Night

In Night, the man who tries to steal soup winds up screaming and plunging his head into the hot liquid before being shot to death.

The pipel is hanged in Night because he was implicated in the sabotage of an electrical plant and possessing weapons. Despite being tortured, the young boy refused to provide information about the...

In chapter 4 of "Night", an air-raid siren prompts the SS guards to take cover, leaving the prisoners unsupervised. The prisoners are drawn to two unguarded cauldrons of soup but are too terrified to...

In Night, Elie Wiesel describes two significant hangings. The first involves a youth from Warsaw, executed for stealing during a bombing alert. The second hanging involves a well-liked young boy, the...

Examples of loyalty in Night include Elie's refusal to leave his family in chapter 1, choosing to stay with his father during selections in chapter 3, and giving up his crown to save his father in...

In Chapter 4, the prisoner is shot by the SS guards after attempting to steal soup from a cauldron during an air raid. His scream upon seeing his reflection in the soup alerts the guards, who are...

Elie Wiesel is summoned to the dentist because he has a gold crown on one of his teeth. The Nazis extracted gold from prisoners' teeth to fund the war effort or for personal gain. Elie delays the...

In chapters 4-9 of Night, Elie Wiesel uses similes and metaphors to convey intense emotions and experiences. Examples include comparing his weakening father to "a wounded animal" and describing his...

An example of the mood in Chapter 4 of Night by Elie Wiesel is initially optimistic, as Elie and his father believe they have arrived at a "very good camp." However, the mood soon shifts to fear when...

In "Night," Elie Wiesel illustrates cause and effect through key events. The Jews of Sighet ignore Moishe the Beadle's warnings, leading to their eventual deportation to concentration camps. This...

In their final months, Wiesel and his fellow prisoners undergo profound physical and emotional changes. Initially, they struggle to adapt, maintaining some familial bonds and spiritual reflections....

In "Night," the dentist's action is to extract gold crowns from prisoners for the Nazis. Elie evades him by feigning illness during his visits, which prompts the dentist to let him go. Eventually,...

In Chapter 4, the two prisoners who assisted with a hanging were rewarded with a bowl of soup each. This reflects the harsh reality of camp life, where basic sustenance becomes a precious commodity,...

When the man asks him about his wife in Night, Elie tells him that she is doing well.

Elie's language changes from positive to negative when the prisoners are transported from Buna to Buchenwald.