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    The document provides discussion questions about the novel Night by Elie Wiesel. It asks the reader to analyze reasons why the Jewish people made excuses rather than acting to save themselves from the Nazis. It also asks about how the Nazis tried to control prisoners' identities and examples of when the main character Elie can no longer lie to himself. The blog questions ask the reader to relate ideas from the novel about lying to oneself and the relationship between power and lying to real-world experiences.

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    The document provides discussion questions about the novel Night by Elie Wiesel. It asks the reader to analyze reasons why the Jewish people made excuses rather than acting to save themselves from the Nazis. It also asks about how the Nazis tried to control prisoners' identities and examples of when the main character Elie can no longer lie to himself. The blog questions ask the reader to relate ideas from the novel about lying to oneself and the relationship between power and lying to real-world experiences.

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    The document provides discussion questions about the novel Night by Elie Wiesel. It asks the reader to analyze reasons why the Jewish people made excuses rather than acting to save themselves from the Nazis. It also asks about how the Nazis tried to control prisoners' identities and examples of when the main character Elie can no longer lie to himself. The blog questions ask the reader to relate ideas from the novel about lying to oneself and the relationship between power and lying to real-world experiences.

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    Week One Discussion Preparation: The Ways We Lie To

    Ourselves
    INSTRUCTIONS:
    questions:

    Read up to page 50 of Night, and answer the following

    What are the reasons the Jewish people give for not acting more decisively? Find at
    least 5 different places where the Jewish people give excuses for not doing more to
    save themselves.
    1.
    2.
    3.
    4.
    5.

    Why do you think they make these excuses, rather than act? Please explain your
    answer

    What tends to happen to the people who do speak the truth? Support your answer
    with at least three different examples.
    1.
    2.
    3.

    What are four ways the Nazis try to control the identity of their prisoners?
    1.
    2.
    3.
    4.

    BLOG ENTRY QUESTION: What does the novel suggest about the reasons
    we lie to ourselves and why we are so good at lying to ourselves? Relate

    this idea to something you have experienced, or have ready about, in the
    real world.

    Week Two Discussion Preparation: The Relationship


    between Power and Lying
    Pages 50-60:
    out?

    Why does Idek threaten Elie? What is he afraid of people finding

    Why does Elie not tell anyone?

    Why do you think Elie is telling people now, by writing this novel?

    Pages 61-70

    What are two lies Elie tells himself in these ten pages?

    What are two lies Elie can no longer tell himself in these ten pages?
    Why can he no
    longer believe these things?

    Pages 71-80

    Who is the only person who Elie trusts in these 10 pages? Why?

    What reason does the guard give for washing the wooden floor?

    Pages 81 95
    What do you think about the fact Elie writes about seeing
    barbed wire as his salvation?

    What excuse does the rich lady give for causing the children to fight
    each other to the
    death? What does she convince herself she is
    doing?

    Pages 96-109
    What are at least three examples that demonstrate Elie can no
    longer lie to himself
    about being a good person by the novel?

    BLOG QUESTION: What does the novel suggest about the relationship
    between power and lying? How does this idea relate to something you
    have experience, or have read about, in the real world?

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