1. By: Zack Saneto, Thu Phan, Carina Shan, Jessica Bressler, Nima Naimi
Night – Elie Wiesel
By: Zack Saneto, Thu Phan, Carina Shan, Jessica Bressler, Nima Naimi

2. Quote #1 From Chapter 1
Background: Religious, Elie was very into religion before he got sent to the concentration camp.

3. Quote #1 from Chapter 1
“ I continued to devote myself to my studies, by day, the Talmud, at night, the Cabbala.” “ Why did I pray? Why did I live? Why did I breathe?”

4. Analysis: Quote #1 from Chapter 1
Looking to God to show him the way of life.
Quizzical
Hopes to God to find answers.
Thematic Element
Struggle to maintain faith

5. Quote #2 from Chapter 1
Background The Germans came into Elie’s village. People are unaware of problems they cause.

6. Quote #2 from Chapter 1
“ Our first impressions of the Germans were reassuring.”

7. Analysis: Quote #2 from Chapter 1
Cluelessness
Unawareness
Thematic Element
Man’s Inhumanity to Man

8. Background The Nazis had started to ship off Jews.
Quote #3 from Chapter 1
Background The Nazis had started to ship off Jews.

9. Quote #3 from Chapter 1
“ The race toward death had begun.”

10. Analysis: Quote #3 from Chapter 1
Loss of faith
Aware of death’s presence
Thematic Element
Struggle to maintain faith

11. Background Elie and his family are getting sent off.
Quote #1 from Chapter 2
Background Elie and his family are getting sent off.

12. Quote #1 from Chapter 2
“Naturally, we refused to be separated.”

13. Analysis: Quote #1 from Chapter 2
Child-like
Not ready to be left
Thematic Element
Father-son bond

14. Background All the Jews in cattle cars being moved.
Quote #2 from Chapter 2
Background All the Jews in cattle cars being moved.

15. Quote #2 from Chapter 2
“No one prayed, so that the night would pass quickly.”

16. Analysis: Quote #2 from Chapter 2
Sad feeling
Loss of faith
Afraid
Thematic Element
Struggle with faith

17. Background All the Jews had arrived at the concentration camp.
Quote #3 from Chapter 2
Background All the Jews had arrived at the concentration camp.

18. Quote #3 from Chapter 2
“We were on our own.”

19. Analysis: Quote #3 from Chapter 2
Loss of faith in man’s humanity to man
Anger
Despair
Thematic Element
Man’s Inhumanity to Man

20. Quote #1 from Chapter 3
Background
Didn’t believe Moshe the Beadle

21. Quote #1 from Chapter 3
Background
Beating up Madame Schachter

22. Quote #1 from Chapter 3
“ I pinched my face. Was I still alive? Was I awake? I could not believe it. How could it be possible for them to burn people, children, and for the world to keep silent?” (pg. 30)

23. Analysis: Quote #1 from Chapter 3
Realization
Disbelief
Thematic Element
Man’s Inhumanity to Man

24. Quote #2 from Chapter 3 Background Study Talmud Religious
Studies of the Cabbala

25. Quote #2 from Chapter 3
“I too had become a completely different person. The student of the Talmud, the child that I was, had been consumed in the flames. There remained only a shape that looked like me. A dark flame entered into my soul and devoured it.” (pg. 34)

26. Analysis: Quote #2 from Chapter 3
Changed
Darkness
Sins
Dark Flame = “Loss of Faith”
Thematic Element
Struggle to Maintain Faith

27. Quote #3 from Chapter 3 Background Father: beaten
Cared/love for his father

28. Quote #3 from Chapter 3
“What had happened to me? My father had just been struck, before my eyes, and I had not flickered an eyelid…Yesterday, I should have sank my nails into the criminal’s flesh.” (pg.37)

29. Analysis: Quote #3 from Chapter 3
Bystander
Defenseless
Selfish
Thematic Element
Father-Son Bond

30. Quote #1 From Chapter 4
Background
Religious

31. Quote #1 from Chapter 4
“ I now took little interest in anything except my daily plate of soup and my crust…I was a body. Perhaps less than that even: a starved stomach.” (pg. )

32. Analysis: Quote #1 from Chapter 4
Hungry
Soulless
No longer pray
Thematic Element
Struggle to Maintain Faith
Man’s Inhumanity to Man

33. Quote #2 from Chapter 4 Background Franek wanted Eliezer’s gold tooth
Didn’t care about his father

34. Quote #2 from Chapter 4
“But alas, Franek knew where to touch me; he knew my weak point. My father…We had to give in.” (pg. 53)

35. Analysis: Quote #2 from Chapter 4
Love for his father
Caring son
Thematic Element
Father-Son Bond

36. Quote #3 from Chapter 4 Background Religious
“Why do I pray? Why do I breath”
Questioned God
Young pipel was hanged

37. Quote #3 from Chapter 4
“Where is He? Here He is - He is hanging here on this gallows…”- (pg. 62)

38. Analysis: Quote #3 from Chapter 4
Loss of Faith
Hopelessness
“God is Dead”
Thematic Element
Man’s Inhumanity Against Man
Struggle to Maintain Faith

39. Quote #1 from Chapter 5
“’Don’t talk like that, Father.’ (I felt like I would break into sobs.) ‘I don’t want you to say that.’” (pg. 71)

40. Analysis: Quote #1 from Chapter 5
Fear
Worried
Hopeless
Thematic Element
Father-Son Bond

41. Quote #2 from Chapter 5
“I ran off to look for my father. And at the same time I was afraid of having to wish him a Happy New Year when I no longer believed in it.” (pg. 65)

42. Analysis: Quote #2 from Chapter 5
Loss of belief – “Happy New Year”
No longer believed that the new year would be “happy” or something to look forward to.
Care for father
Hopeless
Thematic Elements
Father-Son Bond and Struggle to Maintain Faith
UNHappy New Year!

