Night: A Brief Summary

Night is a novel written from the perspective of a Jewish teenager, about his experiences

Night is a book written by Elie Wiesel. In this book Wiesel tells about his experiences in the Holocaust. Wiesel was only twelve years old when the Holocaust first affected him. Early on Wiesel was separated from his mother and sister. Him and his father were then moved from camp to camp having to endure harsh conditions. Together they both saw terrible things that they will never forget. Many conflicts in The Holocaust changed both Wiesel and his father. The two factors that affected Wiesel the most was him having to indirectly face the entire Nazi society and his believe and trust in God.

Night starts out with the normal life of teenage Elie Wiesel, a Jew in Sighet, Hungary. He studies the Torah and the Kabbalah, two Jewish texts. Then the Nazis take over Hungary and enforce their anti-Semitic laws. The laws get more and more restrictive on the Jews. Eventually all the Jews in Sighet are forced into small and cramped ghettos. Soon after they were put in the ghettos they began to be put in cattle cars and shipped off on a long journey to a location unknown by Elie and his fellow Jews. After numerous days in the cattle cars the group of Jews arrive at Birkenau, the entrance to Auschwitz. They go through a selection and the men are separated from the women and Elie’s family is split up. Then they were shaved, and cleaned, and stripped of everything they own, even their humanity in the eyes of the Nazis. Elie is left with only his father and his determination to survive.

Night by Elie Wiesel focuses on 15 year old Elie’s experiences during the Holocaust. Elie endures circumstances which are so extreme to the point they are almost unbelievable. Elie’s account of his experiences during his life in the concentration camps has taught readers around the world about how to appreciate everything they take for granted, how desperation can make people do crazy things, and the importance of motivation in tough times.

Night is an non fiction, dramatic book that tells the horrors of the nazi death camps all around Europe. The book is an autobiographical account of what happened, so the main character is the author. The author is Elie Wiesel who was only 14 year old when Nazi Germany came through his town of Sighet, Transylvania. This is story is set between the years of 1944 and 1945. Elie and his family of 4 are optimistic when Germany begins to take power. Germany invades Hungary, then arrives in Elie’s town. The Nazi’s begin to take over the Jews by limiting their freedom. Jews are eventually deported. The Jewish people are crowded into wagons where they are shipped to Auschwitz. He is separated from his mother and sister. Over the course of the book,

Night is a recollection of Elie Wiesel’s time spent during the holocaust. It is a gripping tale of survival and death. While it is a small book, it has a huge message. During the time in which the book takes place, the Jewish people were srtripped of their humanity. Elie and his fellow inmates at Auschwitz endure dehumanization throughout starvation and on the train to Buchenwald.

Night is a first-hand account of life for Elie Wiesel as a young Jewish teenage boy living in Hungary and eventually sent to Auschwitz with his family. The moment his family exits the cattle car the horror of Auschwitz sets in. His mother and sisters become separated from him and his father immediately, their fate sealed. Elie stays with his father and right away a stranger is giving them tips on how to survive and stay together. Immediately told to lie about their ages, making Elie a little older, and his father a little younger. This lie may have been the only chance they had to stay together, so they follow the stranger’s advice and pass by the first peril and housed together.

Night is a ‘record’ of Elie Wiesel’s (who is both the author and the main character) memories from the holocaust. He is taken from his home in Sighet, and goes through several concentration camps. Auschwitz, Buna, Gleiwitz and Buchenwald are where each concentration is. In the beginning of the book, Eliezer is seen praying very often and he has a very strong faith in god. As the book goes on, he loses faith and by the end of the book he believes there is no god.

Night is a memoir written by Elie Wiesel, a young Jewish boy, who tells of his experiences during the Holocaust. Elie is a deeply religious boy whose favorite activities are studying the Talmud and spending time at the Temple with his spiritual mentor, Moshe the Beadle. At an early age, Elie has a naive, yet strong faith in God. But this faith is tested when the Nazi's moves him from his small town.

Night, by Elie Wiesel, is a story about a Jewish boy growing up during World War II. The main character in the book, Eliezer Wiesel, talks about the different experiences he had during World War II. He started off by talking about how everything was normal, and no one was too worried about the war that was going on. One man, Moishe the Beadle, was taken off to another country, and when he managed to get back, he warned everyone what would happened if they did not leave. A few people listened to him, but not Eliezer’s parents. A couple years later, when the war sounded like it was almost over, Germans entered the town that Eliezer’s family were living in. After this, the

In the book Night by Elie Wiesel, gives a backstory to what happened to his family and all the Jews that were taken to the concentration camp during Hitler’s reign in Germany; Wiesel’s story begins in 1944 when they were deported to the concentration camps to Auschwitz. As Wiesel’s story develops throughout the book we see a young Eliezer go from child to maturing in to a young man and taking care of his father when he becomes gravely ill.

Night is a novel written by Eliezer Wiesel. Throughout the novel, Wiesel recreates the horrific experiences that he had endured in the time period of the Holocaust. You can see how the unbearable experiences in Auschwitz had changed Elie. His mindset had completely transformed over time. The reenactment of many events depicts many themes/symbols.

Night Night is a memoir written by Eliezer Wiesel, a teenager and a Jew. Eliezer is narrating his time and the events that took place in the concentration camp. Wiesel’s had a great relationship with God, but throughout the experiences his understanding and relationship of God changed drastically.

Night is a moving, passionate book about the hardest time in history for the Jews told by Elie Wiesel first hand. Wiesel wrote this book to tell us the truth of what really happened in concentration camps and how terrible they were. The Holocaust was a dark and dreadful moment in the history of the world.

The novel “Night” was written by Elie Wiesel and is a memoir of his life during World War II. The book starts with his life living in Hungary with his family. It then tells of how they were taken away to concentration camps throughout the war. During Elie’s stays at the various camps you see the sacrifices he makes and how the experience changes him.