In Night, what are 6 events that are examples of hopelessness and death and what are 6 examples of hope and life?In Chapters 6 - 9.

Well, with a story like this one there are plenty of
examples of hopelessness, and I am certainly not going to give you an example of all six
for both, as I really think you should be reading this excellent, life-changing
narrative for yourself. I will, however, point you towards one event that encapsulates
both the hope but also the despair of these last few chapters. This is the violin of
Juliek.

Let us remember that Elie and the other prisoners
are on the withdrawal with their German captors. They are all in a barrack and there are
so many prisoners that they are struggling to sleep, as literally there was danger of
suffocation and crushing from so many bodies. In the midst of this chaos and suffering
and sadness, like a note of hope, Juliek begins playing his violin, in what turns out to
be his last concert.

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He was playing a fragment of a Beethoven
concerto. Never before had I heard such a beautiful sound. In such
silence....

...The darkness enveloped us. All I could hear
was the violin, and it was as if Juliek's soul had become his bow. He was playing his
life. His whole being was gliding over the strings. His unfulfilled hopes. His charred
past, his extinguished future. He played that which he would never play
again.

Juliek's impromptu
concert therefore sums up the capacity of man to survive and thrive in the most hideous
of situations and to find beauty in the most ugly of surroundings. In spite of all that
has happened to him, Juliek has not had his ability to create beauty extinguished. This
is something that gives hope, and as the author says, it was an unforgettable
performance:

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How could I forget this concert given before an
audience of the dead and the
dying?

Of course, this great
symbol of hope is short lived, as the next day Elie sees Juliek "hunched over, dead"
with his trampled violin next to him, which is described as "an eerily poignant little
corpse." It is clear that Juliek literally played his life out, and the "death" of the
violin represents the death of his talent and his potential. A bleak moment following
the uplifting music of the night before.

Hope this example
helps you find other such contrasts. And do read the book - it is
life-changing.