Night charcters

Term 1: Eliezer Wiesel
Definition 1: The narrator of Night, a teenage boy who is deeply religious and studies the Talmud. He experiences the horrors of the Holocaust and struggles with his faith.
Term 2: Shlomo Wiesel
Definition 2: Eliezer's father. He is a respected member of the Sighet community. He gradually weakens and becomes more dependent on Eliezer during their time in the concentration camps.
Term 3: Tzipora
Definition 3: Eliezer's younger sister who, along with his mother, is separated from him at Birkenau. He never sees her again.
Term 4: Madame Schächter
Definition 4: A Jewish woman from Sighet who is deported in the same cattle car as Eliezer. She is seen as crazy because she continually screams about seeing fires, which foreshadows the crematoria.
Term 5: Idek
Definition 5: A Kapo at Auschwitz, he is prone to violent fits. He singles out Eliezer's father and beats him, testing Eliezer's loyalty and causing him great internal conflict.
Term 6: Rabbi Eliahou’s son
Definition 6: A fellow prisoner who is trampled during the run to Gleiwitz because he carries his son's body. This episode illustrates the theme of fathers and sons in the novel.
Term 7: undefined
Definition 7: A fellow prisoner who becomes Eliezer's friend in Buna. He questions God's existence and encourages others to do