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Examples of Quotes & Analyses from Night

+Student Example #1

Quote: “We were not afraid. And yet, if a bomb had fallen on the block it would have claimed hundreds of inmates’ lives. But we no longer feared death, in any event not this particular death” (78).

+Student Example #1 Cont…

Analysis: “I think that this quote exemplifies the despise of life and plea for freedom that was swelling within the Jewish people. They did not care if they were dead as long as they had not died at the hands of the Germans. That was all the freedom that they needed.”

+Student Example #2

Quote: “‘You…you…you and you…’ They pointed their fingers, the way one might choose cattle or merchandise” (49).

+Student Example #2 Cont…

Analysis: “This quote really demonstrates the treatment of the Jews as if they were animals. This is a good example of dehumanization. […] The Nazis are forcing the Jews into a role of worthlessness as human beings, not even viewing them as such.”

+Student Example #3

Quote: “What had happened to me? My father had just been struck, in front of me, and I had not even blinked” (39).

+Student Example #3 Cont…

Analysis: “This quote just shows how unhuman the concentration camps made the Jews. In just two days, the Jews had lost all self value and compassion; they had become shells of their former selves.”