Important characters
Narrator of the story.
Elie Wiesel…
The mode of transportation the Nazis used to move the Jews from camp to camp.
Cattle cars on trains
Why does Madame Schachter scream?
she is hallucinating a huge fire outside of the train car.
Mrs. Schacter's vision of fire
foreshadowing
He tutors Elie.
Moishe the Beadle.
Vicious Kapo, prone to fits of violence, beats Elie
Idek
The inheritance Elie's father tries to leave him
a knife and spoon
Why did Elie Wiesel write Night?
for people to witness his experiences in the holocaust.
"Our backyard looked like a marketplace"
simile
Study of Jewish mysticism.
Kabbalah.
Respected Jewish community leader in Sighet.
Shlomo Wiesel
Two of these were set up in Sighet.
ghettos
What happens when they’re on the cattle car being moved from one camp to another?
They turn on one another and start fighting over bread thrown into the car.
"Everywhere rooms lay open ... an open tomb
metaphor
The reason Elie is sent to the infirmary.
Infected foot
His son leaves him behind during the death march.
Rabbi Eliahu
Name one of the opportunities the Wiesel family had to escape before going to a concentration camp
1. Maria, a former maid, offered to hide them
2. Elie urged his father to emigrate to Palestine
3. a Hungarian inspector tried to warn them about the upcoming evacuation by knocking at their ghetto window
What does night symbolize?
symbolizes the utter despair and painful suffering that Eliezer and the rest of the prisoners endure
"the yellow star? Oh well, what of it? You don't die of it..."
irony
Where Elie's family is from.
Sighet, Transylvania
"Man raises himself toward God by the questions he asks him."
He also tried to warn those in Sighet about the Nazis.
Moishe the Beadle
The camp Elie's father died in
Buchenwald
What happens at the end of the story?
The Americans arrive at Buchenwald and free the prisoners.
"Never shall I forget the night, ... never shall I forget the smoke, ...never shall I forget those flames ..."
repetition
What number is tattooed on his arm?
A-7713