T: Night A: Eliezer Wiesel N: Romanian Jew G: Memoir

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T NightA Eliezer WieselN Romanian JewG
Memoir
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Background Terms

• Prejudice an attitude of closed mindedness
  which allows a person to prejudge another
  negatively without any knowledge of that person.
• Racism the hatred of all the members of a
  particular race or ethnic group because of the
  stereotyped characteristics associated with that
  race or group.
• Stereotype a generally accepted opinion or
  fixed notion of a person that is believed without
  investigation.

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• Anti-Semitism the hatred against any person of
  Jewish descent.
• Scapegoat a person or group who is unjustly
  blamed for the general problems affecting their
  society. (On the Day of Atonement a live goat
  was chosen to have hands laid on it and have all
  the inequities of the Hebrews transferred to the
  beast. It was then let go into the wilderness.)
• Genocide (This term was coined after WWII.)
  The total annihilation of a race or ethnic group.
• Holocaust (Greek root meaning burnt whole) the
  destruction of six million European Jews and
  almost six million non-Jews from 1933-1945.
• Ghetto a fenced in area where Jews were forced
  to live
• Refuge a place of safe retreat

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• Gestapo Nazi police (secret service)
• Fascist a dictatorship type of government
• Truncheons sticks used for beating (nightstick)
• Exterminate eliminate to completely destroy
• Deportation removal from one country to another

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Journal entry

• Write about a time when you were prejudged. Why
  were you treated this way? How did this make you
  feel?

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Stereotype Activity

• List stereotypes of the following groups
• Youth
• Cheerleaders
• Jocks
• Honors students
• Homecoming queen
• Teachers
• Students who dress in all black
• Can you think of other groups who are stereotyped?

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Scavenger Hunt

• Today we will be going to the media center to
  complete a scavenger hunt. You must find at
  least two facts about the twenty entries you have
  been given on your handout. You can not use
  Night as one of your sources. You must have two
  sources for each item. If you talk during this
  assignment, you will be disqualified from the
  contest. Good luck!

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Copy and finish the following statements with at
least five more words

1. Never again should we allow
2. Cruelty
3. I have never been more frightened than the time
4. The hardest thing I ever had to do
5. People dont want to believe the truth when
6. A good son or daughter
7. It is okay to fight back when

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Bio-Poem

• (Write your first name.)
• (List three specific adjectives that describe
  you.)
• (Identify your relationship to another person
  example, Son of Dave and Mary)
• Who feels (list three things you feel)
• Who fears (list three things you fear)
• Who loves (list three things you love)
• Who would like (list three things)
• Resident of (identify where you reside)
• (Write your last name)

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• Lauren
• Loud, lovable, humorous
• Mother of Abigail and Emily
• Who feels blessed by God, frustrated when
  students dont want to learn, and motivated to
  change the world
• Who fears snakes, failure, and outliving her
  children
• Who loves her family and friends, teaching (most
  days), and chocolate-chip cookie dough
• Who would like her children to grow up to be
  successful and happy Christian women, her
  students to succeed in this class and in life,
  and an Outlook.
• Resident of Robeson County
• Young

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What is right?

• Read the following situations and determine what
  you think is right. Tell what you would do and
  give a brief (1-2 sentence) explanation.

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• 1. During wartime, your town is captured by enemy
  troops. They gather the townspeople together and
  ask that someone identify the town mayor.
  Everyone knows that the mayor, once identified,
  will be shot and killed by the enemy. After no
  one volunteers a response, the enemys chief
  officer announces that he will shoot and kill
  someone picked at random if the mayor is not
  identified immediately. Would you identify the
  mayor? Explain your answer (1-2 sentences).

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• 2. You are lost in the desert with your best
  friend. Your friend has run out of water and is
  literally dying of thirst. You have water left
  in your canteen, but if you share it with your
  best friend, you will both die. On the other
  hand, if you keep all the water for yourself, you
  will likely survive. If you give all the water
  to your friend, he or she will likely live, but
  you will die. What would you do? Explain your
  answer (1-2 sentences).

