Theme Statements for Night by Elie Wiesel

This lesson is a continuation of Theme Lesson for Night by Elie Wiesel. Be sure to start there before you move on to the lesson below.

Theme Statements

1. Write the following on the board:
   Elie Wiesel’s Night shows that faith…
2. Ask your students to copy it down and finish the sentence.
3. The finished product is a theme statement. Tell your students to use this structure when writing
   theme statements.
4. Students must now select three other topics to write theme statements for.
5. When they are finished, call on students to share their statements with the class and check for understanding.
6. Students must now add two reasons or examples to each of their three theme statements. This can be done in point form. Ex. Elie Wiesel’s Night shows that people often question their faith in God when faced with inexplicably suffering.

• When the young boy is hanged, several prisoners ask “where is God?”
• Elie frequently comments on the strain on his faith. He cannot understand why a supreme and benevolent being would allow such horror to exist.

7. Call on students to share their reasons.

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