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    1) Elie Wiesel experiences a loss of faith in God over the course of Night as he witnesses tremendous suffering in the concentration camps without understanding why God would allow it. He moves from being a religiously devoted young man to directly questioning and rebelling against God. 2) Elie Wiesel titled his memoir Night to symbolize the hopelessness and suffering experienced by those in the concentration camps, where night represented the darkness of what they endured. 3) The Pyramid of Hate model shows how hateful attitudes can escalate over time into acts of discrimination, violence and genocide if left unaddressed. To prevent this, people should engage in open communication rather than see others as different.

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    1) Elie Wiesel experiences a loss of faith in God over the course of Night as he witnesses tremendous suffering in the concentration camps without understanding why God would allow it. He moves from being a religiously devoted young man to directly questioning and rebelling against God. 2) Elie Wiesel titled his memoir Night to symbolize the hopelessness and suffering experienced by those in the concentration camps, where night represented the darkness of what they endured. 3) The Pyramid of Hate model shows how hateful attitudes can escalate over time into acts of discrimination, violence and genocide if left unaddressed. To prevent this, people should engage in open communication rather than see others as different.

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    1) Elie Wiesel experiences a loss of faith in God over the course of Night as he witnesses tremendous suffering in the concentration camps without understanding why God would allow it. He moves from being a religiously devoted young man to directly questioning and rebelling against God. 2) Elie Wiesel titled his memoir Night to symbolize the hopelessness and suffering experienced by those in the concentration camps, where night represented the darkness of what they endured. 3) The Pyramid of Hate model shows how hateful attitudes can escalate over time into acts of discrimination, violence and genocide if left unaddressed. To prevent this, people should engage in open communication rather than see others as different.

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    Means 1

    Taya Means

    Mrs. Akers

    English 10

    4/27

    Socratic

    1) I think the most significant way Elie Wiesel changes over the course of Night was the

    change in his faith in God and his trust in God. At the beginning of Night Elie had a

    strong faith, “By day I studied Talmud and by night I ran to the synagogue to weep over

    the destruction of the temple” (Wiesel 3). Elie was focused on his faith and family. Later

    when they got called to the concentration camps and times were hard the Jews didn’t

    understand why this was happening to them. “My forehead was covered with cold

    sweat…what was there to thank him for” (33). This was the first time Elie ever

    questioned God this just shows that through the hard times, Elie lost that strong

    connection that he once had. Throughout the time Elie and all the prisoners were at

    Ashiwitz they were starved and had barely anything to eat so when Yom Kippur the Day

    of Atonement came Elie didn’t fast. “I didn’t fast…I no longer accepted God’s silence”

    (69). This shows that although Elie had a deep void in his stomach after not fasting, he

    was rebelling against God because God wasn’t answering his prayers so why should he

    listen to God? Throughout the rest of Night Elie doesn’t focus or even talk about God he

    had suffered through hell to be where he is now and seeing firsthand what is happening in

    Ashiwitz. “Where is Gods mercy? Where’s God? How can I believe, how can anyone

    believe” (77). Elie didn't want to believe that God could allow these events to happen.
    Means 2

    2) I think Elie Wiesel called his memoir Night because it symbolizes the hopelessness and

    suffering that he and anyone in the concentration camps went through. Throughout Night

    Elie Wiesel often repeated the work night as night is when dark and bad things happen.

    “Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, that turned my life into one long.

    night seven times sealed” (34). He is saying that he can never forget what he has gone

    through it is sealed in his life.

    3) The Pyramid of Hate is a model that shows how hate can escalate and become more

    severe over time, starting off small and leading to acts of discrimination, violence, and

    ultimately genocide. Over time those attitudes and behaviors become normalized and are

    harder to prevent “Holocaust Center of Humanity”. To stop this people should act in love

    rather than see people as different and act in hate. Taking the time to talk to people and to

    sort things out rather than letting them ponder and become a bigger problem can set

    people up for success. In the end, this is hardly attainable, we all have sin in our human

    nature that will always prevail.

    4) I personally believe that Night is ultimately about the brutality of the Germans and how

    inhumane they were towards the Jews. “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” (34). This just shows how brutal the Germans were and they

    had no remorse for their actions. Reading Night helps us better understand the past,

    present, and future, it is crucial to understand historical events such as the holocaust and

    concentration camps. We can gain insight into society by studying these events, learning

    from past successes and failures, and being inspired to fight for freedom and justice.

    Questions:
    Means 3

     Why does Elie Wiesel end his memoir by looking in the mirror?

     How does the holocaust change Elie and his fathers relationship?

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