In the beginning of this chapter, Wiesel says that the “night was growing longer, never-ending” and that finally “a grayish light” appeared on the horizon. Why, do you suppose, he describes the daybreak light as grayish instead of yellow or golden?
How is the German worker who throws the first piece of bread similar to the French woman who throws coins to the “natives” in Aden? Are the worker and the woman kind? Cruel? Explain your answer.
Explain how the father and son killed in the cattlecar next to Wiesel died. What message can you take away from this incident?
What is the first name of Elie Wiesel’s father? How do you know this?
Of the 100 inmates who were loaded onto the cattlecar, how many survived the trip and were able to walk off the train?
Find and write two lines from this chapter that would be useful in an analysis of the book’s title, Night.