Night- Chapter 1

     In our American Studies class, we are reading the book "Night" written by Ellie Wissel. Each few chapters, we recognize an important passage and explain the significance it provides in the story. 

    The passage that we found significant to the theme and setting of the story was "Night fell. Some twenty people had gathered in our courtyard. My father was sharing some anecdotes and holding forth on his opinion of the situation. He was a good storyteller. Suddenly, the gate opened, and Stern, a former shopkeeper who now was a policeman,entered and took my father aside. (......)  The story he had interrupted would remain unfinished." (Wiesel, 12). Within this passage, it connects to the setting by illustrating a dark imagine of how many lives were being interrupted as reality of World War II slowly become a real part of their lives. The setting demonstrates the inequality and brutality the Jewish people went through. This passage also connects to the theme of the story by relating the "unfinished stories" to the lives of millions of Jews that Hitler killed. The theme of the story represents the dark life that the author and millions of other Jewish people went through.