Night – pp
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Night – pp.81-109 1. In these sections, Elie tells of two fathers and two sons. Who are they and what are their stories? How do these stories affect the way Elie reacts to his father's illness and eventual death? ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 2. What, in your opinion, does Elie mean when he says that he feels free after his father's death? What is he free of? ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 3. Following his liberation, Elie looks in the mirror. "From the depth of the mirror, a corpse gazed back at me. The look in his eyes, as they stared into mine, has never left me." What does this sentence mean? Why do you think Elie chose to speak in the 'third person' about himself? ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ Response Journal, Last Thoughts (pp.81-109) A. What is the meaning of the title NIGHT? ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ B. Now that you have finished Night, how would you sum up what you think of the book? What did it mean to you to experience Elie's story? How did this book enrich your understanding of the Holocaust? You may relate to the story itself, to dilemmas, to the language, and to anything else which comes to mind. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ I hope that the experience of reading Night has been both moving and though-provoking. Betsy
