Night and Change The boy in this story, who is Elie Wiesel himself as a child, is the main character in Night. ... Night is about change and Elie is at the forefront. ... Elie Wiesel's journey from the ghetto to the camps is also a journey through his faith in God. ... Because he kept six crematories working night and day, on Sundays and feast days?"... "In spite of myself, a prayer rose in my heart, to that God whom I no longer believed in. ...

• Word Count: 1249
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Night by Elie Wiesel Character List: Page 1: Moshe the Beadle- man off all work at a Hasidic Synagogue; very poor, lived humbly, dreamy eyes, awkward as a clown, spoke little, used to sing or rather to chant Page 2: Elie's father- cultured, unsentimental; concerned about other's rather than his family, held to the greatest esteem in the community Hilda- first child born; Elie's sister Béa- second born; Eli's sister Eliezer (Elie)- introduced formally on page 3; narrator, third born and only son to the family Tzipora- forth born; sister of El...

• Word Count: 1049
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Thrown into a concentration camp by the Italian Fascists for his Jewish heritage, it is the arrival of the German SS that signals his descent into hell. ... (Levi 1979 p.24)The end of the train journey is heralded by the brightly illuminated sign above the gates of Auschwitz, Arbeit Macht Frei, and to Levi, "This is hell. ... (Levi 1979 p28) Thrown into a disorientingly cruel and confusing new world, Levi struggles with many of the new challenges that now face him. ... (Levi 1979 p.43) But it is perhaps the wisdom of one man that most benefits Levi in his early days at the camp and ultimat...

• Word Count: 1099
• Approx Pages: 4
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