Chapter 6 question

CHARACTERS:

Rabbi Eliahou: A Rabbi (one of the only men still addresses as that) from a small Polish community, a good man who was loved by all and a face that still stone with his inner purity

Juliek: The boy from Warsaw who play the violin. Who managed to play a Beethoven concerto to the dead and dying men, and then was found slumped over dead the next morning with his violin smashed

SETTING:

Where was reached at the end of the chapter?

 They reached Gleiwitz and stayed there for three days, then on the third day, they were herded into cattle wagons on a train to be shipped to where they believe was the center of Germany.  

How long did the refugees run?

They marched, well ran, forty two miles without a moment of rest.

IN-TEXT QUESTIONS:

How does Rabbi Eliahou and his son create a foreshadow for Elie’s future?

The son of the Rabbi abandoned his father because he thought that he was too weak and didn't want to worry about the Rabbi affecting his chances of living any longer, so he disappeared into the crowd. This frightens Elie because he never wants to do as this boy has done to his own father. But its possible that in the willingness to survive Elie himself might have to do a similar thing in the near future.

LITERARY ELEMENTS:

SIMILIES AND METAPHORS: GIVE FOUR EXAMPLES

*A great tidal wave of men came rolling onward and would have crushed me like an ant

*an endless road

*the snow was like a carpet, very gentle, very warm

*I was walking in a cemetery, among stiffen corpses, logs of wood.

SHORT ANSWER QUESTION

What does Juliek symbolize in the book “Night”?

Juliek was a symbol of stability. Even thou he was on the bridge between life and death, he still cherished his violin, the only thing he had left from his old life. He even managed to escape the crushing weight of the other men just to play the instrument one more time before his death the next morning. 

Chapters 4 and 5 questions

CHARACTERS:

Head of the Tent (Pg. 45): He was a German, with an assassin's face, fleshy lips, paw like hands, and so fat he can't hardly move. 

Juliek: a bespectacled Pole with a cynical smile, pale skinned

Franek: a Pole and foreman, a former student from Warsaw

Idek: the kapo, has random fits of rage

SETTING:

In which camp does Chapter Four begin?

In Buna, 

IN-TEXT QUESTIONS:

Which unit was not to be chosen at the newest camp?

The labor unit.

What job did Elie end up receiving?

Working in a warehouse for electrical equipment.

Why is Elie whipped in the warehouse?

He caught Idek with a Polish girl and was punished for "leaving his work" but it was really just the fact that his curiosity made him accidentally discover the Kapo

List the victims who were hung, if not by name then by stature.

A youth for Warsaw (a prisoner), a pipel ( a child with a refined and beautiful face) and two more prisoner (unnamed).

LITERARY ELEMENTS:

ALLUSIONS:

“Evoking the calm waters of Jordan and the majestic sanctity of Jerusalem.” (Pg. 48):

Hearing the chants was soothing to the Elie because it remind him of when he was home, studying his faith like many young boys his age, rather then being locked and murdered in these camps.

SIMILIES AND METAPHORS: GIVE THREE EXAMPLES

*hands like a wolf's paw

*he leapt on me, like a wild animal

*his voice was calm and reached me as through a thick wall

SYMBOL:

            The Soup (Pg. 60/Pg. 62):

The soup is to represent their hope and lives at the camp. One night it tasted great, because that day they had seen a brave young man dead with pride, but the next, it tasted of death because the had seen two men died and a young boy suffer to meet his death, killing their hope along with it.

SHORT ANSWER QUESTION

Minimum 4-5 Sentences

At the end of the chapter, explain the quote: “Where is He? Here He is—He is hanging here on this gallows…”

Elie is basically saying that in his mind, God is dead. He has not listen to a single pray they have said and if He has hear their pleas, he doesn't care. So in both metaphorically, being that he now hates him and he refuses to willing except his existence, and theoretically, The Eternal has seen all but done nothing so he must not be there anymore.

CHARACTERS:

Akiba Drummer: His eyes became glazed, he told of everyone of his weakness, and because of his destroyed morales he didn't pass the selection and was sent to the crematory.

SETTING:

What time of year is it?

It is the end of summer.

What holidays are the prisoners celebrating?

Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, and Yom Kippur, a time of fasting.

IN-TEXT QUESTIONS:

What is “selection”?

The men were going to be examined, to see if they were still in good enough physical condition to continue their work, but if not, they were to be sent to the crematories.

