Assigned Group Member:
NIGHT AUTHOR STUDY – SEQUENCE OF EVENTS
Section #5: Pages 81-109
Directions: Your Reading Group is tasked with answering the following questions about the first section of the
book. As the group member assigned to this author study, review each question and complete the answers. Each
group is responsible for turning in one packet at the end of class. Each student is responsible for recording the
answers in the notes section of their notebook.
Sequence of Events: In an autobiographical sketch such as Night, the sequence of events is
very important. Since so many dates are given, it is relatively easy to follow the sequence of
events in Night. When an author plans a book, they must consider sequence and decide how they
will structure the story. The choice of how to sequence a story and how much time to spend on
each step of the sequence can help the author set up a mood and pace.
Define chronology.
What is the span of time that Night covers? In other words, the book starts on a certain specific
date and ends on another specific date. List those two dates.
What is a flashback? Does the author use a lot of flashbacks in the story? Why or why not?
The pace of the story can be described as quick at certain points and slow at others. Give an
example of a section of the story that moves along quickly and section on the story that moves
along slowly.
Do you think it was important to tell this story chronologically? Please defend your answer.
On the back of this paper, please create a Timeline for the book. Your Timeline must include at
least 10 events that you feel are important to the story. The events on your Timeline must span
the entire book and be important to the story’s progression.
ELAWLRL1.a Locates and analyzes such elements as language and style, character development, point of view, irony, and
structures (e.g., chronological, in medias res, flashback, epistolary narrative, frame narrative) in works of fiction from different
time periods.