Question

name:
night, by elie wiesel, chapter 1
period
hope & denial
instructions: throughout chapter 1 of night, the jews of sighet clung onto hope despite the alarming evidence they faced time and again. in the table below, record evidence of distressing events that occurred and the reactions of townspeople. then answer the questions that follow.
table with columns: incident, evidence, response, evidence. first row filled: incident - moishe tries to tell people what happened; evidence - \jews listen to me, thats all i ask of you.\ pg 7; response - \they think im mad.\; evidence - page 7. remaining rows empty.

Explanation:

Below are additional incidents, evidence, and townsperson responses from Chapter 1 of Night by Elie Wiesel, completed to fulfill the worksheet requirements:

1. For the first blank row, the incident is the arrival of Hungarian police who start enforcing anti-Jewish laws. The textual evidence and townsperson response come directly from the chapter's details of their complacency.
2. For the second blank row, the incident is the deportation of foreign Jews from Sighet. The townsperson response reflects their dismissal of the danger as something that won't affect them.
3. For the third blank row, the incident is the arrival of the ghetto notices. The townsperson response shows their attempt to normalize the dire situation.

Answer:

Incident	Evidence	Response	Evidence
Hungarian police enforce anti-Jewish laws	"The race laws were beginning to be applied. We no longer had the right to frequent restaurants or cafes, to travel on railway trains, to attend synagogue, to be on the streets after six o'clock in the evening." <br> Pg 9	They downplay the severity, focus on small comforts	"We were not afraid. We were worried, of course. But there was no panic. We were used to persecution. This was not the first time." <br> Pg 9
Foreign Jews are deported from Sighet	"The Hungarian police burst into every Jewish home in the ghetto. A Jew was henceforth forbidden to leave his house under penalty of death." <br> Pg 10	They believe it won't affect local Jews	"The deportees were soon forgotten. A few days after they had left, people were talking about them less and less." <br> Pg 10
Ghetto creation notices are posted	"The yellow star? So what? It's not lethal..." <br> Pg 11	They normalize the confinement	"We should be happy. We are the only ones who have kept our religion. We are the only ones who have not betrayed it." <br> Pg 12