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yashira17
yashira17
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High School - 12th Grade

In chapter 4 of "Night", during one hanging, Elie and the other prisoners cried. What made this hanging different from others?

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Posted by yashira17 on Tuesday April 7, 2009 at 3:41 PM and tagged with chapter 4, cry, hanging, night, prisoners.

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  1. ladyvols1 Teacher
    High School - 9th Grade

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    During this section of Elie's story he relates the affect that a hanging has on them.  They arrive back from a work detail and they are called into formation to witness a hanging of three prisoners.  This particular hanging is worse than the others because there is a boy being hanged.  There is a graphic description of how the bodies dropped and the ropes tightened.  The men died almost immediately, but the boy was too light and he kicked and wiggled and didn't die right away.  It took a long time and they all had to stand and watch the entire dying process.

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    Posted by ladyvols1 on Tuesday April 7, 2009 at 6:31 PM