Identity. Memory. Witness. Messenger.
- These are the key concepts to keep in mind while reading Night.
Free write: You are either 1. a member of Eliezer's family (mom, dad, sisters), 2. Moishe the Beadle, 3. other Jews in Sighet, or 4. the Germans. How would you describe Eliezer?
What shapes Eliezer's identity (find specific passages for each question)
1. How does Eliezer identify himself?
2. What role does Moishe the Beadle play in his life?
3. How important is religion to the way Eliezer defines his life?
Knowing, madness and belief
1. Compare Moishe the Beadle to Madame Schachter. Are they mad? prophets? witnesses?
How the story is told
1. Why do you think Elie Wiesel begins Night with the story of Moishe the Beadle?
2. What lessons does the narrator seem to learn from Moishe's experience in telling his own story?
3. What do you think Elie Wiesel tells this story in the first person perspective? If Night were written in the third person, would it be more or less believable.
4. The word night is a key word in this first section (the entire book, as well). What does the word mean in the first few chapters?
Photos
Deportation of Jews. Pic 2. Pic 3. Pic 4 —Kristallnacht.
Life in the ghetto. Ghettos across Europe.
German Soldiers Guarding Jews
What Moishe saw. This image is disturbing.
Firing squads that Moishe mentioned. This image is disturbing.
Arriving at Auschwitz-Birkenau. Entrance gate.
Auschwitz child photo
Auschwitz-Birkenau aerial photo
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