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Discuss: End of Ch. 4 --Elie's interaction with the Frenchwoman--Why does he include this story? --Elie's reaction to his father being beaten--Why is he angry? What does the description of his father "[breaking] in two like an old tree struck by lightning"(54) suggest? --Elie's shoes/crown --The contrast between his reactions to the two hangings in Ch. 4: Why does the soup taste different in each instance?

Motif brainstorm: Period 2:

Timeline Assignment: Literal and Metaphoric This will be an ongoing assignment that we're starting today. This is not homework yet.

With a partner, create a visual map/timeline of events in Wiesel’s memoir. Begin in 1941, when Elie first meets Moishe the Beadle, and leave room to go all the way through April of 1945, when Elie is finally liberated from the camps. If you want to include any drawings or sketches, you may, but I’m primarily looking for descriptions of important events in Elie’s life.

Use three different colored pens / pencils to write in significant events in these three different “journeys”: > > >
 * his literal journey from Sighet, Transylvania to Auschwitz to Buchenwald – from a free member of a Jewish community to an imprisoned number
 * the metaphoric journey of his faith – identify moments when it grows and when it’s challenged
 * the metaphoric journey of his relationship with his father – identify moments when they grow closer and when he feels distant

HW: Read Ch. 5 and complete a reading journal in response to it.