https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/4z4ftauun89fn6we Post your group's information, quotes, and ideas here! en-us 2020-10-11 22:12:08 UTC 2020-10-16 18:38:20 UTC hello@padlet.com mayamatsuura https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/4z4ftauun89fn6we/wish/836573798 “Why bless Him? Every fiber in me rebelled. Because He caused thousands of children to burn in His mass graves?” (Wiesel 67, Blue Book). 
Showed loss of  faith because all of the victims whose lives where lost during this time. And they constantly questioned where God was and why he didn't end all the torture and pain that was afflicted on the Jews. 
“Whenever I happened to dream of a better world, I imagined a universe without a bell”(Wiesel 73)
Bell- symbolizes the strict regulation and rules enforced upon the Jews that set up a very strict way of living filled with oppression.. without the bell it would symbolize a life without the rules and oppression in the camp, a life where the Jews were free and weren't dehumanized and treated like animals that had to follow a bell. 
“AKIBA DRUMER HAS LEFT us, a victim of the selection. Lately, he had been wandering among us, his eyes glazed, telling everyone how weak he was: "I can't go o n … I t 's o v e r … " We tried to raise his spirits, but he wouldn't listen to anything we said" (Wiesel 76). Not only did this show his loss in faith, but the author uses the characters eyes  to reveal his struggle. ]]> 2020-10-16 18:13:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/4z4ftauun89fn6we/wish/836573798 https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/4z4ftauun89fn6we/wish/836576185 Eve, Khalia, Kimberly, Lauren, Oliver

“Whenever I happened to dream of a better world, I imagined a universe without a bell” (Wiesel 73).
This shows how the bell has control of their life, enforcing restrictions on what they are allowed to do. It strips them of their freedom, having them abide by rules of the bell without any say in the matter, acting as a way to silence their free will and controlling their everyday lives. As Elie states that as he imagines a world without a bell,



]]> 2020-10-16 18:13:50 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/4z4ftauun89fn6we/wish/836576185 https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/4z4ftauun89fn6we/wish/836576266 " Thou, Almighty, Master of the Universe, who chose us among all nations to be tortured day and night, to watch as our fathers, our mothers, our brothers end up in furnaces? Praise be Thy Holy Name, for having chosen us to be slaughtered on Thine altar" (Wiesel 67). blue book]]> 2020-10-16 18:13:51 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/4z4ftauun89fn6we/wish/836576266 https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/4z4ftauun89fn6we/wish/836576960 “I hated that bell. Whenever I happened to dream of a better world, I imagined a universe without a bell”(Wiesel 73). This shows how they were being controlled and that this object is controlling them. He doesn't like how that is happening. It shows really how he didn't have his own free will.]]> 2020-10-16 18:13:59 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/4z4ftauun89fn6we/wish/836576960 graysonlee1 https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/4z4ftauun89fn6we/wish/836578949 2020-10-16 18:14:33 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/4z4ftauun89fn6we/wish/836578949 graysonlee1 https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/4z4ftauun89fn6we/wish/836583022 In the blue book, “The bell. It was already time to part, to go to bed. The bell regulated everything. It gave me orders and I executed them blindly. I hated that bell. Whenever I happened to dream of a better world, I imagined a universe without a bell” (Wiesel 73). The bell represents their sense of reality.They do what they're told without any hesitation because they will do anything to stay alive. He hates the bell because he does not want that to be his reality. He wants a life without violence and unnecessary torture. That was his reality and he did not want anyone else to suffer]]> 2020-10-16 18:15:47 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/4z4ftauun89fn6we/wish/836583022 https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/4z4ftauun89fn6we/wish/836584893 "At that moment in time, all that mattered to me was my daily bowl of soup, my crust of stale bread. The bread, the soup--those were my entire life. I was nothing but a body. Perhaps even less: a famished stomach. The stomach alone was measuring time" (52).
This represents Wiesel's basic needs to survive. ]]> 2020-10-16 18:16:21 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/4z4ftauun89fn6we/wish/836584893 https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/4z4ftauun89fn6we/wish/836592524 The bell signified the cruel cycle of the Jews lives, in the sense that it brought them back to the reality of their conditions. Through the ringing of the bell, the Jews had no time for peace of mind, constantly bringing them back to their hell. ]]> 2020-10-16 18:18:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/4z4ftauun89fn6we/wish/836592524 https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/4z4ftauun89fn6we/wish/836593312 "Through the frosty windowpanes we could see flashes of red. Cannon shots broke the silence of night" (Wiesel 83). Wiesel is again using his motif of silence to emphasize that indifference leads to oppression. The silence has already been used to represent oppression many times throughout night, so Wiesel is saying that the oppression was only broken through the actions of the Russian soldiers. Without the actions of the Russians, silence and therefore oppresion would've continued, meaning ending oppression is depdent on the actions of others, and others caring about problems that aren't their own.]]> 2020-10-16 18:18:49 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/4z4ftauun89fn6we/wish/836593312 https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/4z4ftauun89fn6we/wish/836594365 “The bell. It was already time to part, to go to bed. The bell regulated everything. It gave me orders and I executed them blindly. I hated that bell. Whenever I happened to dream of a better world, I imagined a universe without a bell” (Wiesel 73). ]]> 2020-10-16 18:19:07 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/4z4ftauun89fn6we/wish/836594365 https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/4z4ftauun89fn6we/wish/836595100 "I no longer accepted God's silence. As I swallowed my ration of soup, I turned that into a symbol of rebellion, of protest against him." (Wiesel 69) I think that this quote represents how Wiesel progressively lost faith throughout the book, and especially this chapter. He openly defied him, and he then says "Deep inside of me, I felt a great void opening." (Wiesel 69)]]> 2020-10-16 18:19:21 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/4z4ftauun89fn6we/wish/836595100 graysonlee1 https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/4z4ftauun89fn6we/wish/836604745 In the blue book, “As I swallowed my ration of soup, I turned that act into a symbol of rebellion, of protest against Him. And I nibbled on my crust of bread. Deep inside of me, I felt a great void opening” (Wiesel 69). The soup represents a sense of freedom or escape. Since he is talking about rebelling against God, this represents his separation or liberation from God. He no longer wanted to be associated with God because he felt He had failed him. He felt a void opening inside of him because he had never known what it was like to rebel or go against God’s wishes]]> 2020-10-16 18:22:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/4z4ftauun89fn6we/wish/836604745 avafrans https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/4z4ftauun89fn6we/wish/836604747 "His eyes would suddenly go blank, leaving two gaping wounds, two wells of terror" (Wiesel Blue Bk. 76).
This passage depicts the continuation of the motif concerning the eyes of the personalities within "Night." This motif represents the saying, "eyes are the windows to the soul," as Wiesel depicts his Jewish peers as solely terrified.]]> 2020-10-16 18:22:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/4z4ftauun89fn6we/wish/836604747 https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/4z4ftauun89fn6we/wish/836606293 "I was afraid of finding myself alone that evening. How good it would be to die right here"(Wiesel 76). Throughout the book Elie has always had his father to take care of him and struggle through the concentration camps with him. This reminds me of the quote where it says the two brothers that are his friends live for each other body and soul. When Elie's father is selected it shows how much Elie cares for his dad he doesn't want to be alone he wants someone to suffer with someone to live for.]]> 2020-10-16 18:22:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/4z4ftauun89fn6we/wish/836606293 https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/4z4ftauun89fn6we/wish/836606883 "if only he could have kept his faith in God… he would not have been swept away by the selection. But as soon as he felt the first chinks in his faith, he lost all incentive to fight and opened the door to death"(Wiesel 77). This quote demonstrates the lost of faith, 
as Akiba Drumer, who was once deeply devoted  religious person, loses his faith in the justice of God. The harsh conditions of the concentration camp have finally shattered his last remaining faith, leading to him accepting his fate and ask for prayer for his death. This quote demonstrates the importance of faith for survival in the concentration camp, as the faith in one’s own capability to pass the selections is necessary in order to survive the inhumanity.

