Name:____________________________________ Night section 4 Analysis and Response
On pages 61-65 of this section, Elie describes two different hangings he witnessed while at Buna. Your job is to analyze
the scenes and contrast various aspects of the two hangings.
Point of
comparison/contrast
Basic description of
boy (age, size)
The reason or crime
for which he was
being hanged
How the boy behaved
before/during his
execution
How others and Elie
reacted to the
execution
The soup…and the
meaning behind the
soup comment
Boy from Warsaw
The pipel
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Chapter 4 Analysis Paragraph
Based on your chart, write a paragraph explaining why Elie was more deeply affected by the pipel’s death than the death of
the boy from Warsaw. Refer to several specific details from the two scenes and integrate direct quotations from the text
where possible. OR answer this Extension Question instead: Why did Elie Wiesel choose to juxtapose these two
hanging scenes? What was he trying to tell his readers about concentration camps, or cruelty, or faith, or the human spirit?
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