Night: Final Exercise (final)

 Write two thesis statements for which you could write well-supported literary analysis essays. (Theme and Character)

Theme: The importance of perseverance is often overlooked in modern society but the novel "Night" proves to us that not giving up is key to success.

Quotes:
"So now, muster your strength, and don't lose heart. We shall all see the day of liberation.( 38)
"As I was biting my lips to stop myself from screaming with pain, he must have taken my silence for defiance, for he went on hitting me even harder" (51)
"'Left, right!' and my father would practice."(53)
"One shoe in my hand, because it would not go onto my right foot, I ran on, feeling neither pain nor cold." (78)
'''A few more yards,' I thought. 'A few more yards and that will be the end." (82)
"No one wanted to give up now, just before the end, so near to the goal." (88)

Character: Many of us cherish our family; Elie Wiesel teaches us how far one can go with the support of their family, telling us that our families are vital to our success.

Quotes:

"'The only thing that keeps me alive,' he used to say, 'is that Reisel and the children are still alive. If it wasn't for them, I couldn't keep going." (42)
'I decided to give my father lessons myself, to teach him to change step, and to keep to the rhythm." (53)
"As for me, I was not thinking about death, but I did not want to be separated from my father. We had suffered so much, borne so much together; this was not the time to be separated" (78)
"I had no right to let myself die. What would he do without me? I was his only support." (82)
"My God, Lord of the Universe, give me strength never to do what Rabbi Eliohou's son has done." (87)
" His son had been taken from him at the time of the first selection, but it was not that he wept. It was now that he cracked up. He was finished, at the end of his tether." (97)