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In Night, after a long residence in the Nazi concentration camp, Elie looks in the mirror. The reflection is horrifying. He sees an emaciated corpse with empty, dull eyes gazing back...

The German phrase “Arbeit macht frei” was placed at the gates of many Nazi concentration camps during World War II. It was meant to imply that self-sacrifice through labor brings...

On April 5, 1945, Eliezer, along with other prisoners, is waiting for an SS officer with a routine check. However, something unusual is happening - the officer is late. It is announced...

Being on the train, the passengers already see pipes of crematoria, smoke, and fire. After leaving the train, Elie and his companions smell burning flesh. At this moment, their...

Elie Wiesel incorporates many stylistic elements to accentuate the dark story behind Night. For instance, he foreshadows the tragic fate of the Jewish people when Moishe the Beadle...

The train that transports all the prisoners, including the main hero, is dire. Nazis bring prisoners to the concentration camp in cattle cars, which shows an inhuman attitude towards...

The last sentence of the book Night has a specific value. It signifies the fact that memories of the Holocaust will remain with Elie for the rest of his life. He sees the hardships of...

Gleiwitz is a Nazi camp where Eliezer and his father spent three days. They, like other prisoners, do not eat or drink during this time. There are many people in the barrack, their...

The first selection in Night meant the first split in Elie's family. Men and women were separated at the concentration camp. One of the prisoners warned Elie and his father to lie...

At the beginning of the book, Eliezer has a strong religious faith, which contains the meaning of his life. He hopes to study the tradition of his people deeply in order to find...

Elie Wiesel uses anaphora, or repetition, several times throughout the story. Why does he do that? The answer is simple. He wants to focus the reader’s attention on the emotive state...

The father-son relationships run like a thread throughout the book. First of all, this is the story of the author himself and the evolution of his relationship with his father, with...

Elie Wiesel had to go to the dentist because he had one gold crown on his tooth. The doctor made two attempts to remove it. However, every time Elie said he was sick. Then he was...

Elie Wiesel, the author of Night, says that the travelers left their illusions behind once they got out of the train in Auschwitz. They had to leave all their belongings before going...

Mrs. Schachter sees the flames and smells the smoke during the journey. She foresees the dreadful future for every person on the train. Perhaps, the woman is the only one who...

The Buna Werke, also known as Auschwitz III, was a factory. Here, Nazi leaders sent Jews for work. For Elie and his father, working in Buna became the only opportunity to avoid the...

Before his death, Juliek, a former member of the Buna band, plays the violin. His music is contrary to people's minds, which were imprisoned in the barracks. They became egoistic,...

The event that leads to the first hanging is stealing some soup by a youth. It happens during the bombing when someone leaves the meal unattended. Another event is the damage to the...

People could not believe that such brutality may occur in the twentieth-century world. They expected that politics and diplomacy would not allow the genocide of an entire nation. ...

Elie Wiesel described his experience at the Nazi camps in his memoir Night. During his stay there, he observed thousands of German soldiers. The boy identified them by a specific sign...

In the book Night, one can distinguish several types of conflicts, internal and external. The internal conflict includes the infighting of the protagonist - man vs. self. The external...

In Night, the phrase “the kingdom of night” implies the Holocaust and its overall environment. It reflects the horrible conditions many Jews lived under while being governed by Nazi...

Elie Wiesel’s book Night provides an account of his experience in the Nazi concentration camps. The action takes place during WWII. The book’s purpose was to preserve the record of the...

Elie Wiesel and his father, Shlomo Wiesel, leave the concentration camp at Buna because they are forced to go on the march to another location by the SS army. Such a decision was made...

First and foremost, prisoners were physically weak and too frightened. They were unable to withstand because they understood how small their chances were against the soldiers. ...

Deception clouds people’s judgment. Lying makes them give up on reasoning. Emotions win over logic, and people are horrible at distinguishing one from the other. Nazi exploited human...

When the war comes to Wiesel’s world, his visions change. The night is the only time when people feel calm and quiet; daytime and dark time switch their places. Wiesel talks about...

Elie Wiesel refers to the Sighet residents as "our friends of yesterday." He expresses his resentment and disappointment at his neighbors, who chose to stay ignorant about the...

Rabbi Eliabou was an old devout Jewish prisoner in the concentration camp. Everyone around respected him for his kindness. His son left when the father started feeling weaker to get...

Madame Schachter in Night is one of the Jews from Sighet. She trawled in the same cattle car as Eliezer. She started seeing flaming furnaces as deported Jews were approaching...

Eliezer discovers that Idek, the head of the block, has sexual intercourse with a young Polish woman. Eliezer understands that all prisoners were forced to sleep in the warehouse due...

A-7713 is the serial number assigned to the protagonist Elie by the Nazis after arriving at the concentration camp. Instead of a name, each of those who come to such German camps...

The book Night rarely focuses on positive emotions or actions. It includes only a few scenes that reveal hope as one of the themes. One example is a French girl helping Elie despite...

The story of Elie Wiesel’s family described in his famous book Night is worth attention. They suffer much because of Nazism, which causes millions of deaths across the globe. His...

Moishe is Elie’s teacher of the Cabbala. He became the main character’s indirect mentor within Elie’s religious struggle. For Eliezer, Moishe is a significant person since he...

Blockälteste advises Eliezer to care only about himself and no one else. He is trying to convince the protagonist that this is the only way to survive in a concentration camp. The...

Moshe the Beadle is an indigent Jewish man working in a Hasidic synagogue in the town of Sighet. Moshe is the first person to raise the alarm about the persecution of the Jewish people...

Elie Wiesel's challenging experience in concentration camps during the Holocaust compelled him to write the book Night. Such events leave no room for fun and positivity. The tone that...

Elie Wiesel believes indifference is the most dangerous emotion since it does not provoke any actions. Anger and hatred can force people to change a situation they do not like....

At first, Wiesel did not react in any way when a Gypsy slapped his father. The brutal living conditions and starvation made the prisoners scared of any actions against the Nazis....

By the time the imprisoned Jews were sent to Buchenwald, Eliezer’s father was too exhausted and weak. Having a clear understanding that his father needs support, the boy takes full...

Victor Frankenstein has always been interested in the inner workings of the universe. Once he saw a bolt of lightning that struck a tree. This experience led to his explorations of...

The editions of 1818 and 1831 are different in quite a few aspects, one of which is the number of chapters. The new version contains a different story of Elizabeth and several changes...

Victor Frankenstein's friend, Henry Clerval, dies by the monster's hand. The guilt and grief for Henry nearly drove Victor mad. Due to this tragic event, Frankenstein seeks vengeance....

The first chapters of Frankenstein introduce the romantic hero. He is hoping to discover the origins of life. The atmosphere is spooky. The chapters involve horror scenes and make...

Victor Frankenstein appears sympathetic and ambitious at first. Everything changes when he decides to create a living creature. His motivation to make a new life was selfish, which he...

The character of Frankenstein goes through a couple of significant events at the age of 17. One challenging situation is that his mother, Caroline, gets sick and dies. But it’s not the...

In Frankenstein, Walton appears as a similar character to Victor. Walton is ambitious. He rejected his family to become famous in the scientific field. Although his ambitions led him...

The Creature from Frankenstein by Mary Shelley is an intelligent being. Despite being brought to life by the questionable actions of the protagonist, his mind is human-like. He is not...

Mary Shelley uses personification, symbolism, similes, and metaphors. Figurative language in Frankenstein is a critical tool that reflects the plot subtexts. It refers to the...