Most Important Events In Eliezer Wiesel's 'Night'

SUMMER READING JOURNAL 9 HONORS

Brianna Quirke

Timeline: What are the most important events in the novel?

1. Eliezer studies Kabbalah with Moishe the Beatle in the town of Sighet. Moishe the Beatle and all the foreign Jews are expelled from his town. Moishe tries to tell Eliezer about the horrific treatment of the Germans.

2. The Germans arrive in Eliezer’s town and two ghettos were soon created. They are told they will be going on a long journey. After a few days, Eliezer along with all the other Jews are liquidated.

3. After a long journey in transportation cars, Eliezer and his family arrive at what they soon realize to be a concentration camp. They soon realize that the Germans are burning Jews in the crematoria.

4. Eliezer and his father

Eliezer has a gold crown his tooth that the Germans want to remove, but every time they go to remove it, he says he is ill. He holds onto it hoping it may be worth something. Characters: Describe the characters (personality and appearance) and their importance to the novel. If a character you have already met changes, include that change in your description.

Eliezer: narrator of the story and is 15 at the beginning of the novel. When he is free from concentration camp, he is 18. Eliezer is a brave and thoughtful boy who goes through his entire time at concentration camp with his father. Eliezer finds himself losing his innocence and faith that he once had.

On the day of Yom Kippur Eliezer thinks, “And then, there was no longer any reason for me to fast. I no longer accepted God’s silence. As I swallowed my ration of soup, I turned that act into a symbol of rebellion” (69). Eliezer loses all hope as his time at concentration camp continues.

Eliezer’s father: 50-year-old man who is a well-respected Jew in his town of Sighet. He grows close with his son during their suffering at concentration camp. He remains as a voice of wisdom and helps Eliezer stay strong. He dies from dysentery soon before the camp is

Eliezer crosses paths with his angry Kapo, Idek, who takes out his fury on him. Idek severely beats Eliezer. After, Elie meets a French girl who speaks to him in perfect German to save his anger for another time.

8. One of the foremen named Franek sees Eliezer’s gold tooth and beats up his father until he agrees to have it extracted. Eliezer witness Idek having sex with one of the inmates and he whips him 25 times as punishment.

9. The camp gets bombed and Eliezer realizes that he doesn’t fear death anymore. On Rosh Hashanah, Eliezer wonders where God is and why he is letting this happen to him. He decides that man is stronger than God.

10. On Yom Kippur, Eliezer does not fast as an act of rebellion against God. He also chooses to eat because his father forbade him to fast to keep his strength.

11. Eliezer goes through his first selection and he passes. His father thinks he passes, but he doesn’t see them write his number. He must pass the second selection to not go to the crematoria. He gives a knife and spoon he kept to Eliezer because he thinks he might die.

12. Eliezer’s foot swells from the cold and he goes to the infirmary. A patient next to Eliezer tells him to leave before the next selection because Germany has no need for sick Jews. Eliezer has surgery on his