Night by Elie Wiesel

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Night by Elie Wiesel

• Study Guide Notes

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Night Study Guide Notes

• The original title Elie Wiesel gave the novel was
  And the World Has Remained Silent.
• He wrote this book after 10 years of silence.
• By the end of the Holocaust, over 6 million Jews
  had been killed.

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Night Study Guide Notes

• There are five motifs to look for while reading
  Night
• Night pay attention to what happens at night
  and what that might symbolize. Remember what we
  learned when we talked about archetypes and what
  night might symbolize.
• Bearing Witness Pay attention to which
  characters are witnesses and to what they bear
  witness.

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Night Study Guide Notes

• Motifs (continued)
• Father-son Relationships Pay attention to how
  Elie and his fathers relationship develops in
  addition, notice other father-son relationships
  in the book.
• Loss of faith Notice how Elies faith in God
  changes as the book progresses. Write on your
  study guides where these changes occur.

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Night Study Guide Notes

• Motifs (continued)
• Voice vs. Silence Who has a voice and who
  chooses to remain silent? Why might Elie Wiesel
  title his novel what he did originally, and why
  did he no longer remain silent?
• From the 10 Core Concept notes, we will learn
  that Poland had the largest population of Jews in
  Europe.

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Night Study Guide Notes

• In Poland, 90 of the approximately 3,000,000
  Jews were murdered in the Holocaust.
• As you read, look for times that Wiesel mentions
  the people in surrounding towns.
• There are several groups who contributed to the
  Holocaust, persecutors and by-standers included.
  
• Why are by-standers just as important as the
  persecutors?