Night by Elie Wiesel
The Progression of Night: The Importance of Memory (81-109)
Directions: Explore factors that further develop your understanding of Elie’s identity. Use the
questions below to help guide you in your exploration. If specific passages are relevant make sure to
highlight them. Garnering information from pages 81-109:
On the death march Juliek plays a fragment of a Beethoven concerto. What prompts Juliek to
play that evening? What does the music mean to Juliek? Elie?
What words does Elie use in commenting on Rabbi Eliahou and his son? The father and son
who fight over bread? How do these two events affect Elie’s reaction to his father’s illness &
death?
Though wordless after his father’s death, why does Elie think “free at last” (106)?
After Chlomo died “nothing mattered to [Elie] anymore” (107). What does this suggest about
his struggle to maintain his identity?
What is the meaning of the “corpse” (109) and last sentence of the novel?
Identity
Elie shows…
Reasoning
As illustrated by…