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    This document discusses symbolism in Night by Elie Wiesel. It lists several symbols from the book and asks the student to explain the symbolic meaning of each and provide textual evidence. The symbols included are: Fire & Flames (representing death and destruction), Night (impending doom), The Angelic Pipel (Elie's faith), Silence (indifference), and Shlomo giving Elie his spoon and knife (inheritance and legacy). The student is to analyze each symbol based on events from the book and specific quotes provided as evidence.

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    Symbolism in Night by Elie Wiesel

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    This document discusses symbolism in Night by Elie Wiesel. It lists several symbols from the book and asks the student to explain the symbolic meaning of each and provide textual evidence. The symbols included are: Fire & Flames (representing death and destruction), Night (impending doom), The Angelic Pipel (Elie's faith), Silence (indifference), and Shlomo giving Elie his spoon and knife (inheritance and legacy). The student is to analyze each symbol based on events from the book and specific quotes provided as evidence.

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    This document discusses symbolism in Night by Elie Wiesel. It lists several symbols from the book and asks the student to explain the symbolic meaning of each and provide textual evidence. The symbols included are: Fire & Flames (representing death and destruction), Night (impending doom), The Angelic Pipel (Elie's faith), Silence (indifference), and Shlomo giving Elie his spoon and knife (inheritance and legacy). The student is to analyze each symbol based on events from the book and specific quotes provided as evidence.

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    Symbolism in Night by Elie Wiesel

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    This document discusses symbolism in Night by Elie Wiesel. It lists several symbols from the book and asks the student to explain the symbolic meaning of each and provide textual evidence. The symbols included are: Fire & Flames (representing death and destruction), Night (impending doom), The Angelic Pipel (Elie's faith), Silence (indifference), and Shlomo giving Elie his spoon and knife (inheritance and legacy). The student is to analyze each symbol based on events from the book and specific quotes provided as evidence.

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    Name: ______________________________________________________ Pd: __________

    Symbolism in Night by Elie Wiesel


    Directions: Discuss and write an explanation for each symbolic meaning. Use your book to
    help you find textual evidence to support your inferences and interpretations.

    Symbolic
    Symbol Explanation and Textual Evidence
    Meaning
     Fires eat and engulf what they consume; they destroy
    everything in their way; they are painful and hurt; they sting;
    hell is often seen as a fiery pit and the Holocaust was a hellish
    nightmare
    Death &
     In chapter 2, Madame Schachter sees the flames and
    Fire & Destruction
    foreshadows the fate of the Jews
    Flames
     “Night. No one was praying for the night to pass quickly. The
    Impending Doom
    stars were but sparks of the immense conflagration that was
    consuming us. Where this conflagration to be extinguished one
    day, nothing would be left in the sky but extinct stars and
    unseeing eyes” (p. 21).

    Elie’s Suffering

    Man’s inhumanity
    to man
    Night
    The effects of the
    Holocaust on Elie’s
    faith

    The Jewish People

    The God
    Angelic
    Pipel Elie’s faith (and
    other prisoners
    like him)

    Silence Indifference

    Shlomo
    gives Elie Inheritance &
    his spoon & Legacy
    knife
    Name: ______________________________________________________ Pd: __________

    Symbolism in Night by Elie Wiesel


    Directions: Discuss and write an explanation for each symbolic meaning. Use your book to help you find textual evidence to
    support your inferences and interpretations.

    Symbol Symbolic Meaning Explanation and Textual Evidence

    Fire &
    Flames

    Night

    The
    Angelic
    Pipel

    Silence

    Shlomo
    gives Elie
    his spoon &
    knife

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