Marion wiesel a unit about survival and the human spirit chapter 1 p. Wiesels book is divided into nine unnumbered segments. Near the close of 1941, twelveyearold elie wiesel son of a devout. They include vocabulary, comprehension questions, openended questions, and a place to list the literary devices found in each chapter. He lives in a town called sighet, in territory then controlled by hungary. Background information for night choose one topic to research and take notes on it following the instructions. In 1941, eliezer, the narrator, is a twelveyearold boy living in the transylvanian town of sighet then recently annexed to hungary, now part of romania.
Soon the wiesel family and the rest of the jews of sighet are. When all foreign jews are expelled, moshe is deported. Free summary and analysis of chapter 1 in elie wiesel s night that wont make you snore. Elie experiences a renewed feeling of protection for his father. At dawn on saturday, after a wretched friday night packed in the synagogue. He is a strict orthodox jew who is tutored by moshe. It will be easier for you to follow the discussion in these notes if you number the segme. Students will enjoy completing these notes alone or with a partner. Read a plot overview of the entire book or a chapter by chapter summary and. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Night chapter names by marlon schumacher haiku deck. Notes like these for the entire novel are also available for purchase. His father comes back late at night with the news that they are all being deported.
About night chapter 1 night is elie wiesel s memoir of being a child during wwii. Read a plot overview of the entire book or a chapter by chapter summary and analysis. Eliezers group starts asking around to find out which is the best work group to be assigned to. Elie and his dad both get a job sorting electrical parts. Eliezer notes that sighets jews were not ready to believe that nazis would. They live in the town of sighet in transylvania on the border of hungary and romania. In this section, i have listed an abundance of figurative language examples elie wiesel has applied within night. Eliezer says that the false optimism helped pass the time and notes that the uncertainty of. Night begins with a detailed recount of eliezer elie wiesels friends tale of survival and warnings of the looming holocaust. One night, eliezer s father is hurriedly summoned to a meeting of the jewish council.
Wiesel entered as a naive boy steeped in jewish lore who had never left the small romanian village of sighet, where he was born. The chapter begins with elie saying that the night felt neverending. Litcharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in night, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work. About night chapter 1 night is elie wiesels memoir of being a child during wwii. Chapter 1 chapter 3 chapter one eliezers memoir begins in 1941 where, as a boy of, he lived in sighet, a small hamlet on the border between hungary and romania. Elizer wiesel grew up in sighet, a small town in translyvania. He is very devout and wants to study jewish mysticism. The word on the street is that you just want to stay away from the construction kommando or work group.
Its a very easy job and doesnt cause physical stress on them. His friend, moshe, was one of the few to make it out alive and. Night study guide questions effords excellent english. He has three sisters hilda, the oldest, bea, the second oldest, and tzipora, the youngest and a mom and dad who run a store. Elie wiesel and his family are in the last shipment to leave, and have to watch their family and loved ones leave the only home theyve ever known. Night your notes for reading night will count for a quiz grade.
Night chapter 1 the year is 1941 and elie wiesel, the narrator of the story, is twelve years old. He has also written numerous articles, novellas, plays, and a series of memoirs. Eliezer wiesel is a fourteenyearold boy living in sighet, transylvania, at the start of world war ii. The chapter name helps show that elie has lost faith in and turned against god. The book night by elie wisel is a non fiction book of elies experience in the holocaust. Night study guide contains a biography of elie wiesel, literature essays, quiz. What news does elies father receive at the latenight council meeting. They are a continuation of the chapter 1 notes that are posted for free. Eliezers memoir begins in 1941 where, as a boy of, he lived in sighet, a small hamlet on the border between hungary and romania. Learn exactly what happened in this chapter, scene, or section of night and what it means. Try one of the apps below to open or edit this item. Having grown up in a little town called sighet in transylvania, elie is a studious, deeply religious boy with a loving family consisting.
Night begins in 1941, when, the narrator of the story, elie, is twelve years old. Night is a memoir by elie wiesel that was first published in 1960. Study guide and notes for night by elie wiesel by jesse. Night, by elie wiesel, is a work of holocaust literature with a decidedly autobiographical slant. Get a detailed summary and analysis of every chapter in the book from. In 1969, elie wiesel married marion erster rose, who was also a survivor. It will be easier for you to follow the discussion in these notes if you number the segments in pencil before you begin reading. He feels that humans are, in a sense, greater than god, stronger than god, to still pray to a god who allows such horrors. Check out our revolutionary sidebyside summary and analysis.
