Night Summary & Signpost Blog

Night by Elie Wiesel talks about Elie's experience during Holocaust and what he did to survive.  Elie is 12 yrs old and Nazis propaganda starts spreading throughout Europe and things start to get extreme.  Elie and his family get sent to a ghetto which happens to be in the neighborhood they live in.  Elie and his family then get sent to a concentration camp where Elie goes through life threatening and changing experiences.  

In Night there is a part in the book when there is a Aha Moment and it impacts the story.  Elie's dad is sick with dysentery and 2 doctors tell him he can't be saved and its pointless to feed him and he should get his ration of food.  Elie realizes they're right and they take his dad. 

Holocaust Bystanders & Upstanders Blog

I think many people stood on the sidelines during the Holocaust because they thought it wasn't a problem at the time.  Some people stood up to the Nazis because they saw what was happening and knew it wasn't right.  Me personally I would've none nothing about the Nazis taking Jews and killing them until it probably became a major problem.  The upstanders knew what had to be done which was to help the Jews because if they didn't the Jewish religion and history would be completely wiped out.  People's families wouldn't be complete if there wasn't any upstanders during the Holocaust.

Night Summary & Free Choice

Night is by Elie Wiesel the book follows Elie Wiesel and what happened to him and his family during the rise of Hitler and the Holocaust.  Elie is a child and sees Nazis terrorizing Jews.  Then over time Elie sees the Nazi's actions get more extreme and then start taking Jews to the ghettos to live temporarily.  The ghetto is located around Elie's house so he thinks maybe they'll move somewhere better.  Eventually Jews start being taken slowly and Elie finds out that they're being liquidated.  Elie's family is then taken to a work camp.



The point of view for Night is first person because it has I, me, and mine.  And it's about the author explaining recounting what had happened to him and his family during the Holocaust.  We hear all of Elie's thoughts about whats happening and about the people he meets.

Rash Summary & Plot Blog

Rash by Pete Hautman is a novel about Bono (Bo) Marsten his mom and grandpa.  Times have changed theres no wars and everything and everyone is watched.  Bo is in high school and runs track he gets into a fight with Karlohs another person on the team and is sent to the security office.  The head of security Mr. Lipkin tells Bo he has 3 strikes against and 1 more he goes to a work camp.  Bo then bumps into Karlohs the next day and then Karlohs gets a rash on his face and blames Bo it then spirals out of control and more people get the rash.  Bo then gets detained and after a couple hours they him go.  Bo gets another strike when he attacks Karlohs at the mall for being with his girlfriend.  Bo then gets sent to a work camp in Alaska to work for Mc Donald's.


In one part of the book Bo gets into a argument with Karlohs and things get heated and he almost gets arrested.  And it leads to the rising action where Bo attacks Karlohs at the mall and gets a court date.   Which leads to the climax where Bo gets sent to a work camp.  And Bo thens hears about a football game where its the convicts vs. the guards which leads to the resolution.