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The Jews were lead astray due to the courteous pretense of the German officers. It gave false hope to the Jews of sighet that everything would be alright

- Jews were moved to the ghettos yet they remained hopeful and life returned to normal

- All in all, the Jews of Sighet remained hopeful and failed to grasp the severity of the situation

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The Germans arrived in Sighet contrary to what the population believed

The Germans were courteous and kind to all, leading to more false hope from the citizens that everything would be okay.

On the 7th day of passover, the Germans suddenly tightened their regime around the Jews, arresting prominent leaders, and setting curfews which had penalties of death. Jews were then forbidden from owning gold or any valuables. 3 days later, the Jews were forced to wear Yellow Stars in order to identify themselves.

Even then, many Jews were not worried, as they had said “The Yellow Star? So what? It’s not lethal…”

Two ghettos were created in which all the Jews were moved. Elie’s house already fell under the ghetto boundaries and thus they did not have to relocate

Although the Jews were trapped in the ghettos life returned to normal

Everyday Germans came to look for volunteers to work to load coal however the Jews waited for the arrival of the Red Army and awaited their freedom

As said by Elie “The ghetto was ruled by neither German nor Jew; it was ruled by delusion”

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The reader is introduced to Moishe the Beadle from Elie’s perspective

The reader learns that they are in a town called Sighet in Transylvania

The general population is not very rich however they are not considered “needy” (something Elie’s parents have a distaste for)

The story begins in 1941, when Elie is 13 years old

Elie’s father is deeply respected in Sighet by the general population

Elie was one of 4 children that his parents had: Hilda, the eldest; then Bea; I was the third and the only son; Tzipora was the youngest

Against his father's wishes, Elie decided to pursue learning Kabbalah (a Jewish interpretation of the Bible) and therefore he met Moishe the Beadle.

One day all the foreign Jews are expelled from Sighet, this includes Moishe the Beadle

All those Jews were quickly forgotten about

When Moishe returned, he told his story about the Germans. The Jews had been forced to dig their own trenches and then they were all shot. Somehow Moishe had managed to escape with only a gunshot to the leg

Majority of the population in Sighet did not believe Moishe when he told his story and everything returned to normal

In 1944, news that the Germans were suffering great losses arrived in Sighet. The population quickly gained hope that Hitler would not be able to harm them even if he wanted to.

The fascist party had taken control, yet no one in the city took any care, unknowing to what pertained from such an action

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By: Nishu, Vedaant, Sid, Nikhil, Shanjith, Om, and Khubi

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Sighet

Town in Crisana-Maramures, In Romania. The Nazi invasion of this town took place between 1940 and 1944 which indicates the setting of the novel

"And Moishe the Beadle was a foreigner."

Moishe the Beadle was portrayed as a and innocent and religious person at the beginning of this chapter. This makes it difficult for people to believe him when he comes back to the village and talks about his near death experience.

“What do you expect? That’s war…”

This signifies the start of the war and informs the reader that the rumour about war is starting to spread.

"The deportees were quickly forgotten"

This indicates that people in the village were not initially concerned about the fact that Jews were being expelled. Perhaps because they thought ONLY foreign Jews were being banished. Hence thereafter, the author says "Life was normal again."

"A calm, reassuring wind blew our homes. The shopkeepers were doing good business, the students lived among their books, and the children played in the streets."

Personification: The wind is characterized by a human characteristic, as reassuring.

Diction: Interesting use of language to convey thought

"He told me what had happened to him and his companions."

Upon his return to the village, Moishe is scarred but he chooses to warn others about the horrors he experienced and witnessed.

Gestapo

The Geheime Staatspolizei (Secret State Police) was the official secret police of Nazi Germany. Their role was to eliminate the oppositions and its occupied territories. They were also responsible for the roundup of Jews and deportation of the Jews to extermination camps.

"Without passion or haste, they shot their prisoners, who were forced to approach the tench one by one and offer their necks. Infants were tossed into the air and used as targets for the machine guns."

Imagery: Wiesel is able to create an image in the reader's minds of horrid the events taking place at the time.

"The joy in his eyes was gone. He no longer sang. He no longer mentioned either God of Kabbalah. He spoke only of what he had seen. But people not only refused to believe his tales, they refused to listen."

