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Point-of-View is a very important literary element in both novels and movies. This movie is from the point-of-view of a German child during the Holocaust. Why do you think the writer of this movie chose to tell the story from Bruno’s perspective? How do the following characteristics of his perspective affect our idea of the story:
- German - Child - Male - Wealthy - Powerful family REMINDER: Post before 8:00 AM on Tuesday, December 17, 2013 Below, please post the title of your novel as well as your thesis statement. Post be Wednesday, December 4, 2013 at 8:00 AM.
Example: The Hunger Games Collins develops Katniss as a symbol of rebellion to prove that ignorance can be as strong as violence in oppressing a population. In Section 9, Elie has lost his father. He remains in Buchenwald and thinks of nothing but food. Elie is finally liberated, and the memoir ends when Elie, no longer the young boy from Sighet but a person transformed by the Holocaust, looks in a mirror. A corpse stares back at him.
Weisel does not share details of his life after the Holocaust with the reader, even though we know he went on to live a full life of service to other people. Instead, he ends his memoir with the image of his own "corpse" looking back at him in the mirror. Because of this, is Night a story of hope and survival? Or, rather, does it convey a message of hopelessness and evil? Justify your answer using details from the text. POST BY MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2013. Wiesel criticizes himself for the way that he treated his father during his dying days. The tone of this chapter is heavy with shame and guilt. He helped his father, cared for his father, gave him his soup, but did so "grudgingly." He laments, "Just like Rabbi Eliahu's son, I had not passed the test" (Wiesel 107.)
Do you believe Elie's statement is true? Did he fail, just like Eliahu's son, or is he being too critical of his actions? Should he feel guilty or not? Include not only your personal opinions, but also evidence from the text in your justification. There are three clear examples of father and son relationships in Night: Elie and his father, Rabbi Eliahu and his son, and the example of the father and son (Meir) on the train. Compare these three relationships to one another describing each one, and then explain how you (the reader) are impacted by the juxtaposition of these three relationships. What purpose do the other father and son examples have in Wiesel's novel?
In order to practice for your out of class dialectical journal, write a journal entry using the same format for Section 4 of Night.
First, write a 7-sentence summary (one paragraph). Next, write a 7-sentence (shorter than your usual journal entry) analytical paragraph. Please include the following literary terms in your analysis paragraph: - Irony - First-Person Narrative/Narrator - Symbolism - Motif (And others, if you so choose.) Choose one of the motifs you are tracing with your annotations, and elaborate upon its significance in Section 4. How does this motif change, develop, or continue to hold symbolic significance in Section 4? Write one paragraph regarding this motif's significance in this section.
Thus far, you have read three sections of Night. For your blog post, your task is to respond to a question from each section: 1, 2, and 3. Each question will require a separate paragraph. You may write them all in one comment.
Section 1 Question: "One of the enduring questions that has tormented the Jews of Europe who survived the Holocaust is whether or not they might have been able to escape the Holocaust had they acted more wisely. A shrouded doom hangs behind every word in this first section of Night, in which Wiesel laments the typical human inability to acknowledge the depth of the cruelty of which humans are capable. The Jews of Sighet are unable or unwilling to believe in the horrors of Hitler’s death camps, even though there are many instances in which they have glimpses of what awaits them." What were some of the instances of the text in which you believe Elie is "lamenting" that the Jews of Sighet could have acted more wisely to avoid their fate? What warnings did they ignore? And secondly, do you think you would have believed a warning that told you that your entire race was going to be annihilated? Would you believe humans could be so cruel? Why or why not? Section 2 Question: How does this short chapter illustrate this universal truth: if humans are treated like animals, they begin to act like animals. Section 3 Question: Describe, using textual evidence, the way that Elie's faith (his religion and trust in a God that is good) is beginning to change now that he is in the concentration camp. “’The murder of a king by his own people is an evil deed, one that proves their corruption. If the Mexicas had betrayed what was most sacred to them, then that would be proof of their vileness, and their destruction would be thus justified. What would be the gain, you ask? Not what I respond, but who? To that question I answer that it was your people who gained by such a lie'” (Limon, 135).
“Then slowly my spirit took hold of itself, raising itself out of that pain and misery and humiliation. A tiny fire, a speck in the beginning, was born in the center of my brain, drawing life, growing until it became a powerful flame. I was alive and never again would this happen to me. When I opened my eyes, I realized that I would be free because pain had liberated me” (Limon, 64). In the first passage, Limon explores the universal truth we discussed in class, "History is narrated by the victor." Huitzitzilin's character is Limon's tool to retell a story through the eyes of the one who was defeated- an not only an Aztec, but an Aztec woman. Huitzitizilin's story exposes readers to a different kind of truth about the Aztecs. The second passage is a poignant statement of Huitzizilin's spirit and strength; Limon conveys her as someone who has risen above her abuse and defeat in order to become as strong as "a powerful flame." How do these two passages relate to one another and to the resolution of the novel? What universal truth does Limon expose through Huitzitzilin's life, death, and story? Write a Double TIEAAC paragraph that links these two passages together to expose one overarching universal truth from the novel. T- FATt sentence I- Provide context and background information E- Use the quotes, part of the quotes, or paraphrase A- Level 2 analysis A- Level 2 analysis I- Additional context- set up the reader for the next quote E- Use the quotes, part of the quotes, or paraphrase A- Level 2 analysis A- Level 2 analysis C- Non-repetitive concluding statement |