Night

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Book report on
Night
By Gina Spiotta and Paul Hoerbelt
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Table of Contents

• About the book
• Setting
• Characters
• Plot Elements
• Theme
• Recommendation
• Conclusion

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About the Book

• Night
• By Elie Wiesel
• non-fiction
• 109 pages
• 1960

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Setting

• World War II
• 1940s
• Concentration Camps
• Auschwitz, Buna, Gleiwitz, Buchenwald

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Characters

• Elie
• Father
• Nazi officers
• Moshe the Beadle

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Plot Elements

• The Germans come to Sighet where Elie and his
  family live
• All the Jews are deported
• They arrive in concentration camps
• Elie and his father are separated from his
  mother and little sister
• Life in the concentration camp was very hard and
  grueling
• Elies father died
• the Jews were finally freed

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Theme

• People should be treated equal
• the Holocaust made theJews
• life miserable

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Recommendation

• Anyone would enjoy reading this book.
• This book is well-written and provides a detailed
  account of living the Holocaust as a Jew.
• A plus - It is an educational source describing
  the details and effects of the Holocaust.
• A minus - Elies father dies at the end.
• Interesting - The story is told by a primary
  source.

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Conclusion
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