8A Global Studies: This blog is a forum for you to share with the class your reactions to Night, a memoir by Elie Wiesel. You are required to write a post based on the assigned reading. Each writing post should be at least 200 words in length. In addition to posting your response to the reading, take time to read at least two other posts and comment briefly following the guidelines we have set forth in class. If two people have already commented on a post, please choose another.
Monday, October 2, 2017
Blog Post #1 - Isabel
I found this chapter very sad, but at the same time intriguing. One passage in particular that I found meaningful was: “There no longer was any distinction between rich and poor, notables and the others; we were all people condemned to the same fate—still unknown.” (21). I think this passage really made me realize how much everyone’s lives had changed so quickly. People went from being the richest of the rich and the poorest of the poor to just being themselves. I noticed that for a good part of the chapter, the narrative focused less on Eliezer’s thoughts and feelings and more on what was happening around him and other people’s reactions. Also, rather than every scene being set at around the same time, they were more like moments spanning over multiple years. This can be shown especially by the sections starting with things like “Spring 1944” (8), or “The eight days of Passover” (10). I liked this because it made it easier to see the process of how things slowly started to go downhill, and to see how everyone’s mood and mindset began to change over time.
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Dear Isabel,
ReplyDeleteI agree with how you said that everyone changed very quickly. Awful conditions can force you to change drastically. I noticed your point during the chapters when Elie's father was slapped after asking where the toilets were. Elie was so used to the horrible conditions that this did not seem as bad to him. I think that your post is well organized, but you could have added some more about in which ways the prisoners changed.