What are some questions to ask about the book night?
What are some questions to ask about the book night?
Night Discussion Questions
- What would be the considerations for your decision to warn others, keep quiet or take action in a similar situation?
- Why does Madame Schachter scream?
- Why are the prisoners so angry with the newly arrived Jews?
- After prisoners are shaven, given tattoos and uniforms, what are they left with?
Who questioned Elie in night?
(Dr. Josef Mengele was an infamous Nazi doctor who selected which prisoners would be sent to labor and which would die.) When Eliezer is questioned, he lies and says that he’s 18 and a farmer, rather than 15 and a student. Near Eliezer, there’s a pit of fire into which small children are being dumped—alive.
What 8 words changed Elie Wiesel?
What eight words does the SS officer utter? How do those words change Elie’s Life? The SS officer uttered “Men to the left! Women to the right!” Those words changed Elie for he was seperated from his mother and his sister for ever.
What is chapter 1 about in Night by Elie Wiesel?
Elie opens the first chapter with a devastating recount of what happened to his friend and confidant, Moshe. Hungarians shipped out foreign Jews from Sighet, including Moshe, to the border of Poland. Once at the border, the Jews were handed over to the Germans to be killed and buried in mass graves.
How is Elie different from most 12 year olds?
Ellie grew up in Transylvania, Sighet in the 1900s. He is twelve, almost thirteen years old. The difference is how Ellie is more religious than I am, and that he grew up in Transylvania, whereas I was born in California. You just studied 143 terms!
Why did Elie cry when he prayed?
A religious advisor for Elie who instructs him in the Kabbalah ; Moishe is very awkward and poor. Why did Eliezer pray? Why did he cry when he prayed? He says that he does not know why he prays it is simply because he has always done it; he cries when he prays because something deep within him feels the need to cry.
What was chapter 5 about in night?
In this chapter, disillusioned about how God could allow such cruelty to be brought upon the Jewish people, Elie and his father refuse to celebrate Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, and Yom Kippur. Later, both Elie and his father manage to survive another round of selections that are performed by Dr.
What prayer were the Jews saying why was it unusual?
They were reciting the Kaddish, the prayer for the dead. It is unusual because it is usually spoken by mourners for their loved ones. These Jews were saying it for themselves.
What does the last line of Night mean?
Night’s final line, in which Eliezer looks at himself in the mirror and sees a “corpse,” suggests that Eliezer’s survival is a stroke of luck, a strange coincidence, no cause for rejoicing.
What is Chapter 3 of Night about?
When chapter 3 of Night by Elie Weisel opens, Eliezer and his family have been forced from their homes in Sighet, Transylvania, and deported in cattle cars to Birkenau, a selection checkpoint for all Auschwitz newcomers. Here, he and his father are separated from his mother and sister.
When questioned by the SS officer What did Elie say was his occupation?
Night Chapters 1-4
| A | B |
|---|---|
| When questioned by the S.S. officer, why did Elie lie about his age and occupation? | To stay with his father and get through selection |
| What was the first horrifying sight that Elie at first disbelieved? | Babies burning |