Theme analysis "night" so far.

Kyle Parnau
Ms. Stein
English
!/11/10
Night Theme Analysis
“They will never wake up! Never!” (105). Imagine trying to talk sense into your own father, who has no more will to survive. This is the beginning of the end for Elie Wiesel's father as stated throughout Elie's memoir “Night”. Together they survived through so much of the Holocaust, but his father can endure no longer. Elie could not have made it this far without his father. This goes to show how evident the father son relationship is in this relationship. Furthermore, that people can change when forced to survive through a hardship such as the Holocaust; In this story Elie and his father's relationship shifts starting when he is a kid, during the concentration camps, and in the final moments of his fathers life.
As a kid, Elie was not close to his father. They both had different goals in life. Elie wanted to study the Kabbalah and mysticism while his father “was a cultured man... he was more involved with the welfare of others than with that of his own kin” (4). Elie's father disagreed with his idea to study the Kabbalah. When his father says “You are too young for that” (4) you can tell his father wishes for Elie to peruse a different goal. Elie has nobody to turn to except his teacher Moishe, who seems like more of a father figure at this point. Especially when he went to see Moishe every evening after that.
Once Elie and his father reached the concentration camp, their relation really changed. I think Elie realize how much his father meant to him. Elie is just a kid and relies on his father when he first gets into the concentration camp. “I felt my father's hand press against mine” (29). Deep down inside, Elie new that he loved his father and would do anything for him. Elie even said “Still I was happy, I was near my father” (32). Even though he loved his father so much, this between them soon changed again. Elie pretty much looses all his emotions because of the terror he sees in the concentration camps. “I stood petrified. My father had just been struck, in front of me, and I had not even blinked” (39). throughout the story Elie still pushes his father to survive, but all the death had become the norm to him.

fire symbolism

death
fear
slow and painful
destruction of souls, faith, lives,
hell
war
hatred

the lady saw fire but there was really non. i think this might forshadow cities burning down sometime in the future. maybe the nazis will blow stuff up.

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the lottery

Author: Shirley Jackson
Prereading: What is justice? Justice is when someone who does something bad and they get what they seserve. They get punished.
List traditions you have within your family. We celebrate Christmas and Easter together.
Plot/Reaction: Describe the community/town in this short story. They seem like a friendly group of people. but really they kill people and dont even seem to care.
What happened to Mrs. Hutchinson? she was late for the lottery. her name was picked. she got stoned to death
Why? her name was picked so she had to be killed.
Questions: List two questions you have.
1 why they kept such a rediculous tradition?
2 are all those people crazy?

there will come soft rains

Author: Stephen Vincent Benet
Prereading: Do you believe we process information too fast? No. I think we will keep on advancing and we will never turn out like the people in the story.
What is your view on technological advancements? I like new technology. I like having a new iPod or my cell phone. Every advancement brings cooler new gadgits that everyone must have.
Plot/Reaction: List the places that the protagonist visits on his journey out East. The washington monument. a microwave store. the treasury.
Questions: List two questions you have. why can only priests touch the metal? what is the metal? is it cars or somthing?

Harrison Bergeron

Prereading
1 Equality is what everyone has the same rights. they have rights but are still protected by the laws. and also people should be free to use the talents that god gave them.

Harrison Bergeron is like the perfect guy. he was stron and athletic and he was gorgeous. Because he was so gorgeous the government had to hadicap him. they made him a little less gorgeous.

Harrison escapes from jail and he takes off his handicaps. Thats how he chalenges the government

Why does the goverment say thats equal when the government say they are equal when the government has more power than the people?

Why is Harrison flying near the end of the story?