Night, Chapter 6, Study Questions

As his father sleeps, Wiesel watches over the older man, making sure he's safe and breathing. At one point, the elder Wiesel "awoke with a start. He sat up, bewildered, stunned, like an orphan." What's significant about this particular simile choice?

"Orphan" is a word Wiesel considers because he was tired of dragging an unwilling-to-live man everyday

Once again, animal terms are used to describe the inmates in this chapter. List three times when Wiesel or the guards use animal imagery to describe the men.

-He states how the Jews pass by him by comparing them to beated dogs. -When Wiesel's Father lands on the ground, he mentioned in his quote "all fours" like a four-legged animal. -He described Idek as a frog by saying "Leapt on me"

Repeatedly, Wiesel has spoken about his anger with God, yet there is evidence in this chapter that his faith is not entirely broken. Describe the moment that the reader realizes Wiesel is still a believer.

He attended the synagogue

What is significant about Juliek playing a Beethoven concerto as he died? Do you think Juliek actually played the music for the mass of people in the pile, or do you think the music was a hallucination created by Wiesel's mind? Explain your answer.

I think he was playing for the pile. He was trying to bring back hope for the rest of the men.

Explain how Rabbi Eliahu and his son can be seen as a parallel for the relationship between Wiesel and his father.

Rabbi was separated from his son. Likewise, Wiesel was at the time about to lose his father.

What evidence exists early in this chapter that the emaciated prisoners are actually stronger than their guards?

The SS Guards were under the order of shooting any who couldn't keep the pace.

Thinking back to the description of Akiba Drumer in chapter five, what similarities do Drumer and Wiesel hold? What's a crucial difference between them?

They both enjoy Jewish mysticism and experienced a loss of faith. However, unlike Wiesel, akiba got sent to the Crematosies

Write two lines from this chapter where it's clear that the prisoners set aside their own values in order to survive.

Two important lines to support are "We were the masters of nature, the masters of the world", and we were stronger than cold and hunger" (Ch.6, pg.87)