Characters
Elie Wiesel
Who is the protagonist?
The genocide of Jews and other groups during World War II.
What is the Holocaust?
Moishe the Beadle and other foreign Jews are deported.
One of the first things that happens in the story, at the beginning, showcases denial.
A historical account written from personal knowledge.
What is a memoir?
The year the Nazis began deporting Jews from Sighet.
What is 1941?
Shlomo
Which character is Elie’s father?
A section of a city where Jews were forced to live under poor conditions.
What is a ghetto?
A march that took place in January, in the bitter cold, where thousands of people died.
What is a death march?
Faith, denial, hope, and loss of faith.
What are the central ideas of Night?
The name of the town where Elie Wiesel was born.
What is Sighet?
Moishe the Beadle
Who is a religious teacher in Elie's life?
The process of stripping away a person's humanity and dignity.
What is dehumanization?
The last time Elie saw his mother and younger sister.
What is arriving at Auschwitz?
The knife and spoon that Elie's father gave to him.
What are symbols of Elie's father's love.
The year all of the Jews were deported from Sighet.
What is 1944?
Mrs. Schacter
Who has visions on the train?
A concentration and extermination camp in Poland.
What is Auschwitz?
A young man who played a death song on his violin.
Who is Juliek?
The visions of fire that Mrs. Schacter sees on the train.
What are examples of foreshadowing?
The year the war ended.
What is 1945?
Tzipora
Who is Elie's youngest sister who does not survive Auschwitz?
A prayer for the dead.
What is "kaddish" Jewish tradition?
A severe stomach issue that results in death (sometimes).
What is dysentary?
"It was like a page torn from some storybook."
What is a simile?
The month Elie's father passed away.
What is January?