https://padlet.com/jen_beckmann/73bctz3228h1 Create a post to express your thoughts on the end of Night. en-us 2016-08-08 19:17:07 UTC 2025-12-03 00:02:42 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/jen_beckmann/73bctz3228h1/wish/1566059779 Night was much different than any other holocaust story I've ever read. The way that he wrote about his experiences and the horrors he witnessed really opened my eyes to some of the more psychological effects of the holocaust; specifically on Eli himself.]]> 2021-05-27 17:35:44 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_beckmann/73bctz3228h1/wish/1566059779 https://padlet.com/jen_beckmann/73bctz3228h1/wish/1566060047 One thing that I learned from reading Night is more about what actually happened in the concentration camps and what the prisoners were experiencing while they were in the camps. I knew about what the Nazis did to them but I've never actually read about what happened from the prisoners POV.]]> 2021-05-27 17:35:48 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_beckmann/73bctz3228h1/wish/1566060047 https://padlet.com/jen_beckmann/73bctz3228h1/wish/1566060348 The one thing I learned the most from this book was something very obvious: The true horrors of the Holocaust. Before  this book, all I knew about the holocaust was that Jews were killed, but I didn't know the horrors Jews actually went through. I didn't know that they went through so much to the point where they didn't care about dying anymore.

]]> 2021-05-27 17:35:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_beckmann/73bctz3228h1/wish/1566060348 https://padlet.com/jen_beckmann/73bctz3228h1/wish/1566060536 I learned that those who survived the horrors of the Holocaust continue to live an ongoing nightmare. For example Elie Wiesel states how he was never the same again after witnessing the murders of the Nazis. Elie wanted to show the horrors of the Holocaust so that the world would never forget and so that something like this never happens again. It was a very hard book to read, but I'm glad I did. ]]> 2021-05-27 17:35:56 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_beckmann/73bctz3228h1/wish/1566060536 https://padlet.com/jen_beckmann/73bctz3228h1/wish/1566060771 My main takeaway from Night is that thinking smart can really help you more than you know. When Elie told the "dentist" he was sick so he wouldn't get his gold cap taken, he postponed the pain of it. ]]> 2021-05-27 17:35:59 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_beckmann/73bctz3228h1/wish/1566060771 https://padlet.com/jen_beckmann/73bctz3228h1/wish/1566060936 To me the end seemed very abrubt. And while this 'abrubt' ending was not overwhelminly sad compared to the rest of the book, it wasn't a happy ending either. It ends in a sense kind of dully, which I feel is a great reflection on how recolition of this horror must of felt for Elie.]]> 2021-05-27 17:36:02 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_beckmann/73bctz3228h1/wish/1566060936 https://padlet.com/jen_beckmann/73bctz3228h1/wish/1566061831 My main takeaway from the ending of night was what really happened during the Holocaust. I feel like when learning from history books, you don't get the whole story and all the details, just bland information without any emotion. While reading the book, you really understand what Elie was going through and his thoughts and emotions about the situation.]]> 2021-05-27 17:36:17 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_beckmann/73bctz3228h1/wish/1566061831 https://padlet.com/jen_beckmann/73bctz3228h1/wish/1566062122 The main takeaway I got from Night was how I read about somebody's real experience compared to history books.]]> 2021-05-27 17:36:21 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_beckmann/73bctz3228h1/wish/1566062122 https://padlet.com/jen_beckmann/73bctz3228h1/wish/1566062184 I've never read a book like this before. I tend to stay away from books with heavy topics like this because I get really attached to characters I read about and hearing about all the terrible things they have to go through really upsets me, I'm also really sensitive, so I just prefer to research about them. However, reading Night showed me that me getting attached to the characters can be an advantage because I understand them more and I'm more involved. When I'm just researching and reading articles and history documents, I'm sort of detached from the lesson and I'm not as affected. I know what's happening and I feel terribly, but I don't feel it on that deep level. When I read Night though, I really connected with Elie and reading what he was going through, from his point of view none the less, was emotional and helped me learn and understand a lot more.]]> 2021-05-27 17:36:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_beckmann/73bctz3228h1/wish/1566062184 https://padlet.com/jen_beckmann/73bctz3228h1/wish/1566062468 My main takeaway is that what happened in the holocaust was terrible and I learned the extent of everything]]> 2021-05-27 17:36:26 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_beckmann/73bctz3228h1/wish/1566062468 https://padlet.com/jen_beckmann/73bctz3228h1/wish/1566064618 One thing that stood out to me about the end was how the members of the resistance movement in the concentration camp actually fought against the Nazi soldiers and won. This kind of showed that at the end, some people still had the energy and power to fight back for their freedom. 

