Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Chapter 5 (pages 66-84): The Infirmary

Why are patients treated so much better in the infirmary?

Chapter 5 (pages 66-84): The doctors

Why are Jewish doctors working in the infirmary instead of German or Polish ones? Is this a good or bad things for the prisoners? For the doctors?

Chapter 5 (pages 66-84): Reason for Selection

Was Akiba Drumer chosen for selection because he lost his faither? Explain whwy or why not. Wiesel 76 or 73)

Chapter 5 (pages 66-84): Bells 2

How do the bells in the prison compare to the bells at school?

Monday, February 14, 2011

Chapter 9 (pages 113-5): the mirror

Who was the corpse in the mirror? What does it tell you?

Respond to: "The look in his eyes as he gazed at me has never left me."

What do you think Elie was feeling?

Chapter 9 (pages 113-5): Last decisions

What had the Nazis decided to do with the prisoners at Buchenwald? How effective was the plan?

Chapter 8 (pages 104-12): Free

Explain and respond to Elie's statement, "Free at last!"

Chapter 8 (pages 104-12): Final Days

Describe Elie's father's final days.

Chapter 8 (pages 104-12): The test

Why does Elie say he "had not passed the test"?

Chapter 8 (pages 104-12): Move!

When Elie screams at his father to get up and nmove away from the corpses, with whom is Elie arguing?

Chapter 7 (pages 98-103): Arrival

There were 100 men on the train bound for Buchenwald. How many actually arrived alive?

Chapter 7 (pages 98-103): the Journey

Describe the train journey. How is it the same or different from the first train journey Elie and his father take?

Chapter 7 (pages 98-103): "I like to give charity."

Why does Elie ask the Parisian woman to please not throw any coins? Of what is he being reminded? How does he feel? How do you feel?

Chapter 6 (pages 85-97): Gleiwitz

How long did the prisoners stay in Gleiwitz? What happened there?

What would have happened had they stayed in Auschwitz?

Chapter 6 (pages 85-97): Symbolism

What is the symbolism and the reality of Juliek and his violin?

Chapter 6 (pages 85-97): Fathers and Sons

Why does Elie pray, "Oh God, Master of the Universe, give me the strength never to do what Rabbi Eliahu's son has done" (90 or 92?)'

What did Rabbi Eliahu's son do? Why? What is Elie afraid of?

Chapter 6 (pages 85-97): Death March

Describe the march from Buna/Auschwitz to Gleiwitz.

If you saw "One Survivor Remembers," how is it the same or different?

Chapter 6 (pages 85-97): Death

Why was Elie fascinated by the idea of death?

Chapter 5 (pages 66-84): "We were men . . ."

What is meant by "So we were men after all?" (84 or 86)

Chapter 5 (pages 66-84): Hitler kept his promises . . .

Respond to the prisoner in the infirmary who told Elie, "I have more faith in Hitler than in anyone else. He alone has kept his promises, all his promises, to the Jewish people."