1) Where is Wiesel's childhood home? Locate the country on a map.
Wiesel’s childhood home is located in Romania, Transylvania.
2) Wiesel opens Night by relating his youthful desire to study the cabala. What is the cabala?
Cabala is the perilous world of mysticism, but Elie must first study the subject of his own understandings.
3) Wiesel says that when he was young, he wanted to study the cabala in order to know the truths of this world. What kinds of truths is he referring to? After you complete Night, return to this question: what kinds of truth was the young Elie ignorant of?
Elie wants to know truth of why people did things such as praying or breathing and eating.He was looking for the proof that god was there and existed with all of them At the end of the story he wanted to know why people didn’t fight back and why others hurt people.
4) Why is Moshe the Beadle a significant character? What does he tell Elie about answers, questions, and the truth? After you complete Night, return to this question: why was Moshe prescient in his admonition to Elie?
Moshe is a significant character because he taught Elie that the truth was in him. Moshe tells Elie that Man asks God questions and God answers but they don’t understand the answer. All the answers are inside yourself. Moshe is trying to save Elie’s life and all prophets don’t hurt people instead they help them.
5) Why do the people of Sighet ignore Moshe after he returns from his escape? Why don't they listen to him?
The people of Sighet don’t want to believe Moshe because they strongly believe the Germans will never reach their front. They also think the war will also end before anything happened.
6) Who is Madame Schachter? In what ways is she similar to Moshe the Beadle? (Think about prophetic figures and how people often ignore them.)
Madame Schachter is a lady who was on vehicle as Elie. She kept crying our that there was a fire even though there was no fire. Finally when they arrived at Auschwitz they saw the fire. Madame Schachter and Moshe were both ignored for acting crazy, even though everything they said is true. Even though Moshe and Madame Schachter were both ignored they were both right. They might be psychic.
7) Consider this passage on pg. 32:Never shall I forget that nocturnal silence which deprived me, for all eternity, of the desires to live. Never shall I forget those moments which murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to dust. Never shall I forget these things, even if I am condemned to live as long as God himself. Never.Elie says that he will never forget how his life was ruined and now he doesn’t believe that God is good because he wasn’t there to save Elie.
8) What is the context of this passage? How has the young Elie's theology changed? As you continue reading, ask yourself how this passage speaks to the rest of Night.
Elie used to believe God would answer to your prayers and he was supposed to help you. Now that he is danger God is not there to help him get out of the danger.
9) How does Elie's understanding of God and God's presence—or absence— continue to change throughout Night? When is he most angry with God? When is not angry at all? Mark passages throughout Night that illustrate his changing attitudes toward God.
On page 62 Elie says that God is hanging on the gallows he is here. Then on page 63 he is yelling angrily at God telling him that he is weak and much more. Throughout the autobiography Elie has different perspectives of God. Towards the end of the memoir I think Elie notices what God was doing the whole time.
10) What literal and figurative (symbolic or metaphorical) meanings does night have in Night?
The figurative meaning of night is how all those people who died will never wake up again. Night also kind of means getting relief of all they’ve suffered that day. At the end of the story when they are running and Elie sleeps he falls asleep he doesn’t really think of what has happened. That’s there ticket to escape.
11) Why do you think Night is such a slim book?
Surely Wiesel could have included much more detail.I believe that Night is a slim book, because if he added more detail people would be even sadder and sort of frightened of what happened. Maybe Elie just didn’t want to think about what happened during that time period.
12) Is Night a memoir of tragedy or triumph? Can it be both? If so, why? If not, why not?
Night is a memoir of tragedy and triumph that is for sure because Elie lost his family and friends. Night is also a triumph because Elie survived the hardships he went through he lived. Elie should be proud and God was with him the whole time because he is the one that helped him survive
Wiesel’s childhood home is located in Romania, Transylvania.
2) Wiesel opens Night by relating his youthful desire to study the cabala. What is the cabala?
Cabala is the perilous world of mysticism, but Elie must first study the subject of his own understandings.
3) Wiesel says that when he was young, he wanted to study the cabala in order to know the truths of this world. What kinds of truths is he referring to? After you complete Night, return to this question: what kinds of truth was the young Elie ignorant of?
Elie wants to know truth of why people did things such as praying or breathing and eating.He was looking for the proof that god was there and existed with all of them At the end of the story he wanted to know why people didn’t fight back and why others hurt people.
4) Why is Moshe the Beadle a significant character? What does he tell Elie about answers, questions, and the truth? After you complete Night, return to this question: why was Moshe prescient in his admonition to Elie?
Moshe is a significant character because he taught Elie that the truth was in him. Moshe tells Elie that Man asks God questions and God answers but they don’t understand the answer. All the answers are inside yourself. Moshe is trying to save Elie’s life and all prophets don’t hurt people instead they help them.
5) Why do the people of Sighet ignore Moshe after he returns from his escape? Why don't they listen to him?
The people of Sighet don’t want to believe Moshe because they strongly believe the Germans will never reach their front. They also think the war will also end before anything happened.
6) Who is Madame Schachter? In what ways is she similar to Moshe the Beadle? (Think about prophetic figures and how people often ignore them.)
Madame Schachter is a lady who was on vehicle as Elie. She kept crying our that there was a fire even though there was no fire. Finally when they arrived at Auschwitz they saw the fire. Madame Schachter and Moshe were both ignored for acting crazy, even though everything they said is true. Even though Moshe and Madame Schachter were both ignored they were both right. They might be psychic.
7) Consider this passage on pg. 32:Never shall I forget that nocturnal silence which deprived me, for all eternity, of the desires to live. Never shall I forget those moments which murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to dust. Never shall I forget these things, even if I am condemned to live as long as God himself. Never.Elie says that he will never forget how his life was ruined and now he doesn’t believe that God is good because he wasn’t there to save Elie.
8) What is the context of this passage? How has the young Elie's theology changed? As you continue reading, ask yourself how this passage speaks to the rest of Night.
Elie used to believe God would answer to your prayers and he was supposed to help you. Now that he is danger God is not there to help him get out of the danger.
9) How does Elie's understanding of God and God's presence—or absence— continue to change throughout Night? When is he most angry with God? When is not angry at all? Mark passages throughout Night that illustrate his changing attitudes toward God.
On page 62 Elie says that God is hanging on the gallows he is here. Then on page 63 he is yelling angrily at God telling him that he is weak and much more. Throughout the autobiography Elie has different perspectives of God. Towards the end of the memoir I think Elie notices what God was doing the whole time.
10) What literal and figurative (symbolic or metaphorical) meanings does night have in Night?
The figurative meaning of night is how all those people who died will never wake up again. Night also kind of means getting relief of all they’ve suffered that day. At the end of the story when they are running and Elie sleeps he falls asleep he doesn’t really think of what has happened. That’s there ticket to escape.
11) Why do you think Night is such a slim book?
Surely Wiesel could have included much more detail.I believe that Night is a slim book, because if he added more detail people would be even sadder and sort of frightened of what happened. Maybe Elie just didn’t want to think about what happened during that time period.
12) Is Night a memoir of tragedy or triumph? Can it be both? If so, why? If not, why not?
Night is a memoir of tragedy and triumph that is for sure because Elie lost his family and friends. Night is also a triumph because Elie survived the hardships he went through he lived. Elie should be proud and God was with him the whole time because he is the one that helped him survive
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