Why does Elie hate the bell?

They regulated everything, "it gave me an order, and i automatically obeyed it." 

What might the bell be a symbol for?

The bells might be a symbol of his freedom no long existing. He can't do as he once did, he must follow the schedule of the inanimate chimes or be willing face death.

What two things does Elie’s Father give to him before going to the “Decisive Selection”?

A knife and a spoon. The inheritance.

LITERARY ELEMENTS:

ALLUSIONS:

Rosh Hashanah (Pg. 63): the last day of the Jewish year. Elie doesn't like the word "last" anymore because he doesn't know if it will soon be his last day alive. 

Sodom (Pg. 64): a man that had lost a lot of his faith in god and his entire world was punished for it. Trying to relate the Jews situation with another from the Bible.

Yom Kippur (Pg. 65): The Day of Antonement. On this day they're religious mandated to fast, but in the situation they are in, many debate if it is wise or not to stop eating when they have so little too begin with.

Red Army (Pg. 76): The Russian Army, the people who the Jews think will help rescue them from the camp.

“I’ve got more faith in Hitler than in anyone else. He’s the only one who’s kept his promises, all his promises, to the Jewish people.” (Pg. 77): Elie's hospital neighbor says this meaning that a lot of "prophets" have told false truth, giving them hope to only be crushed later. But Hilter was not lied in his attempt to kill every Jewish citizen.

SIMILIES AND METAPHORS: GIVE THREE EXAMPLES

*not the shadow of an emotion

*from the crucible of death, from the center of hell

*run as if the devil were after you

IRONY: explain why the statements are ironic and what type of irony it is.

“I head people wishing one another a Happy New Year!” (Pg. 65): This would be a dramatic irony because the reader know how this terrible time in history ends but these people don't. The fact the they are using the word "happy" in such a terrible place in ironic because there is nothing happy about anything going on.

SHORT ANSWER QUESTION

Minimum 4-5 Sentences

Discuss the quote and what is means for Elie’s faith: “Blessed art Thou, Eternal, Master of the Universe…to be butchered on Thine altar.” (Pg. 64) This is basically Elie saying why should he pray to a god that has let his family, friends, and other members of his faith all sit here and be murdered? In his eyes, if he is the "Master of the Universe" why can't he stop this from continuing and save his worshipers. Anyone put in Elie's place would start to question his religion, but sadly, Elie no longer questions it but is completely against it. He no longer believe in Him and silently rebels against traditions a old as civilization.

EXTRA CREDIT: Should the Jewish people fast for their holiday? Why or why not?

It is tradition and as much as I do believe you should follow them, in this case, their lives are hold dangling on a string. They get so little food to begin with and not taking the small amount would definitely weaken them farther and many would not be able to pass another selection. So no, they shouldn't fast, but try and conserve they energy but continuing to eat.

CHARACTERS:

Detail everything you know about them (physical description, personality, etc.):

Dr. Josef Mengele:?

Elie:?

Stein of Antwerp: the husband of Reizel, a member of Elie's family, 

Akiba Drummer:?

SETTING:

Detail the time and place the story is presently at:

Detail the routine the prisoners were forced to endure after they first entered Auschwitz.

They were shaved, forced to undress and hold their belt and shoes. Then a disinfection and a warm shower. Finally their were given now prisoner clothes.

How long did the deportees stay at Auschwitz?

They spent three weeks at Auschwitz. 

What’s the name of the second camp they attended?

Buna

IN-TEXT QUESTIONS:

Why did Elie lie to Stein about his knowledge of the man’s family?

Because, since Elie has been in this nightmare he has seen so much pain and suffering he did not want to cause that grieve to one of his only family members. So lying was Elie only way to keep Stein's hope and will to live alive.

LITERARY ELEMENTS:

IRONY: explain why the statements are ironic and what type of irony it is.

“The good days were over.” (Pg. 41):

Its situational because there really wasn't any good days in the camps.

“Work is liberty!” (Pg. 38):

Verbal; because what is said "work is liberty" is the opposite of what is really going to happen

SIMILIES AND METAPHORS: GIVE THREE EXAMPLES

SHORT ANSWER QUESTION

What change occurs in Elie’s faith?

He still believes that there's a god in existence but a lot of his previous studious nature of the Jewish bible has began to mean nothing anymore. Why would He let them be doomed to this fate that non of them deserved? That was his main question to God Elie had. So since his arrive at the camps, he no longer prayed, nor did he care to.

