Night by Elie Wiesel (Chapter One) pp 1-20 (22) names, roles, where, when,Setting description Characters

o Sighet, Transylvania, a small, rural village in present-day

Romania
o 19411944 (spring)

o normalcy fear and terror complacency

o Moshe the Beadle (old, poor, humble, happy, well-liked

but not respected)

o Elie (one of four childrenthe only boy; he is 12 years old

when the story begins)

o Father (a cultured shopkeeper who doesnt show his

emotions)
o (1941) Moshe tutors Elie in the Zohar (Hebrew meaning

splendor), a commentary on the Bible. Zabbalah is a religion of spiritual wisdom. o The foreign Jews of Sighet are expelled by Hungarian police.

what happensPlot

o (1942) Moshe returns with terrorizing tales; nobody listens. Moshes demeanor changes; he loses his joy. o (1943) The Jews become complacent.
o (1944 Spring) Facist Party gains power: dictatorship;

forced suppression of criticism; control of industry. o Germans occupy Sighet, but they are kind and polite.
o On the 7th day of Passover, German police arrest the

Jewish leaders. Moshe flees. Jews must wear the yellow star. o Ghettos are established with barbed wire. o Deportation (with one backpack per person)