Night Final Exercise

1a. Theme: Many forget the importance of family, in the novel "Night" family is the only thing that keeps the prisoners alive.

1b. Character: The holocaust is unimaginable, for survivor Elie Wiesel he showed how heart and strength can push through the incapable.

1a Quotes
1. "I had one thought - not to lose him. Not to be left alone." (pg. 27)
2. "As for me, I was not thinking about death, but I did not want to be separated from my father. We had already suffered so much, borne so much together; this was not the time to be separated." (pg. 78)
3. "My father's presence was the only thing that stopped me.... He was running at my side, out of breath, at the end of his strength, at his wit's end. I had no right to let myself die." (pg. 82)
4. "It no longer mattered. After my father's death, nothing could touch me any more." (pg. 107)
5. "You can go if you want to," he said to me and to my older sisters. "I shall stay here with your mother and the child...." Naturally, we refused to be seperated." (pg. 18)
6. "And, in spite of myself, a prayer rose in my heart, to that God in whom I no longer believed. My God, Lord of the Universe, give me strength never to do what Rabbi Eliahou's son has done." (pg. 87)

1b Quotes
1. "The Kapos beat us once more, but I had ceased to feel any pain from their blows." (pg. 34)
2. "You've already escaped the gravest danger: selection. So now, muster your strength, and don't lose heart." (pg. 38)
3. "Bite your lip, little brother.... Don't cry. Keep your anger and hatred for another day, for later on. The day will come, but not now.... Wait. Grit your teeth and wait...." (pg. 51)
4. "These words of encouragement, even though they came from the mouths of our assassins, did us a great deal of good. No one wanted to give up now, just before the end, so near to the goal." (pg. 88)
5. "Because of my painful foot, a shudder went through me at each step. "A few more yards," I thought. "A few more yards, and that will be the end." (pg. 82)
6. "We were masters of nature, masters of the world. We had forgotten everything---death, fatigue, our natural needs. Stronger than cold or hunger, stronger than the shots and the desire to die, condemned and wandering, mere numbers, we were the only men on earth." (pg. 83)