]]> 2021-05-27 17:37:01 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_beckmann/73bctz3228h1/wish/1566064618 https://padlet.com/jen_beckmann/73bctz3228h1/wish/1566065635 I really learned about the true horrors of the Holocaust. I knew it was bad but I have never read it from someone's perspective. It was different than reading from a history book it was a lot deeper and more detail as opposed to generalization. This shows stuff that the history books don't.]]> 2021-05-27 17:37:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_beckmann/73bctz3228h1/wish/1566065635 https://padlet.com/jen_beckmann/73bctz3228h1/wish/1566065802 One of my biggest questions that I still have is how Elie lived after liberation. After the death of his father, where did he go? How did he cope with this loss and the horrible things that happened to him? I remember in the last sentences of the book he talks about how he looks like a corpse, and I think that it must have been extremely difficult to move on with his life. I also wonder what ever happened to his mother and sister after they were split up, and if he was ever able to meet them again.]]> 2021-05-27 17:37:16 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_beckmann/73bctz3228h1/wish/1566065802 https://padlet.com/jen_beckmann/73bctz3228h1/wish/1566066263 One think that stood out to me about the ending of night was how Elie's emotions changed throughout his father's death. It was pretty shocking how his experiences affected his mindset towards the death of his father, who had been with him from the beginning.]]> 2021-05-27 17:37:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_beckmann/73bctz3228h1/wish/1566066263 https://padlet.com/jen_beckmann/73bctz3228h1/wish/1566066717 My main takeaway from this story was that the holocaust was worse then I thought. I never was taught in depth what the holocaust was (I mean I was just taught surface level), and this book really put it into perspective. ]]> 2021-05-27 17:37:29 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_beckmann/73bctz3228h1/wish/1566066717 https://padlet.com/jen_beckmann/73bctz3228h1/wish/1566067815 One thing that stood out to me was how brutal everything was during the holocaust, I always assumed that the prisoners were working together or at least neutral to each other. It never occurred to me that they would get desperate enough to kill each other for food.]]> 2021-05-27 17:37:45 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_beckmann/73bctz3228h1/wish/1566067815 https://padlet.com/jen_beckmann/73bctz3228h1/wish/1566070351 Holocaust books that I've read before have never been a first hand account of what actually happened, which is why Night is different. From this book and seeing the Oprah interview, the main thing that I took away is how survivors have to live with the memories of this event. Elie talks about never forgetting little things that happen to him, and how visiting Auschwitz is still hard for him to this day.]]> 2021-05-27 17:38:23 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_beckmann/73bctz3228h1/wish/1566070351 https://padlet.com/jen_beckmann/73bctz3228h1/wish/1566070605 Night really allowed me to understand the Holocaust compared to other Holocaust books I’ve read. The way it was written was really deep and helped show the grim mood and the death in the camps. It also had a lot of details describing everything and the struggles he had to face.]]> 2021-05-27 17:38:27 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_beckmann/73bctz3228h1/wish/1566070605 https://padlet.com/jen_beckmann/73bctz3228h1/wish/1566071090 I thought the last two lines - “from the depths of the mirror, a corpse was contemplating me. The look in his eyes as he gazed at me has never left me” - were very impactful because they are not only very well written but show how the trauma of Auschwitz must’ve stuck with Elie for years after he was free and how, despite the fact that he is now safe, he is still unable to shake off the death that he had had to experience and that he had been expecting in the camp.]]> 2021-05-27 17:38:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_beckmann/73bctz3228h1/wish/1566071090 https://padlet.com/jen_beckmann/73bctz3228h1/wish/1566079338 My main takeaway from this book is the real horrors of the Holocaust. The depth that this book taught us about the event was important. After reading the book i realized the effects the Holocaust had on people as the survivors speak out.]]> 2021-05-27 17:40:45 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_beckmann/73bctz3228h1/wish/1566079338 https://padlet.com/jen_beckmann/73bctz3228h1/wish/1566081600 My main takeaway from night was that I got to see the holocaust through the perspective of someone who experienced it. It showed me horrors of the holocaust and what the Jewish people were put through. The book was really difficult  to read and end because it was so heart crushing. I will definitely remember this book.]]> 2021-05-27 17:41:21 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_beckmann/73bctz3228h1/wish/1566081600 https://padlet.com/jen_beckmann/73bctz3228h1/wish/1566083221 My main takeaway from the book was how abruptly everything happened and how much it affected people for the rest of their lives.]]> 2021-05-27 17:41:41 UTC https://padlet.com/jen_beckmann/73bctz3228h1/wish/1566083221