Elie Wiesel ki kitaab Night ek powerful aur emotional kahani hai jo Holocaust ke dukh-dard aur struggles ko dikhati hai. Jab hum excerpt ki shuruaat dekhte hain, toh Wiesel ek chhoti si Jewish community mein rehta hai jo Sighet, Transylvania (ab Romania ka hissa) mein located hai. Yahan, voh ek simple aur religious life jee raha hota hai. Uska parivaar bhi usi ke saath rehta hai, aur voh Judaism ko deeply follow karta hai. Uski life peaceful hoti hai, aur voh spiritual knowledge lene mein interested hota hai.
Wiesel ek young ladka hai jo religion aur spirituality ko deeply samajhna chahta hai. Voh Moshe the Beadle ke saath Judeo-mysticism aur Kaballah padhne lagta hai. Moshe ek humble insaan hai jo Wiesel ko religious knowledge deta hai. Lekin sab kuch tab badal jata hai jab Nazi Germans Sighet tak pahunch jate hain. Pehle toh logon ko lagta hai ki unhe koi danger nahi hai, par dheere-dheere restrictions badhne lagti hain.
Shuruaat mein, Wiesel aur uska parivaar denial mode mein hote hain. Unhe lagta hai ki Germans unka kuch nahi bigaadenge. Jab Moshe the Beadle exile se bach ke wapas aata hai aur logon ko warning deta hai ki Germans logon ko maar rahe hain, tab bhi koi uski baat nahi maanta. Logon ko lagta hai ki voh bas dar faila raha hai. Lekin kuch hi dino baad, Germans Jewish logon ko ghettos mein bhejna shuru kar dete hain. Wiesel aur uska parivaar bhi in ghettos ka hissa ban jata hai.
Toh, excerpt ke beginning mein Wiesel ek normal aur religious ladka hai jo apni peaceful life jee raha hota hai. Lekin dheere-dheere uski duniya badalne lagti hai, aur usse aur uske parivaar ko ek unknown aur dangerous future ka samna karna padta hai.