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Assignment number 1: the preface of //Night//. [[image:elie_wiesel_morrison.jpg width="237" height="245" caption="Elie Wissel"]]
Elie Wiesel gave several good reasons why he wrote Night. One of those reasons is to make sure his survival of the Holocaust meant something. Wiesel believed that his survival was pure chance so he wanted give it meaning and he did so by writing Night, a rare first person account of the Holocaust. Another big reason that Wiesel wrote Night is to remind the world of the atrocities committed by Nazi Germany. Wiesel noted that people quickly forget, and was upset that Nazi war criminals raised families and lived happily. Wiesel used Night as a way to make sure people never forget the Holocaust and never let anything like it happen again. One last reason Wiesel wrote Night is to leave his personal account of the evil and death he witnessed. Wiesel wanted people to know the horrific things he saw and the killing he observed so that the reader will understand what it was like to be in a concentration camp. Wiesel hoped that this would further promote awareness of genocide, and increase the impulse to stop it. Wiesel is among few people who know what it was truly like to be in a concentration camp and wrote Night to get others to understand.

ASSIGNMENT #2: Figurative Language Poem

 * Barbed Wire Fence**
 * Sharp and cold**
 * Enclosing, Intimidating and separating**
 * Still like a rock but deadly like poison[[image:http://markselliott.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/barbed-wire.jpg width="155" height="280" align="left"]]**
 * A sign of imprisonment**
 * Spiraling**
 * Striking fear into the heart.**

ASSIGNMENT #3: Found Poem
Times of Terror

Forward! March! Lashing out with their clubs. Faster! Faster! The road was endless. I can't go on. Don't think, don't stop, run! You are heading for the crematorium. Poor devils.

Was I still alive? Children thrown into the flames. Consumed by the flames. You will be burned! Turned into ashes! Where is G-d?

We mustn't give up hope. We must do something. Let the world learn about the existence of Auschwitz. Don't, be afraid.

Forward! March!

Resources:

Elie Wissel
Barbed Wire Running