1 postrate: (adjective) 1. stretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission; also lying flat. 2. completely overcome and lacking vitality, will, or power to rise. 3. trailing on the ground.
2. interlude: (noun) 1. a usually short simple play or dramatic entertainment. 2. an intervening or interruptive period, space, or event : interval. 3. a musical composition inserted between the parts of a longer compostition, a drama, or a religious service.
3. reprieve: (verb) 1. to delay the punishment of. 2. to give relief or deliverance to for a time
4. rations: (noun) 1. a food allowance for one day food, provisions. 2. a share especially as dertermined by supply. 3. use or allot sparingly
5. dysentery: (noun)1. a disease characterized by severe diarrhea with passage of mucus and blood and usually caused by infection. 2. diarrhea
6. robust: (adjective) 1.a having or exhibitiong strength or vigorous health b. having or showing vigor, strength, or firmness d. capable of performing without failure under a wide range of conditions. 2. rough, rude
7. quarantine: (noun) 1. a period of 40 days. 2a. a term during which a ship arriving in port and suspected of carrying contagious disease is held in isolation from the shore. 3. a restraint upon the activities or communication of persons or the transport of goods designed to prevent the spread of disease or pests b. a place in which those under quarantine are kept.
8. apathy: (noun) 1. lack of feeling or emotion. 2. lack of interest or concern; indifferrence
9. humane: (adjective) 1. marked by compassion, sypathy, or consideration for humans or animals. 2. characterized by or tending to broad humanistic culture
10. grimace: (noun) 1. a facial expression usually of disgust, disapproval, or pain.
11. nocturnal: (adjective) 1. of, relating to, or occurring in the night. 2. active at night
12. livid: (adjective) 1. discolored by bruising 2. ashen, pallid 3. reddish; enraged
13. pious: (adjective) 1a. marked by or showing reverence for deity and devotion to divine worship b. marked by conspicuouc religiousity 2. sacred or devotional as distinct from the profane or secular: religious 3. showing loyal reverence for a person or thing: dutiful
14. interminable: (adjective) 1. having or seeming to have no end
15. wizened: (adjective) 1. to become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality
16. morale: (adjective) 1. moral principles, teachings, or conduct 2a. the mental and emotional condition of an individual of group with regard to the function or tasks at hand. b. a sense of common purpose with respect to a group. 3. the level of individual psychological well-being based on such factors as a sense of purpose and confidense in the future.
17. infernal: (adjective) 1. of or relating to another world of the dead. 2. a of or relating to hell b. hellish, diabolical 3. damnable
18. refuge: (noun) 1. shelter or protection from danger or distress 2. a place that provides shelter or protection 3. something to which one has recourse in difficulty
19. oppresive: (verb) 1. unreadonably burdensome or severe 2. tyrannical 3. overwhelming or depressing to the spirit or senses.
20. expelled: (verb) 1. to force out; eject 2. to force to leace by official action; take away rights or privileges of membership
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Night essay
Valerie Samano
Mrs. Bosch
December 31, 2008
English 10 Honors
In the novel Night, it is during the spring of 1944 when the Fascist party had come into power and a new administration had come into action. With the government’s permission, German troops had entered the Hungarian territory and fear had arouse among the Jews. Within a few days the German soldiers had, taken control of the little town of Sighet were Elie, the protagonist, and his family had lived. As the Nazis era progressed, the process of dehumanization became popular toward the Jewish community. Little by little by the Jews were deprived of their rights and were slowly reduced to little more then things. Days later Jews were told that, they no longer had the right to keep any objects of value. Due to the fact that the Nazis seen the fellow Jews as a nuisance they were deprived of their human qualities, rights, and lives.
Although most of the Jews doubted that Hitler would exterminate them because their were many millions of Jews that were scattered throughout many countries they seen this as unlikely especially since it was during the middle of the twentieth century. However, the Jews were in for a rude awakening when reality struck that Hitler had taken control and Jews began to be deported. Due to the hate, the German soldiers or Gestapo inflicted on the Jews life for them was hell. It was safe to say that their faith or hope that they had in God had vanished or was vanishing after seeing all the injustices that had taken place. “Where is God? Where is He?”(Wiesel pg 6). For a short period of time, one of the human qualities that the fellow Jews had was fear the fear of dying. “Not cry?
