Directions: When we return from break, we will engage in a discussion around what we’ve read so far in Night. Please make sure you have read up to page 84 and answer the following questions. Make sure you show textual evidence.
What is the significance of the title of this memoir?
Human rights of Jews were violated during the Holocaust. Describe which human rights you feel were violated in the memoir using textual evidence and examples.
What is the "world's" responsibility in matters of inhumane treatment of others?
Why were most of the women and children immediately killed when taken to the concentration camps?
Early in the memoir, after Moishe the Beadle escapes his execution, no one believes what he says happened. Even after the Germans arrive in Sighet and move all the Jews into ghettos, most thought they would only stay until the end of the war. Why did the townspeople have such widespread denial of what was to come, even though they had evidence?
Could the Holocaust have been avoided? If so, how?
Has Elie Wiesel lost his faith at this point in the novel?
Night shows a significant role reversal in terms of father and son dynamics. Discuss why.
At times, we see Elie behaving immorally. Do you think his actions are justified? Is there ever justification for breaking your moral code?
What is the significance of the title of this memoir?
Human rights of Jews were violated during the Holocaust. Describe which human rights you feel were violated in the memoir using textual evidence and examples.
What is the "world's" responsibility in matters of inhumane treatment of others?
Why were most of the women and children immediately killed when taken to the concentration camps?
Early in the memoir, after Moishe the Beadle escapes his execution, no one believes what he says happened. Even after the Germans arrive in Sighet and move all the Jews into ghettos, most thought they would only stay until the end of the war. Why did the townspeople have such widespread denial of what was to come, even though they had evidence?
Could the Holocaust have been avoided? If so, how?
Has Elie Wiesel lost his faith at this point in the novel?
Night shows a significant role reversal in terms of father and son dynamics. Discuss why.
At times, we see Elie behaving immorally. Do you think his actions are justified? Is there ever justification for breaking your moral code?