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Night Reading Check Ch. 2-3 1. How do the other people on the train respond to Mme. Schaecter?2. What advice does Eli and his father receive as to what they should tell the guards about their age?3. Describe what the life in the few days at Aushwitz are like? What is their schedule like?
Themes • How do the older/younger people respond differently to the situation? • What different views do we hear about how to view god and faith in these chapters? • Where do we see examples of the oppressed inflicting cruelty on each other? • Where can we note changes in the personalities of Eli/Schlomo already? • Where do we notice fear influencing the behavior of individuals?
Symbols: Fire What does it usually represent? What does it represent here? Death Fear Auschwitz Silence Souls Humiliation Power Separation Fury • Evil • Danger • Heat/Warmth • Destruction • Hell • Life • Cooking • Passion • Rage • Cremation • Cleanliness • Justice
Never Forget • 9-11/ Holocaust • What does it mean? What should we do with these collective memories? How should these memories impact us and affect our lives/decisions?
How do the older/younger people respond differently to the situation? • Page 31 – young inmates want to attack soldiers, older inmates begged their sons not to be foolish • Page 20 – father refuses to leave ghetto when they can
What different views do we hear about how to view god and faith in these chapters? • Page 33 – eli is angry at his dad for praying • Page 45 – akiba drumer believes that faith is all the more important • Page 65 – eli says God is hanging from the gallows
Where do we see examples of the oppressed inflicting cruelty on each other?
Where can we note changes in the personalities of Eli/Schlomo already?
Where do we notice fear influencing the behavior of individuals?