]]> 2020-10-16 18:22:55 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/4z4ftauun89fn6we/wish/836606883 https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/4z4ftauun89fn6we/wish/836610249 2020-10-16 18:23:56 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/4z4ftauun89fn6we/wish/836610249 https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/4z4ftauun89fn6we/wish/836610473 "He looked at me with his tired eyes, veiled by despair" (Wiesel 75). Wiesel has been using his motif of eyes to represent individuals, so he's using this passage to show that his father has been consumed by despair in the concentration camp. This further's Wiesel's purpose of creating an empathetic society because this is the deterioration of Wiesel's father in front of him, which is powerufl enough to make his audience feel connected with the Jews.]]> 2020-10-16 18:24:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/4z4ftauun89fn6we/wish/836610473 https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/4z4ftauun89fn6we/wish/836613046 Veiled eyes or blank eyes come up multiple times in this chapter. 
"He looked up at me with his tired eyes, veiled by despair," (Wiesel 75) (Blue Book). 
"His eyes would suddenly go blank, leaving two gaping wounds, two wells of terror," (Wiesel 76) (Blue Book). 
These blank and veiled eyes show how these Jews truly feel hopeless. Elie's father is often the one with these veiled eyes, which shows how he is slowly loosing hope of surviving.]]> 2020-10-16 18:24:47 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/4z4ftauun89fn6we/wish/836613046 avafrans https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/4z4ftauun89fn6we/wish/836630856 "It wasn't the first time that false prophets announced to us: peace-in-the-world, the-Red-Cross-negotiating-our-liberation, or other fables... And often we would believe them... It was like an injection of morphine" (Wiesel Blue Bk. 80).
Wiesel employs the essential theme of one choosing hope over their adverse reality to communicate to his audience the vastness of the Jewish oppression. Even though the captive Jews may subconsciously realize their inevitable fate, they still persist in assuming hope to maintain their sanity.]]> 2020-10-16 18:29:59 UTC https://padlet.com/jomelinebalatayo/4z4ftauun89fn6we/wish/836630856