Were on the threshold of death… soon we shall have crossed over… don’t you understand? How could I not cry?” ( pg 33). None of them knew what was going to come next, especially after seeing the concentration camp of Auschwitz. It was obvious to say that as months passed their hope of survival had diminished and was replaced with the hopes of dying in order to stop all suffering. “Indifference deadened the spirit. Here or elsewhere-what difference did it make? To die today or tomorrow, or later” ( pg 93).
Rights were a term that was of insignificance to the Germans when it came to the way Jews were being treated or the emotional state they were in. For instance when the Jews journey began they were warned, “There are eighty of you in this wagon if anyone is missing you’ll all be shot, like dogs” ( pg 22 ). Jews were treated like dogs if not worse. When they were deported, they were in trains and locked up as if they were animals of some sort. No one was sure what to expect their whole reassurance of being okay changed when they reached camp Auschwitz. The first thing that one seen when they entered were large chimneys with large flames coming out. Those who were unfortunate were sent into the oven to be burned alive. “Poor devils, you’re going to the crematory”( pg 30 ). There where two ditches one for children and another for adults. Although the Jews that suffered the most sorrow were those who had families, they were to be separated. “Men
to the left! Woman to the right” ( pg 27 ). For most, this was the last time they would ever see their fellow loved ones. These forms of torture that the Germans had come up not only took away the Jew’s rights but they were inhumane as well. “ Babies were thrown into the air and the machine gunners used them as targets” ( pg 4 ).
Words such as difficult, unbearable, agonizing, or even merciless are a small portion of the innumerable amount of words there is to describe the living conditions for the Jews in the concentration camps. In the camp life was harsh although at the beginning their were those fellow Jews that looked after one another, primarily those who were related to each other. “Have faith in life. Drive out despair, and you will keep death away from yourselves… let their be comradeship among you. We are all brothers, and we are all suffering the same fate… Help one another. It is the only way to survive”( pg 38-39). However as life became complicated Jews were over come by hunger and fear everyone looked out for themselves and did what ever they could in order to survive. As life became more intricate their were struggles amongst the prisoners who on occasions were beaten amongst themselves whether it was for a gold crown, shoes, or anything that had some
sort of value. “If you don’t give me the crown you’ll pay for it even more”( pg 52). The sight of death had been something normal to the prisoners’ eyes especially after going from camp Auschwitz were thousands died daily and Birkenau were they cremated people in ovens. All that was important to most now was keeping up their strength in order to survive and by doing this, they had to eat as much as they could and what ever they could. “I now took little interest in anything except my daily plate of soup and my crust of stale bread. Bread, soup- these were my whole life. I was a body. Perhaps less then that even: a starved stomach”( pg 50 Night). When it was time to transfer to a new camp, which was usually by train or on foot, it was like survival of the fittest. All prisoners did what they could in order to maintain themselves alive even if it meant beating each other with what little strength they had left for a piece of bread. “ One day
when we had stopped, a workman took a piece of bread out of his bag and threw it into a wagon. There was a stampede. Dozens of starving men fought each other to the death for a few crumbs” ( pg 95).
Through out the novel it is revealed how the Germans slowly dehumanized the Jews, deprived them of their rights, and destroyed their lives. As a result, of all the suppression their were many millions of Jews that died in the concentration camps nevertheless their were survivors like Elizer Wiesel. This specific survivor Wiesel gave his point of view of the horrors he, his father, and fellow Jews faced while living in the concentration camps. The experiences he faced, and the acts of inhumanity he seen are forever remembered in the novel Night.
Wiesel, Elie. Night. United States and Canada:
Bantam Books, 1982
Mrs. Bosch
December 31, 2008
English 10 Honors
In the novel Night, it is during the spring of 1944 when the Fascist party had come into power and a new administration had come into action. With the government’s permission, German troops had entered the Hungarian territory and fear had arouse among the Jews. Within a few days the German soldiers had, taken control of the little town of Sighet were Elie, the protagonist, and his family had lived. As the Nazis era progressed, the process of dehumanization became popular toward the Jewish community. Little by little by the Jews were deprived of their rights and were slowly reduced to little more then things. Days later Jews were told that, they no longer had the right to keep any objects of value. Due to the fact that the Nazis seen the fellow Jews as a nuisance they were deprived of their human qualities, rights, and lives.
