what did they give you to eat kid…” I found another answer: my crown had been listed in the register during the medical checkup; this could mean trouble for us both. “if you don’t give me your crown, it will cost you much more!” (Wiesel 55). There was now a sudden change with Franek from being an intelligent man, to becoming a person full of greed (55). “Auschwitz” Courtesy of Google Images

74. Pgs. 41-60 Eliezer tries to follow his father’s advice on not giving up his golden crown to Franek, but Franek keeps on mocking and beating up Eliezer’s father until Eliezer gives up his golden crown (55). Eliezer teaches his father to march in step, since wherever they move from one place to another, it was in step (55). Before the Poles left for another camp, Eliezer once caught Idek having sex with a Polish girl and then Eliezer was whipped until he lost consciousness (Wiesel 57). A man risked his life to get soup from two unguarded cauldrons, but he ended getting shot (Wiesel 59). “Auschwitz” Courtesy of Google Images

75. About the Author 1928- Elie Wiesel was born in Sighet, Romania 1944- Elie and his family was deported in Auschwitz January 1945- Elie’s father was killed in Buchenwald April 1945- Elie Wiesel was set free from the concentration camp 1948- He went to Paris to study at the Sorbonne, and began journalism 1954- Elie Wiesel decides to write about his experiences in the Holocaust Elie Wiesel Courtesy of Google Images

76. About the Author (Continued) 1956- Elie was hit by a car in New York 1958- His book Night was published 1963- he receives U.S. citizenship 1966- Elie Wiesel publishes Jews of Silence 1969- Elie married Marion Rose 1978- He was appointed chair of Presidential Commission on the Holocaust 1985- He was awarded Congressional Gold Medal of Achievement 1986- He was awarded for the Nobel Peace Prize 1995- Elie Wiesel publishes memoirs Elie Wiesel in 1968 Courtesy of Google Images

77. Major Influences RELIGION In the beginning of the story, Eliezer mentions the Talmud in his Jewish studies and prayer rituals Prisoners reciting the Kaddish (the prayer for the dead), when they are about to be executed The prisoners having faith in the divine redemption (Wiesel 45). At the end of the story, Eliezer’s Jewish observance was never mentioned often. For example, when Eliezer’s father died, he didn’t call the Kaddish in remembrance of his father’s death “The Talmud” Courtesy of Google Images “Kaddish” Courtesy of Google Images

78. Major Influences (Continued) FAMILY BONDS Eliezer mentions that the cruelty and greed of many prisoners affects Eliezer’s relationship with his father There are many times when sons abuse their fathers to gain the necessities they need for themselves in order to survive. For example, there was a major fight for food in the train to Buchenwald where a son was beating his father to death to get a scrap of bread Eliezer depends on his father for everything. With his father by his side, Eliezer is determined to endure many hardships in the concentration camps “Family” Courtesy of Google Images

79. Major Influences (Continued) VIOLENCE the inhumane confrontation between man vs. man Some examples of violence mentioned deals with the cause of selfish greed between the prisoners, that lead to brutal scenes “Greed” Courtesy of Google Images “Violence” Courtesy of Google Images

80. Literary Criticism 1 “Night is autobiographical; indeed, Wiesel has said that the story should be read in view of this statement: I swear that every word is true. But there is a difference between Eliezer of the book and Elie Wiesel the storyteller. The reader's clue to this is the difference in names: the character in the story is Eliezer, while the storyteller uses the name Elie. The difference in names relates to Wiesel's recognition that he cannot adequately convey what happened to him and to millions of others. There would inevitably be discrepancies between the story he would tell and the events he suffered. It is more truthful for him to acknowledge this by creating a slight distance between himself and his character.” (Ted L. Estess). This tells us that throughout the story, the author changes his name in the book as Eliezer because even though “Night” is an autobiography, the story does contain some scenes that never really happened in the author’s actual life experiences in the concentration camps. If Elie Wiesel put his real name in the book, people would disagree on issues that happened in the book with the actual life experience of Elie Wiesel.

