Name: Date: Hour: Conflict in Night [CCSS.ELA.9-10.W.3]

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1 Name: Date: Hour: Conflict in Night [CCSS.ELA.9-10.W.3] In order to create a good narrative, you must introduce conflict for your characters. A conflict is a struggle between two forces. In Chapter 3 of Night, Elie Wiesel deals with many different conflicts, including: character vs. self - The character deals with a struggle within his mind. character vs. character - The character struggles against another character. character vs. society - The character struggles against the tradition or rules of a group of people. character vs. nature - The character struggles against a force of nature, such as a difficult climate, weather, or animal. Directions: Choose FOUR of the conflicts described in Chapters 1-3 (pp. 3-46) of Night. In the chart below, describe the conflict and who or what Elie is struggling against. Self Nature Society What major conflict(s) will you describe in your personal narrative?

2 Exposition Elie and his family are introduced. He, his three sisters, mother, and father all live in the small town of Sighet, Hungarian Transylvania. Early in his life, Elie becomes interested in Jewish mysticism and finds Moishe the Beadle, a master in these areas, who is willing to teach him. Major Inciting Conflict World War II has been ongoing for three years. The people of Sighet begin to wonder if the front is moving closer to them, and if the war will end before it reaches Hungry. At this time, all foreign Jews are deported; this includes Moishe. The Nazis start their attack on the Jewish people. Rising Action German soldiers enter Elie s town, and his family is quickly forced into the ghetto. There, they learn that they will soon be transported to a concentration camp. Elie's father is on the Jewish council, so his family is put on the last transport. While making the three day journey, Elie and his father are put in the same car as Mrs. Schächter. She screams relentlessly that she sees a fire. Climax Elie and his family arrive at Birkenau and he and his father are separated from his mother and sisters. They lie about their ages and occupations to be spared from death and put to work. From there, they go to Auschwitz and eventually travel to Buna to work in an electrical factory. Elie recants the atrocities of death, despair, and loss of hope he experienced under the Nazi occupation. Falling Action After months in the camp, Elie undergoes an operation on his foot. While in the infirmary, the camp is evacuated due to advances of the Russian army. In the middle of a snowstorm, the prisoners begin a death march: a fifty mile run to Gleiwitz. Many die of exposure, exhaustion, and abuse. Loaded into cattle cars, the prisoners embark on a deadly journey, only twelve remain alive when the train reaches the concentration camp Buchenwald. Throughout the ordeal, Eliezer and his father help each other to survive. Resolution

3 Elie survives the ordeal. However, he is left not knowing who he is: From the depths of the mirror, a corpse gazed back at me. The look in his eyes, as they stared into mine, has never left me. He was liberated on April 11, 1945.

4 Name: Answer Key Date: Hour: Conflict in Night [CCSS.ELA.9-10.W.3] In order to create a good narrative, you must introduce conflict for your characters. A conflict is a struggle between two forces. In Chapter 3 of Night, Elie Wiesel deals with many different conflicts, including: character vs. self - The character deals with a struggle within his mind. character vs. character - The character struggles against another character. character vs. society - The character struggles against the tradition or rules of a group of people. character vs. nature - The character struggles against a force of nature, such as a difficult climate, weather, or animal. Directions: Choose FOUR of the conflicts described in Chapters 1-3 (pp. 3-28) of Night. In the chart below, describe the conflict and who or what Elie is struggling against. Self - Elie struggles with his ideas about religion and tries to determine what he believes. - Elie struggles with what to tell Stein about his family and ultimately lies to him. - Elie struggles against the Kapos who beat him and his father. Society Nature - Elie struggles as a Jew being persecuted by the Nazis for his religion. - In the concentration camp, Elie struggles to survive the harsh conditions and lack of food and water. What conflict(s) will you describe in your personal narrative?

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