43. Quote #3 from Chapter 5 Background
Belief that God will be there for him
Studied Talmud
Religious

44. Quote #3 from Chapter 5
“Where is God? How can I believe, how could anyone believe, in this merciful God?” (pg. 73)

45. Analysis: Quote #3 from Chapter 5
Fear
Confused
Lost
Loss of faith
Thematic Element
Struggle to Maintain Faith

46. Quote #1 from Chapter 6
“My God, Lord of the Universe, give me the strength never to do what Rabbi Eliahou’s son has done.” (pg. 87)

47. Analysis: Quote #1 from Chapter 6
Love
Care for his father
Doesn’t want to ever lose his father
Thematic Element
Father-Son Bond

48. Quote #2 from Chapter 6
“The idea of dying, of no longer being, began to fascinate me.” (pg. 82)

49. Analysis: Quote #2 from Chapter 6
Depressed
Suffering
Thematic Element
Struggle to Maintain Faith

50. Quote #3 from Chapter 6
“God knows what I would not have given for a few moments of sleep. But, deep down, I felt that to sleep would mean to die.” (pg. 85)

51. Analysis: Quote #3 from Chapter 6
Exhausted / Tired of working
Doesn’t have any time alone
Desperate to be distant from the situation
Thematic Element
Man’s Inhumanity to Man

52. Quote #1 from Chapter 7
Background
Concentration camp experience

53. Quote #1 from Chapter 7
“Here or elsewhere – what difference did it make? I die today or tomorrow, or later?” (pg. 93)

54. Analysis: Quote #1 from Chapter 7
Hopelessness
Depression
Thematic Element
Man’s Inhumanity Against Man

55. Quote #2 from Chapter 7 Background
He’d been with his father during their Holocaust experience
Concentration camp experience

56. Quote #2 from Chapter 7
“Father! Father! Wake up. They’re trying to throw you out of the carriage.” (pg. 94)

57. Analysis: Quote #2 from Chapter 7
Loyalty
Caring Son
Thematic Element
Father–Son Bond

58. Quote #3 from Chapter 7 Background
Concentration camps made people crazy

59. Quote #3 from Chapter 7
“On the Third Night of our Journey I woke up suddenly and felt tow hands on my throat, trying to strangle me.” (pg. 96)

60. Analysis: Quote #3 from Chapter 7
Treated like piece of trash
Thematic Element
Man’s Inhumanity to Man

61. Quote #1 from Chapter 8 Background Rabbi Eliahou’s son abandons him
Every man for himself in a concentration camp

62. Quote #1 from Chapter 8
“Don’t let me find him! If only I could get rid of this dead weight, so that I could use all my strength to struggle for my own survival, and only worry about myself” (pg. 101)

63. Analysis: Quote #1 from Chapter 8
Disloyalty
Deception
Thematic Element
Man’s Inhumanity against Man

64. Quote #2 from Chapter 8 Background
Elie forgot about his dad for several hours
Elie’s mind in battle between abandoning his dad and not abandoning his dad

65. Quote #2 from Chapter 8
“Father! I’ve been looking for you for you for so long…Where were you? Did you sleep? How are you feeling?” (pg. 101)

66. Analysis: Quote #2 from Chapter 8
Being concerned
Loyalty
Thematic Element
Father–Son Bond

67. Quote #3 from Chapter 8 Background His father is very weak
German cruelty

68. Quote #3 from Chapter 8
“The officer dealt him a violent blow on the head with his truncheon. I did not move. I was afraid. My body was afraid of also receiving a blow.” (pg. 106)

69. Analysis: Quote #3 from Chapter 8
Treated like animals
Fear
Terror
Thematic Element
Man’s Inhumanity to Man

70. Quote #4 from Chapter 8 Background Elie’s dad died
Concentration camp’s psychological effects

71. Quote #4 from Chapter 8
“And, in the depths of my being, the recesses of my weakened conscience, could I have search it, I might perhaps have found something – free at last.” (pg. 106)

72. Analysis: Quote #4 from Chapter 8
Guilt
Sadness
Thematic Elements
Man’s Inhumanity to Man

73. Quote #1 from Chapter 9
“I spent my days in a state of total idleness. And I had but one desire- to eat. I no longer thought of my father or of my mother.” (pg. 107)

74. Analysis: Quote #1 from Chapter 9
Hunger
Desperation
Loss
Thematic Element
Man’s Inhumanity to Man

75. Quote #2 from Chapter 9
“From the depths of the mirror, a corpse gazed back at me.” (pg. 109)

76. Analysis: Quote #2 from Chapter 9
Despair
Depression
Loss of faith
Thematic Element
Struggle to Maintain Faith

77. Quote #3 from Chapter 9
“And I had but one desire - to eat. I no longer thought of my father or mother.” (pg. 107)

78. Analysis: Quote #3 from Chapter 8
Hopelessness
Despair
Thematic Element
Father-Son Bond

79. Purpose Remind audience of the Holocaust Never let history repeat
Better future

80. Purpose: Evidence
Silent  Death
Suffering/Torture
Inhumanity of Man

81. Purpose
“It remains today a book we must read and reread if we are to accept responsibility for our past and to learn from that past for the sake of our future.” -Preface

82. Purpose
“Never shall I forget that smoke. Never shall I forget the little faces of the children whose bodies I saw turned into wreaths of smoke beneath a silent blue sky.” (pg. 32)