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Assignment 1- The Preface of //Night//
Night

In //Night,// Elie Wiesel reveals to the world what hundreds of thousands of Jewish men, women, and children endured in the dreadful concentration camps, but his reasons for writing his account of what he endured include going mad to understand the madness that was occurring, writing an accountant so history would not repeat itself, and simply to preserve a record of the ordeal he endured. One of the reasons Elie Wiesel wrote his account was to understand the madness that would allow men to kill thousands of innocent people. Elie Wiesel wanted to become mad himself, so he could understand the madness of Adolf Hitler and the hate he imposed on the Jewish people. Another reason why Elie Wiesel wrote his description of what happened in the camps was to leave behind a legacy of stories that would prevent history from repeating itself. Elie Wiesel wanted to show people what really happened, so this kind of genocide would never happen again. The final reason why Wiesel wrote his memoirs was to record the ordeal that he endured as a child. Elie Wiesel wrote these stories to keep the memories alive and not to let anyone forget what really went on in those camps. Wiesel worried that as time passed people would forget about what had happened to so many people during World War II or would believe the stories that the Holocaust was not true. He did not want to give his enemies the satisfaction of allowing their crimes to be forgotten. In writing //Night//, Wiesel gives meaning to his survival by documenting his account of the horrors that occurred in the concentration camps.

=Assignment 2- Figurative Language Poem=

Yellow Star

A Yellow Star Innocent and holy Destroying, killing, and exterminating Like a hungry lion yet as small as a flower A burning yellow light Haunting In the lives of so many

=Assignment 3- Found Poem = = = = =  Pray

Why do you pray? I pray to the God Within me Why do you pray? For Strength

Auschwitz Men began to recite Kaddish The prayer of the dead Never during the history Of the Jewish people Had Kaddish been recited For themselves

Why should I sanctify his name? The Almighty chose to be silent What was there to thank him for? = =

Resources: [|**Elie Wiesel Image**] [|**Dancing Letters**] [|Yellow Star of David] [|Holocaust Image]