81. Literary Criticism 2 “This is the religious and moral context within which Wiesel attempts to apprehend and assimilate the events of the Holocaust. It would appear to be an underlying purpose of Wiesel's creative efforts to reconcile Auschwitz with Judaism, to confront and perhaps wring meaning from the absurd, which emerges as the true antagonist in his fiction. In this respect Wiesel is on common ground with other Jewish writers of the Holocaust, notably André Schwarz- Bart and Nelly Sachs, whose poetry, according to her own description, is always intent upon raising the unspeakable to a transcendental plane, in order to make it tolerable.” (Josephine Knopp).Nelly Sachs This is probably saying that the author tries to put in some events of the Holocaust not in organization but mostly based on the times when he struggled with his faith in God.

82. Literary Criticism 3 Wiesel has been considered the chief novelist of the holocaust. But it was only in Night that he disclosed the horrors of Auschwitz as he had personally experienced them. In other novels, the hero, a former inmate, is mercilessly pursued by past memories. They shape his attitudes toward all later experience. But Wiesel's novels of horror are more searching and penetrating than other writings on the subject. He has approached the holocaust mainly from a moral standpoint, leaving legalistic and political debates to others. He has dealt with Auschwitz, not only on the level of Man, but also that of God (Lothar Kahn). This means that unlike most stories, the main character of Night was “mercilessly pursued “ physically from the events that he was in. but not only physically, but was also affecting him spiritually with his faith in God. It’s as if the author actually has seen the actual horror with his very eyes and he could visualize those scenes very well

83. Literary Criticism 4 Night is more personal and very much more painful, less an allegory than a scantily fictionalized autobiography. A young boy and his father are transported from a Hungarian ghetto to Auschwitz, where they endure months of degradation, brutality and hunger. Finally, as the Red Army closes in, they are evacuated through the frozen countryside to Buchenwald. There the father dies slowly of dysentery, while his son nurses him fearfully, guiltily, resentfully. Wiesel's pain lies in the discovery that neither love, filial piety, nor his intense Talmudic training can stand up against extremes of starvation and fear (A. Alvarez). This is saying that Eliezer went through so many hardships that in those hardships, he always depended on his father for everything. Later when his father gets sick, Eliezer has to take responsibility for his father and himself.

84. Literary Criticism 5 Wiesel's childhood faith in the goodness and promise of God was forever shattered when as a young boy he was deported along with his family from their native Transylvania to Auschwitz. Arriving at Auschwitz Wiesel learned what Dostoevsky in his own time knew, that the sin against the child is the only unforgivable sin, for it indicts not only man but man's creator. Echoing Dostoevsky, he writes: A Child who dies becomes the center of the universe: stars and meadows die with him (Thomas A. Idinopulos). This is reflecting to the scene when Eliezer sees the Germans using little babies as shooting targets, Eliezer felt that everyone else in those concentration camps won’t be able to survive over there.

85. Literary Criticism 6 Wiesel's relation both to his subject and to his craft required that, before he could invent fiction, he should starkly record fact, and so his first book, Night, is a terse and terrifying account of the concentration-camp experiences that made him an agonized witness to the death of his innocence, his human self-respect, his father, his God. His innocence, of course, was irrevocably destroyed, like his flesh-and-blood father, but what Wiesel has done in the fiction after Night is to try to rediscover grounds for human self-respect, to struggle to imagine a God who is neither dead nor insane, using the same tightly compressed style and the same narrative of ultimate confrontations which were inevitable for that initial record of his actual experiences (Robert Alter). The author puts both fiction and fact to the book Night. But also tries to make people realize that what he uses fiction to rediscover the arguments about human self- respect and to imagine that God does exist, since in the story Eliezer looses his human self-respect and believed that God didn’t exist anymore.

