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Think-Pair-Share Work with a partner

Think-Pair-Share Work with a partner. What traits are brought out in people placed in extreme situations?. Meyer Meyer’s father Meir Katz German soldiers. Elie (narrator) Elie’s father People throwing bread The “strangler”. Allusion.

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Think-Pair-Share Work with a partner

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  1. Think-Pair-ShareWork with a partner • What traits are brought out in people placed in extreme situations? • Meyer • Meyer’s father • Meir Katz • German soldiers • Elie (narrator) • Elie’s father • People throwing bread • The “strangler”

  2. Allusion • An allusion is a reference to another work of literature or to a historic person or event, usually as a comparison. • What is the author’s intent in making the allusion to manna from heaven in the Torah? • (The Torah is the Jewish name for the first five books of the Old Testament.)

  3. Character Foil • A foil is a character who demonstrates a contrast to the main character of a story. Usually a foil has something in common with the protagonist, but the foil’s actions are much different or even opposite of those of the protagonist. • Example – Laertes is a foil to Hamlet.

  4. Character Foil • What example of character foil does Wiesel use in his narrative? • Compare and contrast these character foils with the main characters. • What is the effect of these comparisons on the reader?

  5. HomeworkThe World Was Silent, by Elie Wiesel • In your notebook, answer questions 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 on pg. 1242. • Next reading: • The Spy by Bertolt Brecht

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