NIGHT 4

CHARACTERS:

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

Head of the Tent (Pg. 45):

German, assassin’s face, fleahy lips, hands like a wolf’s paw, so fat he could hardly move

Juliek:

Bespectacled Pole with a cynical smile, pale face- works at the warehouse for electrical equipment w/Franek and Idek

Franek:

Former student from Warsaw, Pole, foreman

Idek:

Kapo, bouts of madness,

SETTING:

Detail the time and place the story begins:

Germany, Buna - 1944

In which camp does Chapter Four begin?

Buna

IN-TEXT QUESTIONS:

Infer the answer from the text (Minimum 1-2 sentences):

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

The building unit; where you end up rebuilding or building fresh structures.

What job did Elie end up receiving?

He landed in the warehouse unit to work on electrical equipment.

Why is Elie whipped in the warehouse?

Elie is whipped in consequence for having saw Idek send all the workers out to work in the fields; Elie went against orders and went back to the warehouse to retrieve so pieces of bread laying about. He hears a noise and finds Idek half naked with a little Polish girl. Elie laughs and because of this he is caught and Idek tells him he shall wait and see his punishment.

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

1)   A youth from Warsaw, 3 years of concentration camp life, strong, well-built, a giant compared to Elie – stole during the time of the alert

2)   Oberkapo’s pipel hanged, child, refined, beautiful- bearing arms w/Oberkapo

3)   Two other prisons who were discovered with arms

LITERARY ELEMENTS:

ALLUSIONS:

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

The music reminds him of his religion.

SIMILIES AND METAPHORS: GIVE THREE EXAMPLES

“The camp looked as though it had suffered an epidemic: empty and dead.” Metaphor

“They pointed a finger, as though choosing cattle or merchandise.” Metaphor

“The dentist, a Jew from Czechoslovakia, had a face like a death mask.” simili

SYMBOL:

            The Soup (Pg. 60/Pg. 62):

The symbol of survival, any humane acts

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 means that God is hanging as the pipel. The pipel is hanging slipping between life and death, not keeping a choice made by the executioner to die. Since God has not kept any of his promises so far he is weaving that into how the pipel is dying. How God would take the children from danger first.