Title: NightAuthor: Elie WieselGenre: AutobiographySetting: Night is set in Germany during the Holocaust. Most of the book is set in various concentration camps such as Auschwitz and Buchenwald. Characterization: Eliezer- Eliezer or Elie is the narrator of Night. Elie entered Auschwitz as a teenager with his family. He remains close to his father and becomes his protector as the book progresses. Elie's faith is constantly tested and sometimes damaged in the book. Elie is strong and kind-hearted because he never gives up on his father and survives the holocaust. Schlomo-Schlomo is Elie's father and a respected Jewish leader in his homeland. Schlomo is poor, silent, shy and awkward. He barely spoke and kept to himself. Moishe the Beadle: An awkward, silent and shy man. Moishe is a teacher at the Sighet synagogue. He teaches Elie Kabbalah. Moishe warns everyone of what will happen before it actually happens. He manages to escape and no one believes him because he doesn't want to accept the reality of the situation. Juliek- Juliek is a Polish violinist and prisoner in Auschwitz. Juliek is brave because during the Holocaust none of the Jews were allowed to play German music and he challenges authority by playing Beethoven. Akiba Drumer- Akiba is a well-known singer and prisoner at Auschwitz. She sings Jewish music and moves everyone's hearts every time she uses her beautiful voice. In Auschwitz Akiba dies and with him also his faith. Madame Schacter- Madame Schacter is a crazy woman who is on the train with Elie to Birkenau. On the train he screams and says he sees the flames burning. She is constantly beaten by other passengers just to keep quiet. Idek-...... in the center of the paper ......sees death around him. He begins to wonder how easy it would be to give up, but he doesn't. «By now I was moving like a sleepwalker. Sometimes I closed my eyes and it was like running while I slept. Every now and then someone would violently kick me from behind and I would wake up.”-(page 87)- Elie is the voice of this quote. At this point in the death march he walks unconsciously. He has become so used to walking that he almost seems to be sleepwalking. He has no choice but to keep walking and if he stops the sea of ​​people marching behind him will trample him to death. “Meir, my little Meir! You don't recognize me... You're killing your father... I have bread... for you too... for you too...”-(p. 101)- This is what an old man says to his son. His son is trying to kill him for the piece of bread he has. His hunger is such that he doesn't even recognize his father.