2.24.15+and+2.25.15

//Night// Timeline: Create a timeline template. On one side of the line, track literal events that happen to Elie and the other prisoners (Ex. Deportation from Sighet) and on the other side, list emotional events/changes that Elie experiences (Ex. Loss of faith when he first sees death and suffering at the camp). For each side of the timeline, create ten events. So, create ten literal events, and ten emotional ones. They may correspond, but don't have to. EX: Discussion

Motif Brainstorm: Period 1:
 * Cremation/fire, smoke, ashes
 * Animal comparisons: dogs, pigs, wolves, lambs, cattle
 * Silence
 * Questioning faith/angry at God
 * A starved stomach
 * Night/day
 * Creatures, machines, beasts
 * Death as punishment/release
 * Weather: wind, snow, sun
 * Food: soup, bread
 * Camp bell
 * Games/entertainment
 * Ranks, marching: military
 * Cages/barbed wire
 * Just a body
 * Material possessions: shoes, clothes
 * Spoon/knife
 * Relationships: father/son, Elie and father, rabbi and son, Moshe and Elie, father and son fighting over bread
 * Sleep, dreams, nightmares
 * Tears/loss of tears
 * Religion/religious practices: prayer, Kaddish, holidays
 * Blame, revenge, anger
 * Rebellion
 * Dehumanizing language



HW: Final journal entry due next class.