Symbolism in Night

Today in class we:
1. In class essay: Analysis of how Walls used rhetoric and appeals to ethos, pathos and logos to describe the influence of her parents on her life.
2. Discussed Wiesel's style of writing in the first three chapters.
3. Read and analyze chapters four and five by the start of class tomorrow.

Study Questions: Chapter FOUR and FIVE
1. Analyze the significance of the hanging of the young boy (the one Elie is forced to witness). Your analysis should explain why this particular hanging bother him so much, when this is not the first hanging he has borne witness to. Your analysis should also evaluate Elie’s response to the man who asks “Where is God now?” at the end of chapter four.
2. What does Akiba Drumer say God is going to them? Contrast Akiba Drumer’s faith with Elie’s faith at this point.
3. What is Elie’s attitude toward God during Rosh Hashanah? Why does Elie refuse to recite “Blessed be the Name of the Eternal” during the Rosh Hashanah services?
4. What is the significance of Elie’s “inheritance”?

As always, continue to take annotations on the father/son relationship, Wiesel's method of presentation and the parallels and juxtapositions Wiesel uses to convey his ideas and emotions to the audience.