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Idek, a Kapo in charge of Eliezer’s work crew, beats Eliezer with no provocation. The narrator goes on to relate a story of the French girl Eliezer ran into years later who consoled Eliezer after the beating. After a prisoner attempts and fails to eat soup during an air raid, the Nazis set up gallows to publicly kill the prisoners, including ...
5. What three steps did Wiesel describe on “the race toward death” (pp. 10-11)? 6. On p.12, Wiesel writes: “Night fell.” The word “Night” is also the title of his memoir. What significance or symbolism does night have? Why might Wiesel have titled his autobiography this way? 7. Wiesel’s writing has been praised for its “sparse ...
3. How does Wiesel describe himself as a boy of 12? He was a serious student of religion who studied the Talmud during the day and prayed at night. 4. How does Wiesel describe his father? He was a man of learning and culture who was highly regarded by the Jewish community. 5. Why did Elie’s father prohibit him from studying the Cabala?
8. Describe the Ghettos. It was similar to a town aside from the barbed wire that encircles them. 9. Describe the expulsion from the ghettos. The smaller ghetto is expelled first and Elie compares the emptied houses to open tombs. Even as the remaining Jews move from the big ghetto into the smaller ghetto, they forget about the previous occupants.
4. Identify and analyze the themes in a novel. 5. Identify and analyze an author’s purpose and perspective. 6. Explain how historical context affects readers’ understanding and appreciation of a novel. Behind the Scenes. Night. is based on the experiences of Hungarian Jewish author Eliezer (“Elie”) Wiesel.
Full Book Analysis. Elie Wiesel’s literary memoir Night is a harrowing account of a Jewish teenager’s experiences in Nazi concentration camps during World War II. Structured around horrifying, semi-autobiographical events from Wiesel’s life, the first-person narrative explores the impact of those events on its protagonist, Eliezer, who ...
Introduction. This is a Night study guide. The book is a work by Elie Wiesel about his experience with his father in the Nazi German concentration camps at Auschwitz and Buchenwald in 1944–1945, at the height of the Holocaust and toward the end of the Second World War. Please click on the study guide category you wish to be displayed.
