1. Alienation and Initiation
Night by Elie Weisel

2. Physical, emotional, spiritual
Alienation in Night
Alienation: isolation, foreign, strange, unfamiliar, lonely, ostracized (perception)
Physical, emotional, spiritual

3. ~ Night ~
Initiation:
Leaving childhood things behind
Growing up, self awareness,
Rite of passage, from innocence to adult realities.

4. Bildungsroman A formation novel
Coming of age of an untried/naïve youth
Abnormal youth
Conversion to austerity
Dedication to religious ideals
survivalism

5. ~ Night ~
Initiation:
Boot camps; concentration camps
Elie is forced to grow up under abnormal circumstances

6. ~ Night Initiation ~
Responsible for dad/responsible for self
Harsh realities, horror, evil, inhumanity
Experiences: embarrassment, great insecurity, questioning of God

7. Night ~Alienation~ In Night- increasing alienation from Father
From secure sonship to responsibilities of adult
Perceives dad as a burden: ambivalence- relief at his death / feels guilt and shame

8. Night ~Alienation~
In Night- increasing alienation from father causes faulty initiation
Bruised, damaged emotions and spirits- produce damaged adults
Worst consequence: loss of faith in God.

9. Impressionism
Style derived from art and literature of late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
Rooted in personal reactions to a situation or object
Various visual and other imagery