Night Questions

1. Describe Wiesel's community at the beginning of the story. How does young Elie view the world and his place in it?
2. What are some incidents that foreshadow the coming danger? Why doesn't the community believe it is in danger?
3. What if I told you that the current Canadian (federal) government manipulated the last election, lied to the public about billions of dollars of expenses, and muzzles scientists, insisting that they have "communication handlers"? What would you think? Is your democracy in danger? Shouldn't you inform yourself?
4. Even though it was 1944, and Nazi extermination of Jews had begun years earlier, the Sighet Jews had very few facts about it. Do you think it is possible today for a community to know so little? Explain.
5. When Elie arrives at Auschwitz and then at Buna, he describes things he will never forget. What scenes, ideas, feelings from the memoir do you  find unforgettable?
6. In the camps, Wiesel must struggle to remain alive and to remain human. In your opinion, how well does he succeed with his struggles?
7. Does Wiesel's one voice have more power to tell the story of the holocaust than any textbook, or list of statistics? Why?