NIGHT CHARACTER

Directions: In the chart below, explain the significance of each of the listed characters to the plot
and overall meaning of the novel. Consider why, out of all the thousands Wiesel must have had
contact with during his time as a Holocaust victim, did he choose to include these characters in
the final slimming down of his novel.

CHARACTER SIGNIFICANCE TO THE NOVEL

Eliezer (The Child)

Eliezer (The Narrator)

Chlomo

Moshe the Beadle

Madame Shachter

Juliek

Idek

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 Franek

Dr. Josef Mengele

Tziporah