Night
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Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9
Themes
All Themes Having and Losing Faith in God Inhumanity Fathers and Sons Guilt and Inaction
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Characters
All Characters Eliezer Moché the Beadle
Symbols
All Symbols Fire Night
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All Literary Devices Foreshadowing Genre Hyperbole Imagery Irony Metaphors Mood Motifs Personification Setting Similes Situational Irony Style Tone
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Night

by

Elie Wiesel

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Introduction Intro
Plot Summary Plot
Summary & Analysis
  • Chapter 1
  • Chapter 2
  • Chapter 3
  • Chapter 4
  • Chapter 5
  • Chapter 6
  • Chapter 7
  • Chapter 8
  • Chapter 9
Themes
  • All Themes
  • Having and Losing Faith in God Theme Icon
    Having and Losing Faith in God
  • Inhumanity Theme Icon
    Inhumanity
  • Fathers and Sons Theme Icon
    Fathers and Sons
  • Guilt and Inaction Theme Icon
    Guilt and Inaction
Quotes
Characters
  • All Characters
  • Eliezer
  • Moché the Beadle
Symbols
  • All Symbols
  • Fire Symbol Icon
    Fire
  • Night Symbol Icon
    Night
Lit Devices
  • All Literary Devices
  • Foreshadowing
  • Genre
  • Hyperbole
  • Imagery
  • Irony
  • Metaphors
  • Mood
  • Motifs
  • Personification
  • Setting
  • Similes
  • Situational Irony
  • Style
  • Tone
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Fire

Madame Schächter's visions of fire, after she has gone mad during the train ride to Auschwitz, are symbolic of the Nazi's power to deliver death to many of the Jews riding with her in… read analysis of Fire

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Night

Night represents the worst periods of suffering during Eliezer's experience of the Holocaust. In Sighet, the Jews learn of their deportation at night. Eliezer arrives at Birkenau at night. The death march to Gleiwitz… read analysis of Night

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