Night Study Questions with Answers Section 1‚ pages 1-31 1. Describe Moshe the Beadle. He worked at the Hasidic synagogue. He was able to make himself seem insignificant‚ almost invisible. He was timid‚ with dreamy eyes‚ and did not speak much. 2. Describe Elie Wiesel’s father. What was his occupation? He was cultured and unsentimental. He had more concern for outsiders than for his own family. He and his wife were storekeepers. 3. Why was Moshe the Beadle important to Elie Wiesel?
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Night Narrative The train ride was jagged‚ people where silent‚ laying around me like dead bodies. My daughters fast asleep‚ the whole world felt as if it was at peace with itself. If only it persisted. Screams came from the train‚ “Fire‚ Fire‚ Oh Flames…” the lady had lost her mind. “Mother what is she talking about?” my daughter asked with a frightened face. “Nothing darlin’ don’t worry about it.” I said. The young boys in train took her down and started beating her until her cries and
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Distant from home during a time of misery and struggle begins to make a victim of suffering change their perspective on life. The memoir‚ “Night” by Elie Wiesel‚ novel “All Quiet on the Western Front‚” by Erich Maria Remarque‚ and Life is Beautiful‚ directed by Roberto Benigni‚ all central around ordinary people whose lives change exponentially when either at war or captured during the Holocaust. Their government turns them to hostages‚ taking away their past lives. They crumble into immense feelings
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The Dehumanization of Jews One of the most historical acts of evil and cruelty was the genocide of Jews in Europe executed by the Nazi party lead by Hitler. It is estimated that six to nine million Jews were killed through the use of devices such as gas chambers. One must know why an act of such evil was ever convened‚ how the Jewish people reacted‚ and how terrible genocide seized to exist. The holocaust took place preceding WWII and continued till the end of the war. The idea of killing Jewish
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Night Synthesis Paper While reading the book Night‚ I asked myself why are people were afraid of death. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross‚ who is a Swiss-American psychiatrist‚ a pioneer in near-death studies‚ and the author of On Death and Dying‚ states in her article “On the Fear of Death‚” that there are three psychological aspects that make people fear death. These psychological aspects are‚ unconsciously we are unable to imagine our own deaths‚ unconsciously we are unable to distinguish between a wish
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Night and Dawn Night and Dawn‚ both written by Elie Wiesel‚ are two books that have changed the way people view life and death. Night is a story of the Holocaust that occurs in the time frame of the mid-1900s. Elie‚ the author and the main character of Night‚ tells of the horrific years he spent in Germany’s concentration camps. During this time period‚ millions of Jewish people were shot by merciless Nazis. Dawn focuses on a young boy Elisha who is recruited into a terrorist organization after
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In Elie Wiesel’s memoir "Night"‚ Wiesel tells of his horrifying experience in a Nazi concentration camp as a boy of 15. Deported by the Nazis‚ Wiesel and his family were transported in cattle cars to Auschwitz where he and his father were separated from his mother and sister‚ who they never saw again. At this point he starts his excruciating journey into the terror of the holocaust. In portraying his story‚ Wiesel uses a variety of literary devices including foreshadowing‚ poetic language‚ and a
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differences rather than the similar theme that was emphasized in each of the Holy Books: to love our neighbors and to love God‚ or whatever higher entity we chose to worship (Interview). As time progressed‚ these differences in opinion began to become forms of identification‚ and man began to use faith and religion to distinguish themselves from one another. [to be cont.] Wiesel’s purposeful tone emphasizes the reality of religious hostility. The last sentences in Night‚ especially reflects the direct
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In the book‚ Night by Elie Wiesel‚ Elie and his father have a distant relationship‚ but as the story continues‚ their relationship grows closer‚ eventually degenerating‚ but resolving in peace. Elie and his father have a very distant connection due to the lack of support his father gives to him. Before they are sent away to the camps‚ Elie and his father have a chance to escape and leave the country and avoid all of this. Elie’s father replies “I am too old my son. I’m too old to start a new life
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The Odyssey/Night Elie Wiesel is a famous writer‚ the author of 57 books‚ the best known of which is “Night”‚ a memoir that describes his experiences during the Holocaust and his imprisonment in several concentration camps. The events took place in 1941 in Germany. In 1944 German and Hungarian police set up ghettos where all the Jews and other religious and ethnic people were kept‚ and Elie and his family were kept captive in this area by the Gestapo. When Elie and his family arrived at the
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