This book talks about his experiences through concentration camps and how he survived. Martha, a former servant of the wiesel family offers them a place of refuge, but they say no. This is a chapterbychapter study guide to night by elie wiesel. Elie wiesel on hope, compassion, and the power of youth at we day duration. His father, who is a prominent leader of the jewish community, thinks that he is too young. Find helpful summaries and analyses for every chapter in elie wiesels night.
See a complete list of the characters in night and indepth analyses of eliezer, eliezers father, and moishe the beadle. Although elie wiesel did not number the chapters in this novel, we will number them according to breaks throughout the book. Moishe the beadle is awkward and shy, but 12yearold eliezer likes him anyway. Since the publication of night, wiesel has written extensively, utilizing many different literary styles. Wiesel grew up in sighet, a small town in translyvania. They include vocabulary words and comprehension questions students can answer as they read the novel. The year is 1941 and elie wiesel, the narrator of the story, is twelve years old. The wiesel family consists of elies father, chlomo, a shopkeeper and wellrespected jewish community leader, elies mother, his two older sisters, hilda and bea, and youngest sister, tzipora.
Each day after silent reading, take a few minutes to add details and thoughts to your chapter notes for night. Near the close of 1941, twelveyearold elie wiesel son of a devout romanian shopkeeper and brother to three girls. Choose from 500 different sets of notes chapter 1 english night by elie flashcards on quizlet. His novels include dawn 1960, the accident 1961, and a beggar in jerusalem 1968. Eliezers mother has a feeling something bad is going to happen. The book night details elie wiesels experiences during the holocaust in four separate camps between the time he entered when he was 14 years old in 1941 and the time he left as the only survivor of his family of 7 in 1945 at the age of 16. These will help you with discussion activities, as well as your night assessment. In 1941, when he is twelve, the narrator, eliezer wiesel, wants to study the cabbala, but his. When all foreign jews are expelled, moshe the beadle is deported. The picture of the torn piece of paper with the word trust on it helps show that elie no longer trusts god because the image can mean broken or lost trust in someone or something. On the evening of rosh hashanah the jewish new year the jews in buna gather for a prayer. He is a strict orthodox jew who is tutored by moshe the beadle. Steeped in the talmud and in jewish orthodoxy, he knew little about the world around him and even less about non.
Wiesel based the bookat least in parton his own experiences during world war ii. Eliezer elie wiesel won the nobel prize peace prize in 1986 for spreading his message of peace after his horrific experiences as a holocaust survivor. Night by elie wiesel chapter 1 notes by jesse casarez tpt. Hes a poor jew in the town of sighet now in modernday romania, where our author and narrator, eliezer. Elie wiesel describes moishe the beadle by using the simile that he was awkward as a clown pg. This simile choice is interesting as later on in the chapter, moishe tries to warn the people of sighet of the persecution of the jews and what is to come, but they just think hes a crazy clown. Twelveyearold elie and his family are packed into a crowded cattle car and shipped to the auschwitzbirkenau complex, where this mere. Night recounts elie wiesels test of faith and struggle for life through the horrors of the holocaust. This article will give you a summary of the book night by elie wiesel.
These are notes the first chapter of night by elie wiesel. In chapter four things seem as if they will get better and towards the beginning they do. Though just a brief 116 pages, the book has received considerable acclaim, and the author won the nobel prize in 1986. As a boy, weisel studies the torah the jewish bible and the talmud. The use of such descriptive literary language still poses an obstacle to understanding the true nature of his experiences, although his tone with the figurative language provides us with many shockingly detailed images. Hes a poor jew in the town of sighet now in modernday romania, where our author and narrator, eliezer wiesel, lives. Foreshadowing is used frequently in elie wiesels autobiographical novel night, and it is especially noticeable to anyone who has read the book more than once.
Elie talks about the night a lot this chapter, the moon is symbolism. Born in the town of sighet, transylvania, elie wiesel was a teenager when he and his family were taken from their home in 1944 to auschwitz concentration camp, and then to buchenwald. This 62page guide for night by elie wiesel includes detailed chapter summaries and analysis covering 9 chapters, as well as several more indepth sections of expertwritten. Learn notes chapter 1 english night by elie with free interactive flashcards.