Although most of the Jews doubted that Hitler would exterminate them because their were many millions of Jews that were scattered throughout many countries they seen this as unlikely especially since it was during the middle of the twentieth century. However, the Jews were in for a rude awakening when reality struck that Hitler had taken control and Jews began to be deported. Due to the hate, the German soldiers or Gestapo inflicted on the Jews life for them was hell. It was safe to say that their faith or hope that they had in God had vanished or was vanishing after seeing all the injustices that had taken place. “Where is God? Where is He?”(Wiesel pg 6). For a short period of time, one of the human qualities that the fellow Jews had was fear the fear of dying. “Not cry?
Were on the threshold of death… soon we shall have crossed over… don’t you understand? How could I not cry?” ( pg 33). None of them knew what was going to come next, especially after seeing the concentration camp of Auschwitz. It was obvious to say that as months passed their hope of survival had diminished and was replaced with the hopes of dying in order to stop all suffering. “Indifference deadened the spirit. Here or elsewhere-what difference did it make? To die today or tomorrow, or later” ( pg 93).
Rights were a term that was of insignificance to the Germans when it came to the way Jews were being treated or the emotional state they were in. For instance when the Jews journey began they were warned, “There are eighty of you in this wagon if anyone is missing you’ll all be shot, like dogs” ( pg 22 ). Jews were treated like dogs if not worse. When they were deported, they were in trains and locked up as if they were animals of some sort. No one was sure what to expect their whole reassurance of being okay changed when they reached camp Auschwitz. The first thing that one seen when they entered were large chimneys with large flames coming out. Those who were unfortunate were sent into the oven to be burned alive. “Poor devils, you’re going to the crematory”( pg 30 ). There where two ditches one for children and another for adults. Although the Jews that suffered the most sorrow were those who had families, they were to be separated. “Men
to the left! Woman to the right” ( pg 27 ). For most, this was the last time they would ever see their fellow loved ones. These forms of torture that the Germans had come up not only took away the Jew’s rights but they were inhumane as well. “ Babies were thrown into the air and the machine gunners used them as targets” ( pg 4 ).
Words such as difficult, unbearable, agonizing, or even merciless are a small portion of the innumerable amount of words there is to describe the living conditions for the Jews in the concentration camps. In the camp life was harsh although at the beginning their were those fellow Jews that looked after one another, primarily those who were related to each other. “Have faith in life. Drive out despair, and you will keep death away from yourselves… let their be comradeship among you. We are all brothers, and we are all suffering the same fate… Help one another. It is the only way to survive”( pg 38-39). However as life became complicated Jews were over come by hunger and fear everyone looked out for themselves and did what ever they could in order to survive. As life became more intricate their were struggles amongst the prisoners who on occasions were beaten amongst themselves whether it was for a gold crown, shoes, or anything that had some
sort of value. “If you don’t give me the crown you’ll pay for it even more”( pg 52). The sight of death had been something normal to the prisoners’ eyes especially after going from camp Auschwitz were thousands died daily and Birkenau were they cremated people in ovens. All that was important to most now was keeping up their strength in order to survive and by doing this, they had to eat as much as they could and what ever they could. “I now took little interest in anything except my daily plate of soup and my crust of stale bread. Bread, soup- these were my whole life. I was a body. Perhaps less then that even: a starved stomach”( pg 50 Night). When it was time to transfer to a new camp, which was usually by train or on foot, it was like survival of the fittest. All prisoners did what they could in order to maintain themselves alive even if it meant beating each other with what little strength they had left for a piece of bread. “ One day
when we had stopped, a workman took a piece of bread out of his bag and threw it into a wagon. There was a stampede. Dozens of starving men fought each other to the death for a few crumbs” ( pg 95).
Through out the novel it is revealed how the Germans slowly dehumanized the Jews, deprived them of their rights, and destroyed their lives. As a result, of all the suppression their were many millions of Jews that died in the concentration camps nevertheless their were survivors like Elizer Wiesel. This specific survivor Wiesel gave his point of view of the horrors he, his father, and fellow Jews faced while living in the concentration camps. The experiences he faced, and the acts of inhumanity he seen are forever remembered in the novel Night.
