night - final review

apathy

last of interest

curtly

in manner that is rudely blunt

cynical

distrustful of human nature

dregs

the most worthless part of something

emaciated

abnormally thin and weak

grandeur

splendor

idleness

laziness

implore

to beg desperately

irrevocably

unable to be changed

lament

to mourn a loss

lucidity

clearness of thought

muster

to gather

penury

severe poverty

sage

mentor

surreal

weird

unprecedented

never known before

dr. mengele

“selected” prisoners for life or death

elie

survives the holocaust but is a changed person

franek

tortures elie’s father to get elie’s gold crown

hilda

elie’s older sister who works in the family store

idek

kapo who whips elie for catching him with a girl

juliek

played his violin for prisoners until his death

moishe the beadle

the jews disbelieved his warnings of horrors ahead

mrs. schäcter

screamed about fire and flames on train

rabbi eliahou

his son left him behind during the march

shlomo (elie’s father)

ultimately died from a blow to the head

the dentist

hanged for collecting gold teeth for his own profit

the french woman

comforted elie after he’s beaten, meets with elie again years later

the pipel

young, innocent boy hanged in front of prisoners

tzipora

elie’s younger sister who died in the gas chambers

yossi

one of elie’s good friends at buna