Night by Maxwell McConnell https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5 Made with a curious mind en-us 2021-12-01 19:39:23 UTC 2026-02-03 15:08:32 UTC hello@padlet.com Why is it important to remember and tell stories of conflict and adversary? maxwellmcconnell https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1923671523 2021-12-01 19:45:49 UTC https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1923671523 How does a person overcome adversity? maxwellmcconnell https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1923673194 2021-12-01 19:46:45 UTC https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1923673194 How can learning about multiple viewpoints and perspectives help others face and overcome adversity? maxwellmcconnell https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1923675302 2021-12-01 19:48:01 UTC https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1923675302 Beadle maxwellmcconnell https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1925923956 A ceremonial officer of a church, college, or similar institution.]]> 2021-12-02 19:15:12 UTC https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1925923956 Kabbala maxwellmcconnell https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1925926795 The ancient Jewish tradition of mystical interpretation of the Bible.]]> 2021-12-02 19:16:44 UTC https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1925926795 Hasidic maxwellmcconnell https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1925933760 A Jewish sect founded upon mysticism, prayer, ritual strictness, religious zeal, and joy.]]> 2021-12-02 19:20:13 UTC https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1925933760 Job maxwellmcconnell https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1925937155 A biblical figure who questioned why the just must suffer while the wicked flourish. ]]> 2021-12-02 19:21:57 UTC https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1925937155 Kaddish maxwellmcconnell https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1925938904 Jewish prayer for the dead.]]> 2021-12-02 19:22:51 UTC https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1925938904 Maimonides maxwellmcconnell https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1925941377 Jewish philosopher.]]> 2021-12-02 19:24:13 UTC https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1925941377 Messiah maxwellmcconnell https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1925943753 savior sent by God to lead the Jews to freedom.]]> 2021-12-02 19:25:32 UTC https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1925943753 Passover maxwellmcconnell https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1925950066 A Jewish festival celebrating the exodus of the Israelites from egypt.]]> 2021-12-02 19:29:03 UTC https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1925950066 Palestine maxwellmcconnell https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1925951208 Ancient homeland of the Jews]]> 2021-12-02 19:29:42 UTC https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1925951208 Rosh Hashanah maxwellmcconnell https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1925952528 Jewish new year.]]> 2021-12-02 19:30:28 UTC https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1925952528 Zionism maxwellmcconnell https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1925954554 A movement to create a Jewish homeland in Palestine.]]> 2021-12-02 19:31:38 UTC https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1925954554 Gestapo maxwellmcconnell https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1925956133 Hitlers secret police.]]> 2021-12-02 19:32:31 UTC https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1925956133 Fascist maxwellmcconnell https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1925958231 A member of a political party who supports extreme nationalism and a dictator.]]> 2021-12-02 19:33:42 UTC https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1925958231 Synagogue maxwellmcconnell https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1927389821 Jewish house of worship.]]> 2021-12-03 14:05:01 UTC https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1927389821 Who was Moishe? maxwellmcconnell https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1928010318 A poor homeless man who was somewhat of a philosopher.]]> 2021-12-03 19:11:16 UTC https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1928010318 What happened to him? maxwellmcconnell https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1928012371 He was taken away because he was a foreigner. He sees the other jews be murdered but he survived. ]]> 2021-12-03 19:12:40 UTC https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1928012371 How did people react to his story? maxwellmcconnell https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1928013291 They didn't believe him.]]> 2021-12-03 19:13:17 UTC https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1928013291 What changed in 1944? maxwellmcconnell https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1928017060 The Germans arrived. ]]> 2021-12-03 19:15:45 UTC https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1928017060 How did Elie and the other Jews lose their rights? maxwellmcconnell https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1928018063 They took all of the Jews valuables, restricted travel,  forced to wear a yellow star, and sent the jews to ghettos.]]> 2021-12-03 19:16:25 UTC https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1928018063 Why and how did they stay so optimistic? What truths did they ignore? maxwellmcconnell https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1928020421 They refused to believe the news they heard and dismissed it as rumors.]]> 2021-12-03 19:17:54 UTC https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1928020421 What were the train conditions ? maxwellmcconnell https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1928022164 The train conditions were awful and everyone was hungry and thirsty.]]