Elie wiesel was born to a jewish family in sighet, hungary, in the year 1928. Night, elie wiesel, eliezer, faith, silence, death, fire, holocaust. In his memoir, night the author elie wiesel its shown to the reader how eliezer was able to change from being hopeless to be inspired by the people who were in misery. Wiesel, who grew up with three sisters and pursued religious studies. Welcome to the litcharts study guide on elie wiesels night. Penulisan tugas akhir bedah buku night karya elie wiesel bertujuan untuk mengungkap. Despite warnings about german intentions towards jews, eliezers family and the other jews in the small transylvanian town of sighet now in modernday romania fail to flee the country when they have a chance. Night, by elie wiesel, is a work of holocaust literature with a decidedly autobiographical slant. His father named sholmo, was a shopkeeper and he has a vast interest in the jewish community. Night by elie wiesel is about a man named eliezer and his experiences during the holocaust. As the story goes on, many relationships and interactions that eliezer kept with.
Wiesel based the bookat least in parton his own experiences during world war ii. The book night details elie wiesels experiences during the holocaust in four separate camps between the time he entered when he was 14 years old in 1941 and the time he left as the only survivor of his family of 7 in 1945 at the age of 16. He authored 57 books, including night, a work based on his experiences as a prisoner in the auschwitz and buchenwald concentration camps. Wiesel entered as a naive boy steeped in jewish lore who had never left the small romanian village of sighet, where he was born. Night is a terse, terrifying account of the experiences of a young jewish boy at auschwitz, a nazi death camp. Book report of night by elie wiesel tania ardiani and ayu. Elie wiesel was born eliezer wiesel on september 30, 1928, in sighet, romania to shlomo and sarah wiesel. Though just a brief 116 pages, the book has received considerable acclaim, and the author won the nobel prize in 1986. Eliezer wiesel was a romaniaborn american novelist, political activist, and holocaust survivor of hungarian jewish descent. This story is similar to a memoir since wiesel uses the character of eliezer as a representative for himself in many ways. Pdf this paper aims to convey that the book, night by ellie weisel can serve a primary source for religious education. If in my lifetime i was to write only one book, this would.
Excerpt from night by elie wiesel excerpt from night by elie wiesel. He was the author of over 40 books, the best known of which is night, a memoir that describes his experiences during the holocaust and his imprisonment in several concentration camps. The main characters of this non fiction, classics story are. The original yiddish publication of night was 900 pages and titled and the world remained silent. His father, who is a prominent leader of the jewish community, thinks that he is too young. Born in sighet, romania, eliezer elie wiesel was born on september 30, 1928, in romania.
His father died in buchenwald and his mother and his younger sisters at auschwitz. However, the original version was much longer than night, and elie wiesel. In just over 100 pages of sparse and fragmented narrative, wiesel writes about the death of god and his own increasing disgust with humanity, reflected in the inversion. The people that eliezer wiesel interacted with strengthened his hope and desire to live. Night 1960 is a work by elie wiesel about his experience with his father in the nazi german concentration camps at auschwitz and buchenwald in 19441945, at the height of the holocaust toward the end of the second world war. What are some of the words that describe elie wiesel answers. Night is elie wiesels masterpiece, a candid, horrific, and deeply poignant autobiographical account of his survival as a teenager in the nazi death camps. Never shall i forget that night, the first night in camp, that turned my life into one long night seven times sealed. Translated from the french by stella rodway foreword by francois mauriac preface for the twentyfifth anniversary edition by robert mcafee brown bantam books new york toronto london sydney auckland in memory of my parents and of my little sister, tzipora this edition contains the complete text of the original hardcover edition.
Night by elie wiesela memoir that focuses on the final year of the holocausta year the author spent at auschwitz, a nazi death camp. Night night by wiesel, elie and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Wiesel did not learn until after the war that his older sisters had also survived. See a complete list of the characters in night and indepth analyses of eliezer, eliezers father, and moishe the beadle. Night is narrated by eliezer, a jewish teenager who, when the memoir begins, lives in his hometown of sighet, in hungarian transylvania. Try one of the apps below to open or edit this item.
Read a plot overview of the entire book or a chapter by chapter summary and analysis. In just over 100 pages of sparse and fragmented narrative, wiesel writes. The translation of wiesels night is new, but old questions are raised. The night trilogy is a series of three short works that were originally published in separate volumes more than. Eliezer elie wiesel 19282016 was a romanianborn, jewish american writer, professor, political activist, nobel laureate, and holocaust survivor. A concise biography of elie wiesel plus historical and literary context for night. Night is the story of elie wiesel surviving nazi concentration camps as a teenager. Printed in the united states of america opm 68 67 66 65 64 63 62 night by elie wiesel wiesel has taken his own anguish and imaginatively. In 1944 he and his family were deported, along with other jews, to the nazi death camps. Pdf ethics, religion and memory in elie wiesels night. Adapted from the original text, night, by elie wiesel. This new translation by his wife and most frequent translator, marion wiesel, corrects important details and presents the most accurate rendering in.
