But any overview of wiesels memoir mustnt overlook the fact that night is not only a. Sep 21, 2016 night is one of the most meaningful and emotionally powerful books ever written. Fandom apps take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. The others, dawn and day, are novels, whereas night is generally considered to be a memoir. It tells the story of elisha, a holocaust survivor. Eliezer wiesel gives a first person psychological account of life in a concentration camp. The main character and narrator of the story, elie is fifteen years old when he is taken to the nazi concentration camps. Night is a memoir by elie wiesel in which wiesel recounts his experiences in a nazi concentration camp during the holocaust the wiesels areare a. His instructor, moshe the beadle, returns from a neardeath experience and warns that nazi aggressors will soon threaten the serenity of their lives. He chronicles his experiences as a jew during the holocaustimprisoned at auschwitzin his novel night. Night characters analyzer by elie wiesel night by elie.
Apr, 2018 benno and the night of broken glass by meg wiviott. Wiesel entered as a naive boy steeped in jewish lore who had never left the small romanian village of. Night the holocaust was a horrible period of punishment and toture for many who were discriminated against, especially the jews. A fellow prisoner at auschwitz and buna, akiba drumer is a deeply devout mystic with a beautiful baritone voice.
Night is a memoir by elie wiesel that was first published in 1960. This book speaks to humanity about the atrocities man is capable of committing. Night, by elie wiesel, is a work of holocaust literature with a decidedly autobiographical slant. Elie wiesel, marion wiesel, night night, eliezer elie wiesels account of his experiences as a 15 year old boy during the holocaust, is a memoir of prodigious power. After the war, elisha moves to the british mandate of palestine and joins the irgun in the book known as the movement, a paramilitary. Eliezers father is presumed dead and taken away at night. A jewish holocaust victim who gradually loses his faith in god as a result of his experiences in the concentration camp madame schachter a jewish woman from sighet who is deported in the same cattle car as eliezer, taken for a madwoman when, every night, she screams that she sees furnaces in the distance. Painful experiences of the holocaust in the novel, night. There, in a camp called auschwitz, eliezer is separated from his mother. Eliezer learns that the jews of sighet are to be deported at night. In the book night by elie wiesel, the main character, elie, was a really good person and showed many positive traits, but when he was sent to the infamous death camp, auschwitz, that forced him to change his character.
Eliezer eliezer is the narrator of night and is, in essence, a pseudopersona of the books author, elie wiesel. Eliezer is a deeply read full character analysis moche the beadle. Elie wiesel, the author of night, wrote this novel to tell his own story of the holocaust. Despite warnings about german intentions towards jews, eliezers family and the other jews in the small transylvanian town of sighet now in modernday romania fail to flee the country when they have a chance. It is a necessary read full of true stories about wiesels time in nazi concentration camps. The narrator of night, eliezer is based closely on the author elie wiesel and his own experiences before and during the holocaust. Character list eliezer elie wiesel an introspective teenager, elie first begins to hate when hungarian police strike out with billy clubs and force jews from their homes. Night is the first book in a trilogy wiesel wrote about the holocaust. Wiesel entered as a naive boy steeped in jewish lore who had never left the small romanian village of sighet, where he was born.
Book summary his instructor, moshe the beadle, returns from a neardeath experience and warns that nazi aggressors will soon threaten the serenity of their lives. Night characters moshe the beadle character map night by elie wiesel elie character information. Madame schachter is taken for a madwoman when, every night, she screams that she sees furnaces in the distance. Elie and his father support each other throughout their internment.