> 2021-12-03 19:19:04 UTC https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1928022164 Quote that struck me. maxwellmcconnell https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1928062603 "Our eyes opened. Too late." This is the moment when the jews on the car finally realized that they were in deep trouble. they dismissed all  of the signs that warned them of the trouble they were in. By this point they were trapped on a cattle car in a foreign country. They were almost hopeless by this point. ]]> 2021-12-03 19:47:23 UTC https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1928062603 maxwellmcconnell https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1931582162 The jews were forced to wear a yellow star but didn't think too much of it because the germans were only slowly taking away their rights. Soon after this they were forced into ghettos and were no longer allowed to go to the synagogue. It was one rule after another that led eventually to the concentration camps. ]]> 2021-12-06 16:36:13 UTC https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1931582162 maxwellmcconnell https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1931587954 The jews were stuffed onto cattle cars as if they were livestock. The conditions were terrible. Each car was only given a bucket of water and bread. Everyone was hungry and thirsty. They were so crowded that not everyone could lie down at once.]]> 2021-12-06 16:38:33 UTC https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1931587954 Quote that struck me. maxwellmcconnell https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1931600089 "Even I did not believe him." The main character says this about Moshe the Beadle who tried to warn them about the atrocities that were being committed against the jews. However, no one wanted to believe him so they ignored the news and shrugged it off as rumors.]]> 2021-12-06 16:43:25 UTC https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1931600089 maxwellmcconnell https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1931922329 The womans visions of fire were a warning of what is to come.
Although everyone thought she was crazy, when they arrived at the camp they realized that she was right. Fire was in the future for the Jews on that train.]]> 2021-12-06 18:56:35 UTC https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1931922329 I believe. maxwellmcconnell https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1931929788 I believe that the germans were very good at seeming like good people to the jews. They made the jews feel as though nothing bad was happening to them and that everything they were being put through was only temporary.]]> 2021-12-06 18:59:57 UTC https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1931929788 Character change. maxwellmcconnell https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1936482667 Elie has changed since the beginning of the story. At the beginning he was horrified by the pain he saw the jews go through when the germans came and rounded them up. However, now he barely flinches as he sees his father get beaten. From the suffering he has seen he has become indifferent to suffering as though it is normal now.]]> 2021-12-08 17:57:01 UTC https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1936482667 maxwellmcconnell https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1936494413 Even as he walked toward the fire, Elie had hope. Every logical thought he had told him to attempt to run and kill himself rather than be burned. However, he came within 3 steps of the fire and did nothing. He couldn't believe that it was happening so he couldn't react. He also didn't react because he had hope that it wasn't true and that he wasn't about to die. His hope turned true because he survived the experience.]]> 2021-12-08 18:02:55 UTC https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1936494413 The Polish Guard maxwellmcconnell https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1936500381 The polish guard was the only one in the camp who treated them as human. He instructed them that the only way to survive was to keep hope. Those who lost hope couldn't go on. The guard was then fired for being too humane because the germans wanted the jews to be treated as animals.]]> 2021-12-08 18:06:06 UTC https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1936500381 How has Elie changed in a short time? maxwellmcconnell https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1936648499 He now has become accustomed to to pain and suffering.]]> 2021-12-08 19:16:59 UTC https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1936648499 What is the irony of the gate that says Arbeit Mach Frei? maxwellmcconnell https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1936653816 The sign means "work makes you free" which in reality working for the germans; you are a prisoner.]]> 2021-12-08 19:19:56 UTC https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1936653816 Where is he at the end of chapter 3? maxwellmcconnell https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1936657086 Camp Buna.]]> 2021-12-08 19:21:37 UTC https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1936657086 What were the objectives of the medical examinations? maxwellmcconnell https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1938985520 They were looking for gold teeth. They also were sorting out the healthy to be used for hard or specialized work.]]> 2021-12-09 19:13:28 UTC https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1938985520 Why were the Jewish musicians not allowed to play music by Beethoven. maxwellmcconnell https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1938988123 They were not allowed to play German music because they were not worthy to play it.]]> 2021-12-09 19:14:56 UTC https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1938988123 How did Elie initially avoid losing his gold crown? maxwellmcconnell https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1938991022 Elie said that he was sick and later came back on his own and said he was sick again.]]