Pdf in this paper i show that, from a philosophical perspective, in elie wiesels work in general and in night in particular, the relation between. Night by elie wiesel text dependent questions answers. Full text of night by elie wiesel internet archive. Night by elie wieselthe book night was written by elie wiesel it is also about a true story he wasjust a child when it all happened. This article will give you a summary of the book night by elie wiesel. Night is a memoir by elie wiesel in which wiesel recounts his experiences in a nazi concentration camp during the holocaust the wiesels areare a jewish family living in sighet. The first edition of the novel was published in 1958, and was written by elie wiesel.
Night by elie wiesel memoir of the holocaust as seen through the eyes of 15yearold eliezer takes place in eastern europe during 19411945 wwii describes wiesels first encounter with prejudice and illustrates the persecution of the jewish people and the loss of his family his experiences in the death camps of auschwitz poland and. Night is the terrifying record of elie wiesels memories of the death of his family, the death of his own innocence, and his despair as a deeply observant jew confronting the absolute evil of man. The narrator of the book, eliezer is taken to concentration camps in czechoslovakia and germany at the age of fourteen. He has survived through one of the most horrifying nazi concentration camps, at auschwitz, poland. This new translation by marion wiesel, elies wife and frequent translator, presents this seminal memoir in the language and. Night by elie wiesel character list eliezer wiesel identification number a77. Come, dont leave me a l o n e his voice had reached me from so far away, from so close. In this book, wiesel has shared his experience with his father at nazi germany and elie wiesel describes the parentchild relationship in this novel.
Eliezer wiesel is a fourteenyearold boy living in sighet, transylvania, at the start of world war ii. Elie wiesel is the author of the night book, he born on 30th september 1928, in sighet, a small town in transylvania. Night is a memoir by elie wiesel that was first published in 1960. Eliezer studies the torah the first five books of the old testament and the cabbala a doctrine of jewish mysticism. Elizer wiesel grew up in sighet, a small town in translyvania. Elie wiesel, a survivor, was born in sighet, transylvania, in 1928. Just as the past lingers in the present, all my writings. Eliezer, the narrator, begins with a description of jewish life in the town. Night by elie wiesel chino valley unified school district. Night by elie wiesel, recounts the atrocities witnessed during this time, through the eyes of young eliezer narrator of the book.
Mr wiesel chlomo father of elie, stays with him through most of book, passes away. Why might wiesel have titled his autobiography this. September 30, 1928 july 2, 2016 was a romanianborn american writer, professor, political activist, nobel laureate, and holocaust survivor. A selection takes place and elies father does not pass, so he gives elie his knife and spoon. The book starts off as a little boy that is12 years old his name is eliezer he and is three other siblings hilda the oldestgirl then bea and the baby of the family tzipora all lived with there mother andfather. Night is elie wiesels masterpiece, a candid, horrific, and deeply saddening autobiographical account of surviving the holocaust while a young teenager. Wiesel gives personal account of holocausts horrors. Night is a work by elie wiesel about his experience with his father in the nazi german concentration camps at auschwitz and buchenwald in 19441945, at the height of the holocaust toward the end of the second world war. He authored 57 books, written mostly in french and english, including night, a work based on his experiences as a. Never shall i forget the small faces of the children whose bodies i saw transformed into smoke under a silent sky. Pdf night book by elie wiesel free download 120 pages. Eliezer elie wiesel won the nobel prize peace prize in 1986 for spreading his message of peace after his horrific experiences as a holocaust survivor.
There, in a camp called auschwitz, eliezer is separated from his mother and younger sister. Nor shall i ever forgive the world for having pushed me against the wall, for having turned me into a stranger, for having awakened in me the basest, most primitive instincts. Most people know elie wiesel as the author of night, one of the first published autobiographical. Narrator of the book, student of the talmud, his faith had been consumed by the flamed. A teachers resourcefor facing history and ourselves.
He is very devout and wants to study jewish mysticism. The book opens in 1941 in his hometown of sighet, a small isolated community tucked away in the mountains of transylvania, then under hungarian rule. They called him moishe the beadle, as if his entire. Elie wiesel on hope, compassion, and the power of youth at we day duration. Created by the original team behind sparknotes, litcharts are the worlds best literature guides. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 120 pages and is available in paperback format.
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