However, even when antisemitic measures force the sighet jews into supervised ghettos, elies. Night follows eliezers psychosomatic and troubling journey, as the holocaust steals his humanity, robbing him of his faith in god and takes him deep into the pits of despair. Night by elie wiesel is part of a trilogy of books charting the authors journey from the darkness of the holocaust to the light of postwar peace and his career as a writer, academic, and nobel laureate. He redeems himself by multiple acts of kindness, such as giving up his gold dental crown to spare his father. At the birkenau ditch where infants are burned, he wishes that elie had gone with his mother. In his memoir, he discusses growing up as a devout jewish boy, and continues the novel through his time spent in auschwitz, a notorious nazi concentration camp. In the book, he fictionalized his name and altered some minor details. Eliezer elie wiesel an introspective teenager, elie first begins to hate when hungarian police strike out with billy clubs and force jews from their homes. Why didnt the people revolt against hitler and the s. The book night details elie wiesels experiences during the holocaust in four separate camps between the time he entered when he was 14 years old in 1941 and the time he left as the only survivor of his family of 7 in 1945 at the age of 16. English 2 period 14 10 june 2015 night trilogy criticism elie wiesels night trilogy is comprised of an autobiography about wiesels experience during the holocaust and the horrific struggle he faced while in concentration camps, and two other stories depicting the rise of israel and an accident. Every book on your english syllabus summed up in a quote from the office. Night study guide contains a biography of elie wiesel, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis. Read a plot overview of the entire book or a chapter by chapter summary and analysis.
Night is a memoir by elie wiesel in which wiesel recounts his experiences in a nazi concentration camp during the holocaust the wiesels areare a jewish family living in sighet. Night study guide from litcharts the creators of sparknotes. Feb 24, 2010 night, after all, is a journey into the nightmare of the holocaust. The first was called dawn, and the second was called day. His dedication to others is evident in his accompaniment of the first convoy of deportees to the gates of the ghetto. It functions both as an entry point into learning about the holocaust and a powerful book for someone who has been studying the holocaust for years.
Wiesel based the bookat least in parton his own experiences during world war ii. The narrator of night and the standin for the memoirs author, elie wiesel. Night author and holocaust survivor elie wiesel ponders the. Book of the night the black musketeers 1 kindle edition by potzsch, oliver, chadeayne, lee. A young man who had worked with eliezer in the warehouse at buna. Wiesel called it his deposition, but scholars have had difficulty approaching it as an unvarnished account. Chlomo wiesel an esteemed grocer, adviser, and religious leader in the village of sighet, chlomo is cultured, but realistic. Socratic seminar questions for night by elie wiesel. Night, written by elie wiesel, is a short book that includes the narrators haunting personal experience with concentration camps during the holocaust. Night, after all, is a journey into the nightmare of the holocaust. After the war, elisha moves to the british mandate of palestine and joins the irgun.
The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 120 pages and is available in paperback format. Painful experiences of the holocaust in the novel, night by elie wiesel 1185 words 5 pages night essay prompt. The book thief by markus zusak, the diary of a young girl by anne frank, night by elie wiesel, the boy in the striped paja. Night by elie wiesel is an autobiography of a holocaust survivor. Night has become one of the most prominent pieces of literature about the holocaust. The book opens in 1941 in his hometown of sighet, a small isolated community tucked away in the mountains of transylvania, then. When he was 15 years old, elie wiesel was sent to auschwitz. Night is one of the most meaningful and emotionally powerful books ever written. Night is the first in a trilogynight, dawn, daymarking wiesels transition during and after the holocaust from darkness to light, according to the jewish tradition of beginning a new day at nightfall. Young readers share their thoughts about wiesels night.
Night, outlined within weeks after his liberation and only oneseventh of the yiddish original, is wiesels only book devoted completely to the holocaust, although his experiences of life in. Eliezer is the narrator of night and is, in essence, a pseudopersona of the books author, elie wiesel. Yechiel the brother of sighets rabbi who, on the night that elie arrives at. In the book, he fictionalized his name and altered some minor details, perhaps to. Benno and the night of broken glass by meg wiviott. Night characters and analysis a research guide for students. At the beginning of the book, eliezers father is a respected jewish community leader in. Eliezer elie wiesel an introspective teenager, elie first begins to hate when. Survival on the book night the book night is about the holocaust as experienced by elie weisel from inside the concentration camps. Characters in night with examples and analysis literary devices. Night characters and analysis characters and analysis. He wrote the novel night, an autobiography based on his life in the ghettos and extermination camps during the holocaust. He loses his faith at buna and, simultaneously, his will to live. Though just a brief 116 pages, the book has received considerable acclaim, and the author won the nobel prize in 1986.
