He realizes that as a teenager, "one's knowledge of death and evil should be limited to what one discovers in literature," and he offers to educate you through his experience.
- What did you learn from him in this preface that will prepare you for what you are about to read?
- What did you learn about his writing process?
- What questions do you hope to have answered?
What i learned from this preface was that he dont think he was deserving to live and that he just wants people to be a ware of this disater and make it so that it never happens again.
ReplyDeleteWhat i learned about his writing process is that he dosnt know weither he writes to prevent madness, of to understand it, also hhe dosnt know if it is to preserve his exsperiences to help to keep history from reapeteing itself. i hope to get answered how he got out and how he made it through wihtouut dieing like so many others.
I have learned that Elie Wiesel was a child (15) when the Holocaust began. He witnessed his father dying, and did not go by his side in his final hours. I also learned that he had a difficult time getting Night published because of the sensitive subject at the time. His wife translated it into English for him. I got a taste of his writing style from this preface and have learned that he writes very straightforward. I hope this novel go into what life was like before the holocaust and how quickly or gradually things changed.
ReplyDeleteFrom the preface, I learned that he doesn't want something like the Holocaust to happen ever again. He wants others to see what he went through to try to prevent it from reoccuring. I learned that his writing process is very detailed. Just from the preface I can see that he is very detailed with what he says. Like Lindsay, I want to know how he managed to live through and how he escaped.
ReplyDeleteThrough the preface of the book "Night", I learned that the author was a survivor of the Holocaust. I think the preface will prepare me to read his story of that ordeal, and it also gave some insight as to why he thinks he wrote this book and had it translated many years later. I learned that he doesn't understand much, like why exactly he wrote the book or how he even survived. It leaves me with many questions, such as what exactly happened to him and how did he survive when the rest of his family didn't?
ReplyDeleteI also agree with Nichole, about his writing style being straight-forward.
I learned that he was a Jewish Holocaust survivor who said that he's only alive today by chance. He doesn't think he's worthy of living, and that without chance he wouldn't be alive.
ReplyDeleteHe had his book translated into French and then English, and it has grown more and more popular as it shows up on school reading lists. One of his translators was his wife, and this worked out well for him because she knows what his voice is like and it was a more accurate translation.
I would like to know if a full version of his book has ever been published without being cut.
I learned from the preface that Elie Wiesel was able to survive the Holocaust by chance. He felt that there were others more deserving than himself that weren't as fortunate as he was.
ReplyDeleteFrom the preface, you get a taste of his writing process. He likes you to know exactly what he's thinking, and he tells you directly what he wants to accomplish through the telling of his story.
I learned that Elie Wiesel was a strong man who saw a lot in his day, but still thinks that he should have died with his fellow Jews. He says that he doesnt deserve to have survided, which he did. The preface gave me a good idea of what I think the book will be about and I was intruiged by what he had to say in the preface.
ReplyDeleteI learned that Elie Wiesel sruvived the Holocaust and did not learn English until later in his life. I think that the preface prepares the reader for a book that tells about horrible things that happened. I also learned that in writing this memoir, Wiesel wants to prevent anything like this from happening again. I learned that his writing process is a very careful and panistaking process. Since English is not his first language, he was very careful to make sure he used the right words in the right places. I hope he tells about what happened immediatly after the war was over because no one really tells about the time right after the war was over.
ReplyDeleteFrom the preface I learned that Wiesel was a Holocaust survivor, that was put in a concentration camp when he was a young boy. He said he witnessed many atrocities such as infants being thrown into fires, and even say/heard his own father die. He also feels that nobody should have to experience the pain of living through such things, and instead should only learn about such events through literature. He also mentioned that in his writing process he would originally rather tell to little than to much, and that he lets his wife translate for him because she gets the true meaning of his words.
ReplyDeleteFrom reading the preface, i learned that Elie Wiesel if a surviving Holocuast victim who is lving by chance. He might be edging towards telling his readers that an awful event like the Holocaust needs to be prevented in the future. His writing style is direct and easy to read. The preface leaves me with questions and curiousity about his survival that i hope will be answered later in the story.