Wiesel, Elie. Night. United States and Canada:
Bantam Books, 1982
12/31/08
Night
Ch 8 pg 102
Quote: “They didn’t give us anything… they said that if we were ill we should die soon anyway and it would be a pity to waste the food. I can’t go on anymore.”
Reflection: After making the prisoners suffer as much as they have they still have the nerve to tell them if they are ill well just die already and get over it because you are useless. Eli’s father was one of the ill prisoners. He noticed each day his father became weak. This must be a sad progression to see one’s father being a strong man to slowly diminishing because of the concentration camps. The process of watching one’s father die slowly and painfully just not knowing when the moment of death would come is heartbreaking after being through so much together.
Quote: “They didn’t give us anything… they said that if we were ill we should die soon anyway and it would be a pity to waste the food. I can’t go on anymore.”
Reflection: After making the prisoners suffer as much as they have they still have the nerve to tell them if they are ill well just die already and get over it because you are useless. Eli’s father was one of the ill prisoners. He noticed each day his father became weak. This must be a sad progression to see one’s father being a strong man to slowly diminishing because of the concentration camps. The process of watching one’s father die slowly and painfully just not knowing when the moment of death would come is heartbreaking after being through so much together.
Night
Ch 7 pg 94
Quote: “No!” “He isn’t dead! Not yet!”
Reflection: Eli with great desperation did what ever he could in order to wake his father up and show that he wasn’t dead. After Eli slapped his father as hard as he could he opened his eyes and began to breath weakly. At least twenty bodies were thrown out of the train in a deep snow of a field in Poland.
Quote: “No!” “He isn’t dead! Not yet!”
Reflection: Eli with great desperation did what ever he could in order to wake his father up and show that he wasn’t dead. After Eli slapped his father as hard as he could he opened his eyes and began to breath weakly. At least twenty bodies were thrown out of the train in a deep snow of a field in Poland.
Night
Ch 6 pg 88
Quote: “Keep going! We are getting there! Courage! Only a few more hours! We’re reaching Gleiwitz.”
Reflection: These were the words of encouragement the German officers told the Jews after running forty-two miles. Those that were weak and couldn’t keep up were shot or trampled by the thousands of other men running behind them. Yes, they were running to go to a new camp somewhere in Germany, but what where they to expect to happen to themselves.
Quote: “Keep going! We are getting there! Courage! Only a few more hours! We’re reaching Gleiwitz.”
Reflection: These were the words of encouragement the German officers told the Jews after running forty-two miles. Those that were weak and couldn’t keep up were shot or trampled by the thousands of other men running behind them. Yes, they were running to go to a new camp somewhere in Germany, but what where they to expect to happen to themselves.
Night
Ch 5 pg 78
Quote: “Let’s be evacuated with the others.”
Reflection: After Eli and his father had been threw so much together he didn’t wish to be separated from his father. Even with his recently operated foot he decided to stay with his dad instead of them both staying in the hospital. Eli must have thought of him as stupid after finding out what the fate of the ones who stayed behind in the hospital, they were freed two days later.
Quote: “Let’s be evacuated with the others.”
Reflection: After Eli and his father had been threw so much together he didn’t wish to be separated from his father. Even with his recently operated foot he decided to stay with his dad instead of them both staying in the hospital. Eli must have thought of him as stupid after finding out what the fate of the ones who stayed behind in the hospital, they were freed two days later.
Night
Ch 4 pg 61
Quote: “Where is God? Where is He?”
Reflection: Many of the Jews that had gone into the concentration camps had gone in with a strong faith. Although most after the first day of arriving lost faith after seeing all the injustice being done and no one to do anything about it. The prisoners themselves had suffered cruelties from German officers, but did nothing because of fear. They had been waiting for something to be done primarily from God.
Quote: “Where is God? Where is He?”
Reflection: Many of the Jews that had gone into the concentration camps had gone in with a strong faith. Although most after the first day of arriving lost faith after seeing all the injustice being done and no one to do anything about it. The prisoners themselves had suffered cruelties from German officers, but did nothing because of fear. They had been waiting for something to be done primarily from God.
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