Book night chapter 1 questions. Can you complete these questions?

Night - Chapter 1 Notes

What does the majority of the beginning of the chapter talk about? Why do you think it begins talking about this concept?

Look at the beginning of each little section within the chapter. How is it signaled? What special things are done to the words?

When Moishe the Beadle comes back what story does he tell? Why do you believe that people do not believe him (pp. 6-7)?

Throughout chapter one, readers see our characters and the Jewish population demonstrate doubt as to what reality is. Find 2 quotations that show their doubt.

What are the Jews first impressions of the Germans (pp. 9-10)? When does this change?
Look at the following quotation: ‘“The yellow star? So what? It’s not lethal…’ (Poor Father! Of what then did you die?” (10). What is our author revealing to us here and what do you think he could be meaning?

Describe what life in the ghettos was like. How did the Jews feel about them?
Look at the following quotation: “NIGHT. No one was praying for the night to pass quickly. The stars were but sparks of the immense conflagration that was consuming us. Were this conflagration to be extinguished one day, nothing would be left in the sky but extinct stars and unseeing eyes” (21). What do you think that Wiesel is saying about night?

Examine the following quotations and explain why you think our author included them in the text: “Who knows, [the Germans] may be sending us away for our own good. The front is getting closer, we shall soon hear the guns. And then surely the civilian population will be evacuated…’”

“As far as I’m concerned, this whole business of deportation is nothing but a big farce. Don’t laugh. They just want to steal our valuable and jewelry...They know that it has all been buried and that they will have to dig to find it; so much easier to do when the owners are on vacation” (21)

the answer should be b.

explanation:

it should be b because she researched before writing so it would be in past tense. "the author researches her subject before she had written the first draft.

the sentence that avoid faulty coordination is:

culture, which is well represented in philadelphia, plays a major role including theatre, music, and the visual arts.  

faulty coordination occurs when the writer gives equal importance two different ideas (clauses) which in fact are not equivalent. in order to correct a misplaced clause or idea, the writer can place less important or emphatic ideas in a relative clause as in the previous sentence.  

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the play romeo and juliet was one of the most famous love tragedies ever written. this love story unfortunately had a fatal ending. many people argue over why the lovers had died, was it over free will or fate?  

the death of romeo and juliet was partially because of free will. the fact that romeo and juliet got married knowing that there was a bitter feud between their families, the montague and capulet’s. this feud brought on many problems, such as the murder of tybalt by romeo. juliet knew that this might be a problem for her and romeo. juliet had said: “what’s in a name”? which explains her ill fate of being a capulet and romeo being a montague. when romeo tells his servant “ ay, mine own…show more content…

i believe they had died over the love they had for each other, strong enough that their lives could end so suddenly if something horrible had come between them, and that was exactly how it happened. this tragedy occurred within five days of the two meeting, they experienced love at first sight, got married and quickly were dead. free will became a part of this when juliet decided to take friar laurence’s advise in inhaling a potion that will make people assume she is died but will awake in 42 hours prier to when she took it. when romeo had heard the news that juliet was dead, he assumed it was true, and responded with the line; “well juliet, i will lay with thee tonight”. to me this line indicated how he feels for juliet by dying in her will. the fact that free will didn’t take control of the story; it left fate to be the murder of the lovers. fate first kicked in when their eyes met at the capulet party. when romeo and juliet spoke, their words had powerful contentment; they had such a strong feeling for one another that they could lay in each other’s arms forever. their happiness didn’t last long; there were many reasons for this, for example; the marriage lord capulet arranged between paris and juliet. i believe that the plot of the play thus far leads the audience to believe that the deaths were a result of fate. the last act will determine once and for all if it is fate or free will. romeo again challenges fate.

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