1. NIGHT by Elie Wiesel
SOAPStone

2. What is going on in this picture?

3. Answer these questions…
S: Who is the speaker? (survivor or Nazi?)
O: What is going on in the photo?
A: Who is the piece directed to?
P: Why did the author paint this picture?
Tone: list 5 words to describe painting
Answer these questions…

4. This picture was painted by a Holocaust survivor
This picture was painted by a Holocaust survivor. Describe what is going on in this picture.

5. What does the smoke towers in the distance spell out?
What does the arm with the gun represent?
What is symbolic about who is still alive?
Role reversal?

6. S: Who is the speaker? (survivor or Nazi?)
O: What is going on in the photo?
A: Who is the piece directed to?
P: Why did the author paint this picture?
S: Subject words
Tone: list 5 words to describe painting

7. Speaker 1st person Holocaust survivor telling his story Elie Wiesel:
Born in 1928, in Sighet—small town in Romania
He and his family were forced to live in the ghetto and then eventually deported in 1944 to the concentration camp Auschwitz
He is a writer, professor, political activist, and a Holocaust survivor
Took a ten year vow of silence after the Holocaust
He’s written more than 57 books
Currently lives in Boston and teaches at Boston University

8. Occasion Describes the Holocaust during WW2 Germany and Austria
From Jewish boy’s point of view

9. Audience
Anyone who wants to know details about the Holocaust under Hitler’s rule

10. Purpose
To create a memoir about Elie Weisel’s experiences in the Holocaust from the point of view of a Jewish boy.
To recognize the atrocities that the Jewish people endured under Hitler’s rule.
To inform people of the inhumane treatment of Jews during WW2 in concentration camps
To examine…
To tell…
To evoke…

11. Subject Eyes (motif) Night (motif) Flames Rumors Deportation Terror
Hunger
Indignity
Fate
God
List as many as you can (minimum of 10)

12. Tone Brave Optimistic Pessimistic Proud of religion Bitter
Disappointed
Factual
Emotional
Hurt
Shameful
Family oriented
confused

13. Literary Devices Motif: Historical Context: WW2 Novella Theme: Eyes
Night
Historical Context: WW2
Novella
Theme:
Kindness
Cruelty
Selfishness
Unselfishness

14. How to Write Intro… In the YEAR (1940s)
Talk about what was going on during this time frame (discuss Holocaust)
Author published… (Elie Wiesel)
In the book…author uses SPEAKER to PURPOSE and/with/through LITERARY DEVICES