Literary Techniques Used In Elie Wiesel's 'Night'

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Chapter 1
Summary: Their in a small town and people were taken by soldiers
Key quotation: “It belonged to everyone since it no longer belonged to anyone”
Questions/Reflections: What is a Yellow Star? Why were Jews told to wear them?

Why did the storyteller and his family get to stay and everyone else was taken?
Chapter 2
Summary: The story teller and his family were taken into a train with the rest of the people and were brought to the first camp that they stay at.
Key quotation:
Questions/Reflections: Why was she yelling that there was a fire?
Chapter 3
Summary: Everyone left their belongings in a cart and they separated men and women. Eliezer was able to stay in a group with his father and they were then sent to a line in front of a crematoria, but then they ordered them away and they got lucky. When they got into the barracks the new
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People told him that that camp was good and they didn’t have much to worry about. Some guy wanted Eliezer’s shoes but he wouldn’t give it to him even after offering things in return, either way he lost his shoes. Eliezer was told to go to the dentist to get his gold crown out but he tried his best to come up with excuses which later on paid off. Three people are set to be hung and a man behind Eliezer says “For God’s sake, where is God?” and the 3 were hung. The kid sat up there struggling and slowly dying.
Key quotation: “For God’s sake, where is God?”
Questions/Reflections: Who is the lady that worked enforced labor?
Chapter 5
Summary: Jews come together to celebrate rosh hashanah. Eliezer refuses to bless God’s name because of all the suffering people were going through. Eliezer has an operation done on his foot, prisoners were told to evacuate
Key quotation: “I did not fast. First of all, to please my father, who had forbidden me to do so…”
Questions/Reflections: What could have happened if eliezer didn’t get his foot checked?
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