CHARACTERS:

Detail everything you know about them (physical description, personality, etc.):

Madam Schachter: A quiet, fifty year old women. With tense, burning eyes.

Elie: A 15 year old boy, who's heart was turned to stone and turned silent.

SETTING:

Where were the prisoners brought?

Kaschu, then to Auschwitz

How were they transported?

After being transported to the main camp, then they had to run from camp to camp. 

IN-TEXT QUESTIONS:

Describe the treatment of Madam Shachter. Why is she treated this way?

She was screaming of fire in the distance and the younger men beat her, in an attempt to silence her yelling. But it only temporarily worked, and she would scream again and being assaulted again. 

LITERARY ELEMENTS:

SIMILIES AND METAPHORS: THREE EXAMPLES INCLUDING THE FIRE MADAM SCHACHTER SEES AND WHAT IT MIGHT REPRESENT.

1.)The world was a cattle wagon hermetically sealed.

2.)we felt that an abyss was about to open beneath our bodies

3.)We could hear the wheels churning out the monotonous rhythm of a train traveling through the night.

SHORT ANSWER QUESTION

Why is Madame Shachter screaming? What is she screaming about? What could she be predicting?

She was screaming because she claimed she saw fire, a large furnace about to consume them. This terrified her because she was already separated from most of her family but her youngest son and did not want to die. She was predicting the future deaths of her, her family, and her fellow Jews.

SETTING:

When does the story begin?

At the synagogue

What year is it at the end of Chapter One?

1943

Where does Elie live?

Sighet, Transylvania

IN-TEXT QUESTIONS:

Describe where Moishe the Beadle is taken and what happens to him.

He was taken to the forest of Galicia. The Gestapo killed all of the people he was transported with, he faked his death from a leg injury and escaped.

Describe the treatment Moishe the Beadle is given when he returns.

He was treated as if he had gone insane, as if he wanted pity for the trauma he was put through.

Describe the condition of the synagogue when the Hungarian police brings the Jewish Community there.

The synagogue was in ruins, decorations ripped off the walls, and all the belongings taken.

SHORT ANSWER QUESTION

Minimum 4-5 Sentences

Why don’t the Jews listen to the warnings of the danger to come? What explains their ignorant optimism?

They hoped and wanted the reality of the situation not to be right, that they were safe from the war,  that all warnings were just people going insane from stress. 

what I have so far for the essay

Fahrenheit 451, the burning temperature of paper. In a realm of existence where books are illegal and creativity is dead; what does this place, this government strive for in their society? Ignorance, censorship, and control; that is life in the short story Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. All they ever see from the media are five minutes skits on the TV walls, nothing of news happening all around them, keeping the citizens locked in their own little worlds of delusional happy endings and no sadness.

In this society, mindless skits are played over and over again in rooms built floor to ceiling with TV screens. Each “program” only last five minutes and has no real plot, just people talking and the viewer often forgets what the events in the show even were. When Guy Montag switched off the screens and actually attempted to have a normal conversation with his wife, Mildred, she became anxious, fidgety, and extremely uncomfortable. Why though? Why would this woman be so intimidated by a simple conversation with her spouse? Because she is not used to having to talk to another person in such a way, normally the discuss the programs or upgrading for a better TV room, not thinking about how they met or thinking at all.

Very few people think about values and character of a person, when Mildred and her friends would “discussing politics” all they actually talked about was the men’s appearances. (QUOTE) Nothing of what the men wanted to accomplish as president, their values or principles, just which one looked and sounded better. A war is on the verge of beginning and people are already being shipped out to fight but they think “He’ll be back next week. The Army said so. Quick war. Forty-eight hours, they said, and everyone home” (94).

The Army said so? So you one is chooses to go against what the army says? Not everyone will come home, why are they telling people no one will die? Because they don’t want the citizens to feel, to express unhappy emotions, to start questioning why

INTRO paragraph

Fahrenheit 451, the burning temperature of paper. In a realm of existence where books are illegal and creativity is dead; what does this place, this government strive for in their society? Ignorance, censorship, and control; that is life in the short story Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. All they ever see from the media are five minutes skits on the TV walls, nothing of news happening all around them, keeping the citizens locked in their only little worlds of delusional happy endings and no sadness.