Elie Wiesel's 'Night': A Summary

Setting (time and place): Early 1940s, during World War Two, Holocaust era. starting in Sighet, Transylvania, and moving throughout concentration camps in Europe.

One day, when Elie returned from the warehouse, he was summoned by the block secretary to go to the dentist. Elie therefore went to the infirmary block to learn that the reason for his summon was gold teeth extraction. Elie, however pretends to be sick and asks, ”Couldn’t you wait a few days sir? I don’t feel well, I have a fever…” Elie kept telling the dentist that he was sick for several weeks to postpone having the crown removed. Soon after, it had appeared that the dentist had been dealing in the prisoners’ gold teeth for his own benefit. He had been thrown into prison and was about to be hanged. Eliezer does not pity for him and was pleased with what was happening

Night, written by Elie Wiesel, tells the terrifying experience in the concentration camps that many Jews were imprisoned in during World War II. Throughout most of the novel, Elie Wiesel tells about how many prisoners, including himself, lost faith in God. During the Holocaust many groups of people, especially Jews, were taken to concentrations camps and treated in the most inhumane way. Many were taken away from their homes, and lost everything that was once their own. In order to survive, many Jews encountered such brutal difficulties. They were worked to death, starved to death, killed, and all because they were Jews. Upon being taken away, many were unaware with what was happening outside their own homes.

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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). His instruction is cut short, however, when his teacher, Moshe the Beadle, is deported. In a few months, Moshe returns, telling a horrifying tale: the Gestapo (the German secret police force) took charge of his train, led everyone into the woods, and systematically butchered them. Nobody believes Moshe, who is taken for a lunatic.

They are at Birkenau and have to be separated by men and women. It is, however, the last time he would see his mother and sister, Tzipora. Eliezer is now with his father and the inmates are upset, asking why they are here and that they should have hanged themselves before coming because of the fate that awaits them. They also give advice, though, saying that Eliezer should say he is eighteen instead of fifteen and that his dad should be forty instead of fifty. Dr.Mengele then appears, asking for their ages and professions, and Eliezer follows the advice and says he is a student. During this process he sees a truck with children, children that are meant to be thrown in the crematorium. He is shocked and disgusted and would rather run into

He listens more. Questioning the tapping at such a late hour, he finally goes to the door and opens it. Peering into the darkness, he closes the door as nothing appeared to be there. Wondering what else it could be, he walks over to his window. Not sure what else to think, the man believes that it must have been gust of wind from a storm.

He opened the door and no one was there. He was scared to ask but he thought it was the ghost of Lenore. So, he asked if it was her. Then a sound came back and said

If he was lucky, this would be his final morning in this bed and this cottage. A sense of nostalgia flowed through him, as did the years of fine memories: Yule celebrations, raucous suppers, the excitement the accompanied the arrival of each new sibling, and the love and support that had always been present, even during the difficult times. It would be strange to wake up in the castle each morning, a man, on his own, but he was ready, even though the sting of missing his family was present. However, they’d be right down the lane, so he could visit whenever he

She waited nervously outside the door for him to answer. She wasn’t sure if she should try to seem normal, or give it away that something was going on. As soon as he answered the door, she could tell he sensed it anyways.

Basically the cries of the children would not let him sleep. "The cries of the children came to get inside the store. That made the man get up, out

The man goes into talking to the so called visitor outside by explaining why he hasn’t came to the door yet. He tells that he wasn’t sure if the knocking was actually a knock, or if he was hearing things in his sleepy condition.

Example: Before going to sleep, he went out to check if the door is closed.

With a face of concern, he stands at the top of the stairs, between the light and dark, “I believe something was looking for you,” he tells me before crossing into the darkness and leaving me in silence.