https://padlet.com/gretchen_griffith/h2rsbsc26vij Please include your names in the subject box en-us 2019-03-19 12:54:46 UTC 2019-03-21 14:34:38 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/gretchen_griffith/h2rsbsc26vij/wish/343803637 Elie Wiesel does an excellent job of communicating the events that occurred in this section. The picture he paints is of a ragged group of people who have all but given up on living for a purpose, and only the fact that they are alive separates them from the dead; "We were nothing but frozen bodies. Our eyes closed, we merely waited for the next stop, to unload our dead." (Night, pg 100)
We think that this connects to the overall theme of the novel, and how compassion is necessary to the human experience. On page 104, Elie describes their entrance into Buchenwald; "Very close to us stood the tall chimney of the crematorium's furnace. It no longer impressed us. It barely drew our attention." (Night, pg 104). This illustrates the numbness that they feel, and how they do not feel connected to the world around them, they have lost their compassion along with their strength.]]> 2019-03-21 14:19:08 UTC https://padlet.com/gretchen_griffith/h2rsbsc26vij/wish/343803637 https://padlet.com/gretchen_griffith/h2rsbsc26vij/wish/343803654 It was interesting how Elie's relationship with his father changed throughout the end of the story. In the beginning of this section he sees a boy beat his own father and prays that he will not do the same. As he grows closer to death however, he begins wishing that his father would die so that he would not need to be protected.]]> 2019-03-21 14:19:09 UTC https://padlet.com/gretchen_griffith/h2rsbsc26vij/wish/343803654 https://padlet.com/gretchen_griffith/h2rsbsc26vij/wish/343803986 Throughout the ending his perspective of life and death changed hen death came from his father. "I knew that i was no longer arguing with him but with Death itself, with Death that he had already chosen." ]]> 2019-03-21 14:19:38 UTC https://padlet.com/gretchen_griffith/h2rsbsc26vij/wish/343803986 https://padlet.com/gretchen_griffith/h2rsbsc26vij/wish/343804742 The prisoners began losing their will to live as they were losing loved ones and gradually becoming numb to the situation at hand. Elie's hope lied in having his father and once he died, he fell numb and didn't cry and he believed his life at that point didn't matter.]]> 2019-03-21 14:20:44 UTC https://padlet.com/gretchen_griffith/h2rsbsc26vij/wish/343804742 https://padlet.com/gretchen_griffith/h2rsbsc26vij/wish/343806159 Why do you think Elie Wiesel made the title "Night?"]]> 2019-03-21 14:22:49 UTC https://padlet.com/gretchen_griffith/h2rsbsc26vij/wish/343806159 https://padlet.com/gretchen_griffith/h2rsbsc26vij/wish/343806529 What do you think it would feel like reuniting with a family member after all of that?]]> 2019-03-21 14:23:14 UTC https://padlet.com/gretchen_griffith/h2rsbsc26vij/wish/343806529 https://padlet.com/gretchen_griffith/h2rsbsc26vij/wish/343806563 In the beginning of the story, the Jews were all bonded by a common fear but supported each other however they could. During their time in the camps, they were all basically stripped of all their emotions and compassion. By the end of the story, the Jews no longer cared for their fellow prisoners as shown by when they would literally kill each other for a few scraps of bread without hesitation. The concentration camps erased all human emotion and on the ship the Jews had their primal instincts revived just to survive.]]> 2019-03-21 14:23:17 UTC https://padlet.com/gretchen_griffith/h2rsbsc26vij/wish/343806563 https://padlet.com/gretchen_griffith/h2rsbsc26vij/wish/343806805 Elie couldn't have written the book any better, where he uses great structure to touch the emotions of the readers and torment emotion. I feel like Elie telling the story as he was young and through personal situations made the book amazing. Im interested to see what the second part of the book would turn out to be. ]]> 2019-03-21 14:23:39 UTC https://padlet.com/gretchen_griffith/h2rsbsc26vij/wish/343806805 https://padlet.com/gretchen_griffith/h2rsbsc26vij/wish/343806837 we thought it was significant when he thought about leaving his father, so he could be free and only have to worry about himself, he ended up feeling ashamed of himself. " Yet at the same time a thought crept into my mind: If only I didn’t find him! If only I were relieved of this responsibility, I could use all my strength to fight for my own survival, to take care only of myself…Instantly. I felt ashamed, ashamed of myself forever." 106 ]]> 2019-03-21 14:23:43 UTC https://padlet.com/gretchen_griffith/h2rsbsc26vij/wish/343806837 https://padlet.com/gretchen_griffith/h2rsbsc26vij/wish/343807445 The last two pages of the book are 4 months condensed into just a few paragraphs. It's astonishing to see how everyday was the same, him saying "I shall not describe life during that period. It no longer mattered." The reader gets a deeper understanding of the repetitiveness and lack of energy he experienced for so long. We get this understanding because he was physically so tired that memories were not being formed. His mind was so not-attached-to-his-body due to his father's death and starvation.]]> 2019-03-21 14:24:34 UTC https://padlet.com/gretchen_griffith/h2rsbsc26vij/wish/343807445 https://padlet.com/gretchen_griffith/h2rsbsc26vij/wish/343807446 When creating such a strong meaningful book that was based on Elie's life how do you think he felt when he was "reliving" his story?]]> 2019-03-21 14:24:34 UTC https://padlet.com/gretchen_griffith/h2rsbsc26vij/wish/343807446 https://padlet.com/gretchen_griffith/h2rsbsc26vij/wish/343808933 Elie's older sister made it out but how do you think they found/herd about each other?]]> 2019-03-21 14:26:44 UTC https://padlet.com/gretchen_griffith/h2rsbsc26vij/wish/343808933 https://padlet.com/gretchen_griffith/h2rsbsc26vij/wish/343809298 If Elie's father hadn't died, do you think he still would've stayed by his side?]]> 2019-03-21 14:27:18 UTC https://padlet.com/gretchen_griffith/h2rsbsc26vij/wish/343809298 https://padlet.com/gretchen_griffith/h2rsbsc26vij/wish/343809666 If there were to be a second book, what do you think Elie would taslk about? What do you think happened to the rest of his family? ]]> 2019-03-21 14:27:53 UTC https://padlet.com/gretchen_griffith/h2rsbsc26vij/wish/343809666 https://padlet.com/gretchen_griffith/h2rsbsc26vij/wish/343810526 Showing how people changed and fought for there survival for themselves and how they acted like animals when there was a small opportunity of food. Giving them hope that they will be at the end to survive.]]> 2019-03-21 14:29:15 UTC https://padlet.com/gretchen_griffith/h2rsbsc26vij/wish/343810526 https://padlet.com/gretchen_griffith/h2rsbsc26vij/wish/343810697 Why hadn't the Jews immediately thought of revenge?
Were they too starved of their normal life that the only thought was recovery instead of revenge?]]> 2019-03-21 14:29:32 UTC https://padlet.com/gretchen_griffith/h2rsbsc26vij/wish/343810697 https://padlet.com/gretchen_griffith/h2rsbsc26vij/wish/343811081 The prisoners came to the point at which they didn't care whether they lived or died and it really shows the harshness of the situation they were forced in.]]> 2019-03-21 14:30:04 UTC https://padlet.com/gretchen_griffith/h2rsbsc26vij/wish/343811081 https://padlet.com/gretchen_griffith/h2rsbsc26vij/wish/343811163 The way his relationship with his father changed throughout the story is such a drastic change you wouldn't expect it.]]> 2019-03-21 14:30:10 UTC https://padlet.com/gretchen_griffith/h2rsbsc26vij/wish/343811163