Most significantly, eliezer first enters a concentration camp around midnight. It is important to remember, however, that there is a difference between the persona of nights narrator, eliezer, and that of nights author, elie wiesel. Perhaps escaping into the night is intended for teensyoung adults, but this reader, herself a holocaust survivor, was spellbound by the story of halina, who has barely reached her teens. However, even when antisemitic measures force the sighet jews into supervised ghettos, elies family remains calm and compliant. Everything came to an endman, history, literature, religion, god. A teachers resourcefor facing history and ourselves. Josef mengele, idek, franek, rabbi eliahou, zalman, meir katz, stein, hilda, bea, tzipora. He later documented his experiences in concentration camps in the classic book night. As a result, the entire jewish population is sent to concentration camps. Analyze how wiesels character changed throughout the novel, especially in regard to the jewish religion and towards god as a result of his experiences during the holocaust. She proves to be a prophetess, however, as the trains soon arrive at. S why did the ss follow all of hitlers commands, killing and hurting others. Night characters from litcharts the creators of sparknotes.
This engaging picture book for kids in about grades 2 to 5 features benno, a cat who enjoys walking around his berlin neighborhood, stealing scraps and ear scratches from strangers, as he observes the christian and jewish families around him changing during the days leading up to kristallnacht in 1938. See a complete list of the characters in night and indepth analyses of eliezer, eliezers father, and moishe the beadle. Eliezer, shlomo, moishe the beadle, akiba drumer, madame schachter, juliek, tibi and yosi, dr. This novel was based on his experiences as a jewish child during the holocaust. But any overview of wiesels memoir mustnt overlook the fact that night is not only a documentation of genocide but a tribute. He is sent to the crematories after the selection at buna. Night by elie wiesel is an autobiographical story, told by wiesel, depicting his life and journey through the holocaust as a young boy. Fifty years later the book had been translated into 30 languages, and now ranks as one of the bedrocks of holocaust literature. As a young boy in sighet, transylvania, he is very devout and interested in jewish mysticism, and his religious faith evolves but is never extinguished. Eliezer wiesel identification number a77 the narrator of the book, eliezer is taken to concentration camps in czechoslovakia and germany at the age of fourteen. Pdf night book by elie wiesel free download 120 pages.
The main characters of this non fiction, classics story are. In night, he said, i wanted to show the end, the finality of the event. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading book of. It is the second in a trilogy night, dawn, and daydescribing wiesels experiences or thoughts during and after the holocaust. Night author and holocaust survivor elie wiesel ponders. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets.
The series follows the jewish tradition of beginning the day at nightfall, hence night being the first volume. As a teen, eliezer was also dedicated and positive until the holocaust. The worst things that happen to eliezer occur at night. The characteristics of characters in night by elie wiesel. A poor, foreign jew who lives in the town of sighet. Though theyre far lesserknown than this book, wiesel wrote two fictional followups to his memoir, both exploring the plight of holocaust survivors and their efforts to reconcile with the past.
The narrator of the book, eliezer is taken to concentration camps in czechoslovakia and. The characters of the novel, night by eli wiesel not only present his sense of. Though just a brief 116 pages, the book has received considerable acclaim, and. Night, which is one mans tragic yet remarkable survival of the holocaust, is a powerful, shocking, heartbreaking, poignant, yet triumphofthesoul biography. It is the second in a trilogy night, dawn, and day describing wiesels experiences or thoughts during and after the holocaust. The first edition of the novel was published in 1958, and was written by elie wiesel. Jan 29, 2015 when he was 15 years old, elie wiesel was sent to auschwitz. In the book, he fictionalized his name and altered some minor details, perhaps to create. Night is narrated by eliezer, a jewish teenager who, when the memoir begins, lives in his hometown of sighet, in hungarian transylvania. Eliezer studies the torah the first five books of the old testament and the cabbala a doctrine of jewish mysticism. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading book of the night the black musketeers 1. Night 1960 is a work by elie wiesel about his experience with his father in the nazi german concentration camps at auschwitz and buchenwald in 19441945. Elie wiesel was a victim of the torture and suffering by the germans, in his book night, and spoke up when he survived. At auschwitzs block 17, he berates himself for being a spoiled child and rejecting his first plate of prison soup.
During world war ii millions of innocent jews were taken from their homes to concentration camps, resulting in the deaths of 6 million people. The story and the writing carried me forward so that i was stealing time from other tasks to read it. When i read it in school, it was my first time examining adult material on the holocaust. She proves to be a prophetess, however, as the trains soon arrive at the crematoria of auschwitz.