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Assignment number ONE: Preface of //Night//


Elie’s Reasons Elie Wiesel chose to write the novel, __Night__ because he wanted the American people to understand what happened during the Holocaust. He had three main reasons for translating his first manuscript about his experience in the concentration camps from Yiddish to English. To begin with, he wants people to understand what lengths people can go to and why this happened in history. Also, he hopes that in this book, people will make sure that history never repeats itself. Lastly, he wants to record his memory of what happened to him and his family when he was at such a young age. Elie was worried that when people read his first manuscript about his experience, “And the World Remained Silent”, some things might be excessive and not necessary in the writing. Therefore, as he was translating and revising, he made sure he did not say too much but did not say too little. Elie Wiesel is a person who will always be remembered as someone who used his voice to prevent genocide like this from happening.

Assignment TWO: Figurative Langu **age Poem [[image:gas_chamber_picture.jpg width="450" height="345" link="https://jspivey.wikispaces.com/file/view/gas_chamber.jpg"]]**
Gas chambers Cloudy. deadly Terrifying, killing, nauseating Hot as a fire, as if killing many birds with one stone Choking right above hell, in the hands of the devil

Assignment THREE: Found Poem
On the seventh day of Passover, the curtain finally rose I warned you There was nothing, only the darkness of night Don’t waste your tears Surely it was a dream Man is stronger, greater than God I said nothing He was silent More dead than alive The road was endless Nobody wanted to give up now Stop and look at us without surprise Nobody cared A corpse contemplating me Ashamed of myself forever No prayers were said over his tomb

Resources: [|Elie Wiesel image]