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Research . With a partner, look up Elie Weisel quotations Pick your favorite 3 Discuss these quotes with your partner Identify at least three common themes expressed in these quotations Write a paragraph explaining your discussion. Elie Wiesel . 1928-present

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  1. Research • With a partner, look up ElieWeisel quotations • Pick your favorite 3 • Discuss these quotes with your partner • Identify at least three common themes expressed in these quotations • Write a paragraph explaining your discussion

  2. Elie Wiesel • 1928-present • Born in Sighet, Transylvania • 15 years old when he and his family were deported by the Nazis to Auschwitz • Awarded with the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986 • Professor in the Humanities at Boston University

  3. About Night • Night is Elie Wiesel’s masterpiece, a candid, horrific, and deeply saddening autobiographical account of surviving the Holocaust while a young teenager. It is considered a classic of Holocaust literature, and was one of the first texts to be recognized as such.

  4. Main Characters • EliezerWiesel (identification number A-7713) • *The narrator of the book, Elie is taken to concentration camps in Czechoslovakia and Germany at the age of fourteen. • Eliezer's father (Chlomo Wiesel) • *Eliezer's father is very respected within the Jewish community of his hometown, and he spends most of his time occupying himself with community affairs

  5. Minor Characters • Moishe the Beadle: • A poor, humble man who works at the Hasidic synagogue in Sighet • Tzipora: • Eliezer's seven-year-old sister • Eliezer's mother: • Eliezer is separated from his mother upon arriving at Birkenau.

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