Student Mini-Essay (100pts)

Introduction:

• Statement or quote on Genocide

• A sentence introducing your topic (the Genocide you choose to research)

• A short summary of what happened•

This paragraph should be about your emotional reaction to what you research. This paragraph should connect your project to your research and to Night by Elie Weizel.

Conclusion:

• Another statement about genocide

• A statement on your feelings about genocide

• What you learned from this assignment

• The importance of this topic and how it affects the world

Pre-Questions:

1.  What are you?

2. Who are you?

3.  In your opinion; is there anyone superior to you? Why?

4. What race are you?
Post Questions:

1. What point does the author make about race?

2. Are these labels a prison?

3. What is a colored person?

4. What is a white person?

5. Go home look into the mirror and write two paragraphs describing in detail what you see.

1. Thesis statement about the book Night. (This must be a complete sentence).

2. Six quotes from the book Night by Elie Wiesel. The quotes must be in MLA format.

Ex. “Our tent leader was a German. An assassin's face, fleshy lips, hands resembling a wolfs paws” (Wiesel 56).

3. Six sentence to explain how your quotes connect to your thesis statement and/or your project.

Research a Genocide in History for your project.

 

Assignment #1 Questions 4> Part 8-15

1. In the following quotes; identify the type of figurative language (simile, metaphor, allusion) and explain the meaning of the quote.

a. “In no time, the camp had the look of an abandoned ship” (Wiesel 60).

b. “Two lambs with hundreds of wolves lying in wait for them. Two lambs without a shepherd, free for the taking” (Wiesel 66).

c. “A man appeared, crawling snakelike in the direction of the cauldrons” (Wiesel 66).

d. “For a second, he seemed to be looking at himself in the soup, looking for his ghostly reflection there” (Wiesel 67).

e. “The last sound of the American plane dissipated in the wind and there we were,

in our cemetery” (Wiesel 67).

2. Why did the death of “this boy, leaning against his gallows” (Wiesel 69), overwhelm Ellie?

3. Why do you think Elie felt “the soup tasted better than ever...” (Wiesel 70).

4. Who is Elie talking about and what does this quote suggest about him? “ He had the face of a sad angel” (Wiesel 70).

5. Who is “HE”? Who is really hanging in the gallows and what does this suggest happened to God that night? "For God's sake, where is God?" And from within me, I heard a voice answer: "Where He is? This is where—hanging here from this gallows ..." (Wiesel 72).

6. “When Adam and Eve deceived You, You chased them from paradise. When You were displeased by Noah's generation, You brought down the Flood. When Sodom lost Your favor, You caused the heavens to rain down fire and damnation. But look at these men whom You have betrayed, allowing them to be tortured, slaughtered, gassed, and burned, what do they do? They pray before You! They praise Your name!” (Wiesel 74, 75). What do the Allusions Ellie mentions suggest about his feelings toward God?

7. “I was nothing but ashes now…” (Wiesel 75). What does this quote suggest about Elie’s physical and emotional state?

8. “AT six O'CLOCK the bell rang. The death knell. The funeral. The procession was beginning its march” (Wiesel 90). What does this quote suggest about what will happen to the people marching?

9. “Beasts of prey unleashed, animal hate in their eyes” (Wiesel 105). What does this quote suggest about how the Jewish people changed during their time in the camp?

10. “I gave him what was left of my soup. But my heart was heavy. I was aware that I was doing it grudgingly. Just like Rabbi Eliahu's son, I had not passed the test” (Wiesel 112). Do you believe Elie is being too hard on himself? Explain.