After reading the book Night by Elie Weisel write at least a 2-page response to each question (so a total of 5-6 pages). If you need more space feel free. Each question has multiple parts to them, but I want you to write a single coherent narrative for each essay incorporating each part within your answer. You should incorporate their own personal experience into the questions (How you do it is up to you, but I want you to relate your personal experience and perspective to the book and the questions). In addition, make sure to reference specific parts of the book in each question (at least two references per question).
Questions:
1. Using examples from the text, what does Wiesel convey about human nature in the concentration camps? Where does he (if at all) draw the line between humanity and barbarism?
2. Why did the townspeople disbelieve Moshe the Beadle’s stories of the Nazi exterminations? Why did they reject him after he returned to warn them? Similarly, why did the prisoners continue to see the Nazi SS officers positively despite their role in the deportation and their role in the camps? What does this say about human behavior and how we tend to perceive other people. Provide examples from the book.
3. Read the attached .pdf about destructive obedience and the Milgram study. How might the forces that affect obedience explain why it was easier for the Nazis to implement the “Final Solution?” How do Milgram’s obedience experiments contribute to the social psychological understanding of the Holocaust? And do Milgram’s interpretations exonerate those who obey malevolent authority? Again, make sure to reference the book, but this time make sure to also reference the reading.