How saddening it is to see how the beginnings of the Holocaust affected everyone. What one thought was for the better ruined the other's life.

Moishe, a religious man, was driven to the point where he no longer mentions god as if he lost all his faith and belief after witnessing such a brutal event.

I wonder if the families later regretted not listening to Moishe, who only had pure intentions in spreading his experiences.

“They think I’m mad,” he whispered, and tears, like drops of wax, flowed from his eyes.

Simile. The author is comparing falling tears to drops of wax dripping from a burning candle. This comparison was made to show how alike when wax falls, it burns you, you was in pain as his no one cared to listen to him.

“Why do you want people to believe you so much? In your place I would not care whether they believed me or not…”

This shows the difference in morals between the narrator and Moishe. Moishe is self-sacrificing, only wanting to prevent the same danger from hurting other people that did to himself. The narrator simply wants to be comforted by the fact that he tried, but does not feel any despair in not getting his message across.

“You don’t understand,” he said in despair. “You cannot understand. I was saved miraculously. I succeeded in coming back. Where did I get my strength? I wanted to return to Sighet to describe to you my death so that you might ready yourselves while there is still time. Life? I no longer care to live. I am alone. But I wanted to come back to warn you.

Moishe has experienced the death of his soul through the torture of the Nazi's and through his experience, he hopes to save others from his death. He was spiritually already dead when he decided to escape nevertheless, in order to help others, he prevented himself from dying physically. As many people believe, the worst torture is when your soul dies and your body is alive. But, Moishe was willing to endure this pain to help the people who refused to listen to him.

"Thereafter, life seemed normal once again."

Author uses the statement "life seemed normal once again" like above. When the narrator said that statement prior, Moishe came back with horrifying news. The use of this statement again foreshadows another dark event to come upon the narrator.

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1. Would the story be less realistic if it was written in third person, instead of the perspective of Elie?

2. What impact did the Nuremberg Laws have on the Jews? Use prior knowledge, research, and evidence from the text to support your answer.

3. Why do you think Moishe the Beadle was important to Elie?

4. Which part of the chapter do you think was most significant and important?

5. What is the importance of the Jew’s religious faith in the chapter? How do you believe this may change as the story progresses?

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the story might tell of what the train was like (i.e.- physical appearance, smell)

the story might tell of what happens when the Jews reach their destination

Eliezer might talk about this faith in God again

the story might tell of people being shot/abused on the train

the readers might finally get to see if what Moishe the Beadle was talking is true

The Jews on the train might be stopped on the train by the German Army

The Jews on the train must have gotten very tired, hungry and dehydrated on the train as they were given some bread and only a few pails of water.

The story might talk about the journey to their destination and what must be going through the mind of the characters.

The story might talk about the emotions the characters might have felt after realizing that Moishe might have actually been right

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1. Why did Elie start Night with the story of Moishe the Beadle?

2. Describe Elie’s relationship with his father. How does Elie describe his father?

3. Why do you think Jews didn’t believe in Moishe’s story?

4. What is the significance of the title?

5. What is the importance of diction (similes, metaphors, personification, oxymorons, tone etc.) in the novel?

6. What is the significance of the hot summer setting?

7. What is the importance of unity and optimism during such desperate times?

8. What is meant when Elie writes, “The ghetto was ruled by neither German nor Jew; it was ruled by delusion.”

9. What is meant by “people must have thought there could be no greater torment in God’s hell than that of being stranded here, on the sidewalk, among the bundles, in the middle of that street under the blazing sun. Anything seemed preferable to that”?

10. Why did the Germans intentionally seem polite and reassuring at first?

11. Why are quotation marks enclosed around the word “normal” in the last paragraph of page 11?

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1. Why did the Hungarian police, friend of the father, knock on the outside window?

2. When the Hungarian police bursted into every Jewish home in town, what was each Jew forbidden to own?

3. What street did he live on? What is a ghetto?

4. Who is Moishe the Beadle?

5. How did Moishe the Beadle’s work in the Galician forest impact him?

6. How did the Jews’ attitudes change from the beginning of the chapter to the end? Cite specific examples from the text.

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By: Manvir, Alec, Varun, Nicole, Lipi, Deva, Komal