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• 3. In school, you have seen another student
  commit an act of vandalism. The school principal
  has asked that anyone with information about the
  vandal come forward and identify the person
  otherwise, the principal will punish the entire
  school by taking away privileges such as drink
  machines, pep rallies, any extracurricular
  activities, etc. He will also begin closed lunch.
  You are afraid to report the vandal for fear
  that the vandals friends will discover you got
  him or her into trouble, which may cause trouble
  for you. On the other hand, you dont wish to
  have student privilegesincluding your
  ownwithheld. What do you do? (Explain your
  answer (1-2 sentences).

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External and Internal Conflicts
Conflict used to Dehumanize Type of Conflict Effect on the Prisoner
Example SS starve prisoners external destroys heath, weakens, steals food, fights for food, food becomes more important than people or dignity






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• What keeps Stein of Antwerp determined to
  survive? What did he eventually lose hope?
• What kept Elie Wiesel and his father determined
  to survive?
• How can external conflicts lead to internal ones?

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Characters in 3-D Levels of CharacterizationWri
te at least two descriptions under the
appropriate categories for each character listed
below. Exception The physical level may not
provide more than one.
Physical Social Psychological
Elie Wiesel
Moshe the Beadle
Mr. Wiesel, Elies Father
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Describe the changes in personality, faith, and
relationships which the narrator, Elie Wiesel,
undergoes as a prisoner.
Evidence of Change Cause of Change
Personality Changes 1.) 2.) 3.)
Religious Changes 1.) 2.) 3.)
Social Changes 1.) 2.) 3.)
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• In what ways has Elie become more of a father to
  Mr. Wiesel and Mr. Wiesel more of a son? Why do
  you think this role reversal occurred?
• Why do you think Elie lost his faith in God? Do
  you think Elie holds God responsible for what is
  happening to the Jews and him?

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Dynamic or Static?

• A dynamic character changes in a work a static
  character remains the same. Identify if the
  following characters are dynamic or static.
  Explain why.

1) Moshe 4) Mr. Wiesel 7) Idek (the Kapo)
2) Akiba Drumer 5) Stein of Antwerp 8) Madame Schachter
3) Franek 6) Meir Katz 9) Rabbi Eliahou
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Verbal and Situational Irony

• Verbal Irony--occurs when a speaker says
• one thing and means something different
• Situational Ironyoccurs when we think
• one thing is going to happen, but something
• else occurs

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• Determine whether each statement represents
  verbal or situational irony. Then explain the
  literal meaning and why the statement is ironic.
• 1) we saw the barbed wire of another camp. An
  iron door with this inscription over it Work
  is liberty! Auschwitz.
• literal
• ironic
• 2) Three days after the liberation of
  Buchenwald I became very ill with food poisoning.
  I was transferred to the hospital and spent two
  weeks between life and death.
• literal
• ironic

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• 3) Like the leader of the camp, he loved
  children.
• literal
• ironic
• 4) Ive got more faith in Hitler than in anyone
  else. Hes the only one whos kept his promises,
  all his promises, to the Jewish people.
• literal
• ironic

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• Figurative language language that is not meant
  to be taken literally but has a more complex
  meaning that must be figured out.
• Metaphor a figure of speech that compares one
  thing to another unlike thing
• Simile a comparison of two unlike things using
  the words like or as

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Elie Wiesel with Oprah

1. How many people perished (died) at Auschwitz?
2. Who is the master race according to Hitler?
3. Auschwitz is the largest _____ in recorded
   history.
4. What excerpt from Night does Elie read which
   refers to the trip on the cattle wagons?
5. What is the systematic process of who would live
   and who would die?
6. Suffering does not give any privileges. What
   does this mean?
7. What was the faster method of execution?
8. Why was gas chamber 3 destroyed by the Nazis?
9. How many to a bunk in the barracks?
10. What does Arbeit Macht Frei mean?
11. The Jews adjusted to madness and _______.
12. What did the Jews write on the outside of the
    suitcase containing their most valuable
    possessions?
13. Hair was sold to make _____.
14. In a well-written paragraph, give your thoughts
    about the Holocaust, this video, and Night.

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• http//www.oprah.com/slideshow/oprahshow/oprahshow
  2_ss_20060525/1
• http//www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/focus/wiesel/