> 2021-12-09 19:16:37 UTC https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1938991022 Describe the scene with soup cauldrons. maxwellmcconnell https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1938995011 The camp was on alert and most of the guards left. There was a man who tried to steal soup and was shot by the remaining guards and left there.]]> 2021-12-09 19:18:51 UTC https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1938995011 During the preliminary "ceremonies" for a hanging, what did Juliek whisper to Elie? What does this suggest? maxwellmcconnell https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1939000534 He said he wanted the ceremony to be over so that he could eat sooner. This suggests that he has become numbed to the death and punishment of other prisoners.]]> 2021-12-09 19:22:05 UTC https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1939000534 During one hanging, Elie and the other prisoners cried. What mad this hanging different from the others? maxwellmcconnell https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1939006386 This prisoner that was hung was a child. They were disgusted by the torment of this child because he did not die immediately and suffered for a time on the gallows before dying. ]]> 2021-12-09 19:25:20 UTC https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1939006386 Why does Elie need the infirmary? maxwellmcconnell https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1941000027 He has an infected foot. When in the infirmary he gains hope because the doctor is a jew who treats him like a real person and not an animal. Conditions in the infirmary are much better than in the camp but he is told that selections happen more often and debates whether to stay or not. ]]> 2021-12-10 19:38:39 UTC https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1941000027 What big decision does Elie have to make.... what is decided? Why? maxwellmcconnell https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1941008837 Elie has the option to stay in the infirmary or to be evacuated with the rest of the prisoners. He stays with his father and his father decides to be evacuated. His father makes this decision because there were rumors that all the jews in the infirmary would be killed after evacuation and that the camp would be blown up.]]> 2021-12-10 19:45:24 UTC https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1941008837 My thoughts. maxwellmcconnell https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1941011854 Chapter 5 helps solidify the idea that those who lose hope do not survive. Abika's story is an example of this. He lost his faith and he could not go on.]]> 2021-12-10 19:47:37 UTC https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1941011854 What as Abika lost? What was the result? maxwellmcconnell https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1941013337 Akiba lost hope and his faith. After he lost this he lost the will to continue. Without hope to keep him going he was driven crazy because he knew he would be taken out in the next selection.]]> 2021-12-10 19:48:47 UTC https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1941013337 Rebelling against death maxwellmcconnell https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1945427404 Elie had many near death experiences in this chapter. He almost succumbed because he wanted all of the pain and suffering to go away. But then he remembered his father, he didn't want to let his father be alone in the struggle. Elie fought to stay alive not for his future but for his father. Complaining was something he could do later so he simply continued on. He refused to die because he wanted to be there for his father.]]> 2021-12-13 19:40:54 UTC https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1945427404 Where did Elie arrive at the end of this chapter? maxwellmcconnell https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1946946774 Elie had arrived at camp Buchenwald.]]> 2021-12-14 13:32:48 UTC https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1946946774 Turned to Animals maxwellmcconnell https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1946966905 In chapter 7 Elie describes what happens when their train passed through german towns. German workers throw bread at the train in hopes of seeing the jews fight over it. The jews were so hungary by this point that a boy killed is own father for a small piece of bread. Elie describes them as wild animals fighting over a kill. ]]> 2021-12-14 13:38:20 UTC https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1946966905 The death of Elie's father maxwellmcconnell https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1947772162 During chapter 8 Elie's father is sick with dysentery. Elie tries again and again to try to help his father but to no avail. His father is dying and all he can do is comfort him in his death. Elie began to think about how his fathers death would take a burden off his shoulders and feels extremely guilty at the thought. ]]> 2021-12-14 18:41:37 UTC https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1947772162 The date maxwellmcconnell https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1947812355 Elie mentions the specific day his father died. January 28, 1945. He memorized this day because he will never forget the pain he felt and the guilt because he hadn't done more to help his father. ]]> 2021-12-14 19:01:11 UTC https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1947812355 The Corpse maxwellmcconnell https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1947900889 Throughout chapter 9 Elie speaks as though he was outside looking in. After the death of his father nothing else seemed important to him. He barely spoke about the 2 months that he spent in Buchenwald and gave a very brief description of being liberated. The difference between him at the beginning and the end of the book both mentally and physically. At the very end of the book he looks himself in the mirror for the first time since being imprisoned. He described what he saw in the mirror as a corpse that stood there contemplating him with glazed over eyes. ]]> 2021-12-14 19:44:47 UTC https://padlet.com/maxwellmcconnell/p894vd9nm28b7qg5/wish/1947900889