English 10Ms. BugaschMay 14, 2014

Goals 1. To introduce Elie

Wiesel’s Night

FFW- Turn in essays

- Read the following quote.

“Indifference to evil is evil. – Elie Wiesel

- In your notebook, write down what you have interpreted this quote to mean.

- Discuss

Night: IntroductionDiscussion Question: Can you think of a time when…

…you saw something that was wrong and just stood by

OR…you saw something that was wrong and acted to try and stop it?

Night: IntroductionElie Wiesel’s memoir Night describes a horrible time in the twentieth century, when too many people looked away from a terrible wrong.

Night: Introduction

• The story of a young Jewish boy sent to the concentration camps during the Holocaust

• Story of his struggle to survive, his struggle to keep his family together, and his struggle with God.

Night: The Title • The Bible begins with God’s creation of the earth. When

God first begins His creation, the Earth is “without form, and void; and darkness [is] upon the face of the deep” (Genesis 1:2).

• God’s first act is to create light and dispel the darkness.

Night: The Title

Why do you think the title Night was chosen for this book?

• For Elie Wiesel, darkness and night symbolize a world without God.

• Night is always when the suffering is worst, and the presence of darkness reflects Eliezer’s belief that his has become a world without the presence of God.

Night: The Title

Night: The Author Elie Wiesel

Night: Elie WieselA. Grew up in an orthodox Jewish community

within Sighet, a small town in Romania.

1. The town was isolated from world events until Nazis captured the town in 1944.

B.Elie was 15 years old1. Sent to Auschwitz

C.After the war, Wiesel lived in France1. Didn’t write about his concentration

camp experiences until 10 years later – due to a vow of silence

Night: Elie Wiesel

D.Wrote Night in 1958

E.Continues to voice human-rights violations

F.Noble Prize winner in 1986

Night: Elie Wiesel

Night: GenreNonfiction: Autobiographical Memoir

• Focus on observation - describes an event that the writer witnessed firsthand.

• Elie Wiesel - Bearing Witness - invites us to listen, and to remember.

“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”

Strategies for Reading Nonfiction

• Find the writer’s main points and support.

• Ask yourself what the author wants you to learn or think about.

Closure• When it comes to reading his

book, what do you think Elie Wiesel wants us to learn or think about?

Homework1. Vocabulary Unit #12