Part 4 Night

Part 4: Nightby Elie Wiesel

"You must always be hopeful, for hope is the most powerful force in the world."~ Gerta Weissmann Klein, Holocaust survivor

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• Read pages 66-84
• Comprehension Check Questions

Section 5 Overview

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On the last day of this year, how was the way the prisoners looked at Rosh Hashanah different from the way they used to view the Jewish New Year? The inspector from the Hungarian police knocked on the window, but by the time someone went to see who it was, he was gone. What is the significance of this?Explain why Elie and his older sisters refused to go to Maria’s village with her.

Comprehension Check:

Read Pages 66-84

• Read pages 85-97
• Comprehension Check Questions
• Poem "Hope" by Emily Dickinson

Section 6 Overview

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Why wouldn’t Elie allow himself to go to sleep again in the shed, even as his father watched over him? What do you think happened to Juliek that night?

Comprehension Check:

Read Pages 85-97

As you read "Hope" by Emily Dickinson use the poetic symbolism and imagery in the poem to discuss section 5 of "Night". In Dickinson's poem hope is personified as a bird that prevails in a storm. Contrast Dickinson and Wiesel's observations on hope and adversity. Is Elie optimistic at all about his and his father's situation?How does he manage to deal with the different circumstances he's faced with?