Wiesel's Night (Cliffs Notes)

✍ Scribed by Maryam Riess

• Publisher: Cliffs Notes
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 43
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background.In CliffsNotes on Night, you follow the humanistic first-person account of a teenage boy's incarceration by the Nazi Secret Service in World War II; his experiences in the Auschwitz and Buchenwald death camps; and his struggle to find meaning among the horror.Covering little more than a year of the young narrator's life, this study guide shares a story about endurance, loyalty, and faith — all nurtured by the strength of love. Other features that help you figure out this important work includeLife and background of the author, Dr. Elie WieselA list of charactersA historical timeline of Nazi GermanyA review section that tests your knowledge and suggests essay topicsA selected bibliography that leads you to more great resourcesClassic literature or modern-day treasure — you'll understand it all with expert information and insight from CliffsNotes study guides.

✦ Table of Contents

NIGHT......Page 2
LIFE AND BACKGROUND OF THE AUTHOR......Page 3
A BRIEF SYNOPSIS......Page 6
LIST OF CHARACTERS......Page 7
HISTORICAL TIMELINE......Page 11
COMMENTARIES......Page 13
SEGMENT 1......Page 15
SEGMENT 2......Page 19
SEGMENT 3......Page 20
SEGMENT 4......Page 22
SEGMENT 5......Page 23
SEGMENT 6......Page 25
SEGMENT 7......Page 26
SEGMENT 8......Page 27
SEGMENT 9......Page 28
WIESEL AND THE CRITICS......Page 29
AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND HISTORY......Page 30
THE FOCUS ON "NIGHT"AS A SYMBOL......Page 31
ELIE WIESEL AND EXISTENTIALISM......Page 32
THE THEME OF FAITH......Page 33
THE STATE OF ISRAEL......Page 34
LITERARY DEVICES......Page 36
A NOTE ON TRANSLATION......Page 37
ESSAY TOPICS AND REVIEW QUESTIONS......Page 38
ELIE WIESEL'S PUBLISHED WORKS......Page 40
CRITICISM......Page 41
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND......Page 43