Night - Questions and Answers for Chapter 7

University:
Cambridge College
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LIT 315 | American Literature
Academic year:

2023
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1
Author:

Kamren Floyd

Name_______Kamren Floyd_________ Date ____2023_____ Block ________ Night Questions Chapter 7 1. After the transport train stopped in the middle of a field, what orders were given? After the transport train stopped in the middle of a field, the prisoners were ordered to throw out all the dead bodies from the train 2. How did the prisoners respond? How did Elie save his father’s life? The prisoners responded with exhaustion and despair, but they complied with the orders. Elie saved his father's life by waking him up when the guards were checking for signs of life among the bodies, preventing his father from being thrown out with the dead 3. At one stop, a workman tossed in a piece of bread. What happened? How can you account for the prisoner’s actions? When a workman tossed in a piece of bread, a struggle broke out among the prisoners to get it. One prisoner ended up killing his own father for the bread. This desperate act can be accounted for by the extreme hunger and deprivation the prisoners were experiencing, which drove them to do anything to survive, even betraying their own family members. 4. Throughout this chapter, how does Elie view the average German civilian? Throughout this chapter, Elie views the average German civilian with resentment and distrust. He sees them as indifferent to the suffering of the Jews and complicit in the atrocities committed by the Nazis through their silence and inaction. 5. What scene did Elie witness? At the end of this scene why do you suppose Elie tells us that he was fifteen? Elie witnessed a scene where a son was beating his own father for bread, and the father later died. At the end of this scene, Elie tells us that he was fifteen to emphasize the cruelty and desperation he witnessed at such a young age, highlighting the loss of innocence and the harsh realities of life in the concentration camps