The hardships that Eliezer endures during his first day in the Birkenau concentration camp are engraved on his mind forever. He and his father are told to lie about their ages, but are not told why they must do so. The situation they encounter is almost unimaginable. Helpless people are being slaughtered indiscriminately, simply because of which way Dr. Mengele’s baton points. Make sure to explain these things: • Why do people have to lie about their ages? • Why does the conversation “seem like an eternity?” • What would have happened if Eliezer had run after his father? • Who is Dr. Mengele? from the book Night

Read the excerpt from act iv, scene iv of romeo and juliet. capulet: good faith! ’tis day: the county will be here with music straight, for so he said he would. [music within.] i hear him near. nurse! wife! what, no! what, nurse, i say! 30 re-enter nurse. go waken juliet, go and trim her up; i’ll go and chat with paris. hie, make haste, make haste; the bridegroom he is come already: make haste, i say. [exeunt.] 35 this scene is an example of dramatic irony used to create suspense since the audience knows that the musicians will not arrive on time. capulet approves of the match to paris. romeo is already married to juliet. the nurse will be unable to rouse juliet.