Night

Characters
Eliezer

The narrator. The book is about his phychological journey through the Holocaust, where his faith in God is lost and where he is exposed to the deepest inhumanity man is capable of. Eliezer never gives up on his father through all the challenges he faces.

Chlomo

Eliezer's father. He is respected by the whole Jewish community and his son. He and his son try to stay together throughout the concentration camps.

Dr. Josef Mengele

The cruel doctor at Auschwitz who presided the arrival. He is the one that sent the people to the gas chambers and directed horrific experiments on people.

Hilda

Eliezer's oldest sister.

Bea

Eliezer's middle sister.

Tzipora

Eliezer's youngest sister.

Morgan213 16:17, 3 November 2011 (MDT)

Symbols
Fire

Fire is the symbol of the Nazis' cruel power. Madame Schächter recieves a vision of fire that horror is in their future. Eliezer also sees the Nazis burning babies in the ditch. Fire is the main destruction in the crematoria, where many are burned naked at the hands of Nazis.

Morgan213 16:27, 3 November 2011 (MDT)

Significant Quotes
"One day I was able to get up, after gathering all my strength. I wanted to see myself in the mirror hanging on the opposite wall. I had not seen myself since the ghetto. From the depths of the mirror, a corpse gazed back at me. The look in his eyes, as they stared into mine, has never left me."

"We were masters of nature, masters of the world. We had forgotten everything—death, fatigue, our natural needs. Stronger than cold or hunger, stronger than the shots and the desire to die, condemned and wandering, mere numbers, we were the only men on earth. At last, the morning star appeared in the gray sky. A trail of indeterminate light showed on the horizon. We were exhausted. We were without strength, without illusions."

Morgan213 16:26, 3 November 2011 (MDT)