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3. How does Wiesel describe himself as a boy of 12? He was a serious student of religion who studied the Talmud during the day and prayed at night. 4. How does Wiesel describe his father? He was a man of learning and culture who was highly regarded by the Jewish community. 5. Why did Elie’s father prohibit him from studying the Cabala?
4. Identify and analyze the themes in a novel. 5. Identify and analyze an author’s purpose and perspective. 6. Explain how historical context affects readers’ understanding and appreciation of a novel. Behind the Scenes. Night. is based on the experiences of Hungarian Jewish author Eliezer (“Elie”) Wiesel.
8. Describe the Ghettos. It was similar to a town aside from the barbed wire that encircles them. 9. Describe the expulsion from the ghettos. The smaller ghetto is expelled first and Elie compares the emptied houses to open tombs. Even as the remaining Jews move from the big ghetto into the smaller ghetto, they forget about the previous occupants.
After a decade of silence regarding his experiences during the Holocaust, Wiesel wrote Un di Velt Hot Geshvign which, two years and many revisions later, became the novel Night. Wiesel explains in his Preface to the text’s 2006 translation that despite his struggle to put the horrors he experienced into words, he felt a moral obligation to do so.
Overview. Night by Elie Wiesel, published in 1958, is a powerful, largely autobiographical work that recounts the experiences of a teenager in Nazi concentration camps during the Holocaust. The narrative begins with Eliezer's life in the Transylvanian town of Sighet and follows his harrowing journey through Auschwitz, Buna, Buchenwald, and ...
Brief Biography of Elie Wiesel Elie Wiesel was born in the Romanian town of Sighet, which was annexed by Hungary during World War II (the town is now called Sighetu Martiei). His parents came from Orthodox and Hasidic Jewish families, and he was encouraged to learn Hebrew and to study the Bible and the Talmud.
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