English Midterm review Flashcards
Where was elie from
sighet Transylvania
Know about moishe the beetle whole story
A poor Jew, an immigrant to Hungary, who helps out at the synagogue in Sighet. He becomes Elie teacher(rabbi), but is deported by the authorities because he is a foreigner. He returns to warn the town of terrible things the Germans are doing to Jews, but the town does not take him seriously and thinks he’s gone mad.
Madame shachter
Mrs. Schächter, like Moishe, is another prophet-like character. She is a middle-aged woman who goes crazy after she’s separated from her husband and packed into a cattle car headed to Auschwitz. Throughout the long nights in the train, she punctuates the imprisoned Jews’ journey with screaming and rambling about fire and flames, warning and begging the Jews to see the fire. Unwilling to listen to her warnings, the Jews beat her rather than acknowledge the danger they are in. She not only foreshadows the death that is to come for all of them, but the literal way everybody will die—their bodies burned in the furnace of Auschwitz.
The significance of the words men to the left and women to the right when they got to the place
The words “ Men to the left! Women to the right!” is significant to Wiesel because he does not know it, this will be the last time he ever sees his mother and younger sister Tzipora.
Why did they have to evacuate buna:
fearing that all sick prisoners will be executed before the Russians arrive
Know who Juliek is
Juliek. A young jewish musician whom Elie meets in Auschwitz.
What happened to elie father and everything
Elie’s father died. He was very weak by the beginning of Chapter 8, then was beaten by other prisoners as well as one of the guards. Sometime before Elie woke up the morning after his father was beaten by the guard, Elie’s father was taken to the crematorium and he was gassed.
What was looking back at the mirror when elie was look at it:
He sees an emaciated corpse with empty, dull eyes gazing back at him.
What is the mechanical hound represent:
The Hound represents government control and manipulation of technology.
Significance of fire in the novel
It symbolizes destruction and control, but it also symbolizes enlightenment and rebellion.
Captain beatty
(attitude to books but knows so much about them )
Who is clarisse and her significance in the novel:
Clarisse is Guy Montag’s young, new neighbor. She represents individuality, empathy, and critical thought.
How does faber influence montag
He helped teach Montag how to think for himself. Knowledge/Intellect: Faber is intelligent and knowledgeable.
Why does montag change his mind perspective in the first place:
The first is that he meets Clarisse a very odd character who asks deep questions about life. The second is when a women chooses to die with her books. And the final reason is he tries to change Mildred his wife.
Montag change:
He changes from a ruthless and fierce fireman who burns books because it his job and he is dedicated to someone who loves and admires books and wants to learn from them.
Individualism vs conformity
Bradbury uses the theme of individuality versus conformity to enhance the story. Conformity means accepting and complying with social norms and laws, while individuality refers to creating one’s own path and standing out from the crowd.
Father and son examples in the novel
Elie and his father, Rabbi Eliahu and his son, and the example of the father and son (Meir) on the train.
Ways they have dehumanized people in the novel:
not allowed to go out at night
Number, no name , cattle cars, no valuables, hair shaved clothes taken
Elie relationship w god, w his father
Wiesel’s relationship to and loss of his father through Night seem to speak not only to Wiesel’s loss of himself, the loss of the person he knew himself to be in light of the God he loved, but also of the perceived loss of God to Wiesel.