ReplyDeleteFrom the preface I learned that Elie Wiesel was a survivor of the holocaust, but he believes he should nothave survived. He claims he only survived by chance, and othrs were more deserving to live than he was. His writing style is direct, and describes what happens with the emotions he was feeling exactly at that moment
ReplyDeleteJust to let you know, this version of Night is the fullest, uncut version ever published. I know that I have done what is called a "Google Lit Trip" and that many photographs of the places he writes about are also on line. At home, you can certainly access YouTube and find video of Wiesel; let me know if you find a particularly powerful segment to share with the class.
ReplyDeleteThrough the preface of "Night," i learned that the author lived through the Holocaust in Nazi prison camp for Jews. He has seen many people die in the prison camp he was in. In the beginning, he had a difficult time getting his book published because at the time no one wanted to read a book about the Holocaust. After he got it published it took some time for the popularity of the book to increase for the same reason. I hope to learn how he managed to live through the Holocaust.
ReplyDeleteFrom the preface i was able to learn that Elie was a surivor of the holocaust and believes he should not have made it out of it and wants to make sure that this never happens again.
ReplyDeleteI learned that it tookk him a very long time to finally get this published, it took him decades
What questions i have is what did he do once all of this was over?
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ReplyDeleteBy reading the preface I learned that Elie Wiesel was a lucky surivor of the Holocaust in Auschwitz. Elie regrets not following his father's orders when he told him to come to him moments before his death. He boldly remembers the death of many Jews, and feels guilty of their deaths.
ReplyDeleteIt was a challenge for Elie Wiesel to get published and for people to buy his books. Parents at the time didn't want their children to learn the attempted genocide of the Jews. His wife helped in translating his work into English because she knew his voice best.
From the preface, I learned that Elie Wiesel had to witness his father dieing during the Holocaust. I also leatned that he doesn't know why he survived over other people at the time. After he wrote this book it took him a long time to get it published. His writing process was very detailed and to get published some of that had to be cut out. His wife was the trasnlator for his books so that worked to his advantage. I hope my question of how he survived is answered, especially when his father was treated the way he was.
ReplyDeleteFrom reading the perface of "Night" i learned that Elie Wiesel was a survivor of the Holocaust and witnessed his own fathers death. I learned that he does't know why he writes, he could write for many possible reasons as he states in the preface itself. I found him to be a very philosophical person and asks many questions and wants to know why as well. I learned that he feels like he doesn't deserve the so called "miracle" he received by being alive, he feels that why him over all the others "more" deserving.
ReplyDeleteHis writing process is one i could easily understand because he writes from a personable level and speaks his mind on subjects he knows of.
I hope to learn more about his writing style and his themes throughout the novel.
From the preface I learned that Elie Wiesel survived the Holocaust and he doesn't understand how he survived and believes that there were more deserving people who should have been giving a second chance. What I learned about his writing process is that it's detailed and that he writes down everything because he wants you to know what he was thinking at the time. I only want to know how he survived through the Holocaust.
ReplyDeleteFrom the preface I have learned that Elie Wiesel is a Holocaust survivor. He doesn't understand why he survived and not the others. I had to witness his father and thousands of other people die and he wants to make sure that no one else has to ever go through something like that ever again. His writing style is very detailed and he is very precise about everything he writes. I would just like to know how he managed to survive the Holocaust.
ReplyDeleteFrom the preface of "Night," I learned that Elie Wiesel is a Holocaust survivor. He is not sure why or how he survived, and is shocked how others did not. He never wants anything like this to happen again because he had to witness his father and thousands of other people perish. I think that his writing style is easy to understand because it is direct but also uses a lot of emotions in his descriptions. Some questions that I want to be answered would be:
ReplyDeletewhat is his family like?
how did he recover from something as tragic as this?
how did he escape?
I read "After the Ball" by Leo Tolstoy. I was able to visualize and gain images through the descriptive writing provided by Tolstoy. This story compares and contrast the good and evil of people and things in the world. Characters in the story can benefit from Forster by realizing tolerance to eachother is needed.
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