86. “From Struggles of his Faith, to Divine Redemption” (Outline) Thesis Statement: During those days of horror and discrimination, Eliezer has seen the insane cruelty of the Nazis and SS officers that it not only devastated him physically or mentally, but it mainly destroyed his faith in God. I.Eliezer’s reason of the loss of divinity is seeing the Nazi’s evil ways that brought up to all the Jews’ misery. Nazi’s views of discrimination against the Jews caused them to take drastic measures. One crucial matter is of the Nazi’s discrimination of the Jews, and that everything is changing so fast. In the beginning, the Nazi’s began in arresting Jewish community leaders, confiscating all the Jew’s valuables, and assigned each group of Jews to live in separate concentration camps. Another crucial matter is when Eliezer and his family are off to the camps by two cattle cars, and the German officers forced them that the people should take enough space so that everyone is fitted into the cattle cars. But they Jews were warned that if anyone attempts to escape, the officers will shoot everyone in the cattle cars. II.Subsequently, the extermination of innocent human beings began to diminish Eliezer’s faith in God even more. More important, it was mostly the extermination of little children. Eliezer learned the Dostoevsky where the sin against the child is the only unforgivable sin, which accuses not only man but man’s creator (Thomas A. Idinopulos, The Holocaust in the Stories of Elie Wiesel, in Responses to Elie Wiesel, Persea Books, 1978, pp. 11532.).

87. One of this is when Eliezer saw babies being burned in the crematorium. This was something so depressing and inhumane that no human has ever witnessed it before. At Birkenau, Eliezer learns about the purpose of “selections”, this is when the prisoners were tested to see if they’re fit enough to work at the camps. Whoever was the fittest was able to survive; the weak prisoners were to be sent to be killed immediately. This was in fact crucial beyond belief. But this matter is similar to the quote: “Survival of the fittest”- Charles Darwin, that the weak ones could never prevail the tough obstacles that were about to come. However, the incident that affected Eliezer’s relationship to the divinity the most was the cruelty and avariciousness of the prisoners. At this point, Eliezer not only sees the disbelief from the Nazis, but also to the prisoners, which makes him believe that God is also in his disbelief too. As if God never existed in his life anymore. The dentist tells Eliezer that he was going to pull out Eliezer’s golden crown. But without the golden crown, Eliezer would never eat again. The Czechoslovakian dentist was accused of pulling out golden crowns from the Jews for his own benefits. Later, there was another incident where prisoners were fighting for survival by taking everything for themselves. There was a scene where the prisoners fought over scraps of food in the train to Buchenwald, and Eliezer witnessed one boy beating up and killing his father for a piece of bread. The cruelty began to worsen even more when brutal punishments were to be held. Even punishments that was unreasonable. For example, Eliezer was caught seeing Idek – one of the camp generals – alone with a Polish girl. Eliezer was whipped twenty-five times until he lost consciousness. Eliezer thought before that his surroundings were signs of God’s holiness and power, and that he knows that God is everywhere so the world must be all good. But after seeing too much violence, Eliezer believes that there is no God.

88. Conclusion: All in all, the obstacles that Eliezer had took paid a heavy toll in his spirituality with God. Eliezer had experiences where he saw the evil and the unrighteousness of the Nazis. The annihilation of innocent human beings was surrounding Eliezer from all over the concentration camps. And the “epidemic” of greed and shame spread throughout the prisoners in need of survival. All of these incidents happened to diminish a bit of Eliezer’s faith in God. But at some point, Eliezer manages to hold on to some faith. Nevertheless, some of his struggles do not apply with his neglecting of divinity.

89. Class Questions 1. What happened the next day after Stein’s last visit with Eliezer and his father? 2. What are the differences between camp Birkenau and camp Auschwitz? 3. If you were Eliezer, what factors would you change if Stein asked you about any news about his family? 4. How is “the loss of faith in man” different to “the loss of faith in God”. 5. What would happen if someone demanded that you give them what they want or else they will mock or beat up your loved ones? 6. Is there a better solution to Eliezer’s problems with Franek and Idek? What could it be?

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