The two main characters are Elie and his dad. They both face the same problems, and there are a lot! Constant beatings from SS officers, Starvation, freezing during the winter, and the fear of losing each other. But their biggest problem is not being able to do anything about it. The characters changed throughout the book because at the beginning Elie’s father took care of him, but by the end of the book Elie was taking care of his father. I think both the characters are believable because everything in the book actually happened.

“There. There it was now, very close to us, the pit and its flames. I gathered all that remained of my strength in order to break rank and throw myself onto the barbed wire. Deep down, I was saying good-bye to my father, to the whole universe, and,

Night by Elie Wiesel is about a Jewish boy from Sighet who is forced to move from his village in Hungry, to concentration camps in Poland and Germany by the German SS Army. His father, mother and one of his sisters were all killed from the vigorous and dreadful ordeal. He and his other sister were able to survive. The boy, Elie Wiesel is the author and this is his real story of the events that took place and how he survived.

Two major characters are Elie Wiesel and his father. Elie dealt with many conflicts. Elie not only went through all the concentration camps and fought his way out, but he was one of the people to keep fighting and survive the camps. What I think made it hardest for Elie is that he had to watch so many people die right in front of him, including his own father. Elie’s father is also a major character because without him Elie most likely would have been killed as well. In the story his father was his main motivation, `to survive after his father dies when his father dies Elie even plans on giving in himself. Elie shows an amazing amount of perseverance.

“It is in his name that I speak to you and that I express to you my deepest gratitude as one who has emerged from the Kingdom of Night.” This is a metaphor because Wiesel is comparing the concentration camps to the Kingdom of Night. This is an effective metaphor because it describes the camps very well.

I didn’t actually like the events in the book because many people died for absolutely nothing. However I did like how Elie and her sister were able to make it out of the concentration camps alive. The story did scare me because if I were in their place, I would be scared of having those horrible things happen to me.

I rate this book a 5, the text was very believable.

A conflict in the story develops when is mom is unsure as to whether she will let him play because baseball had ruined her marriage and she didn’t want to see it ruin their relationship as well. Brian’s dad was a pitcher in the MLB. This meant he was only home for a small portion of the year. When he was home he would always act like he would rather be on the baseball field. Once the time came for him to retire, he left Brian and his mom and moved to Japan to be a pitching coach. Brian was only eight when this happened and he hasn’t spoken to his father since. All he knows in he is working in Japan as a pitching coach.

The job as batboy isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Brain’s “hero” Hank Bishop is on the Tigers and he isn’t as great as Brian expects. He is often mean to Brian, for example he yelled at Brian for putting his bat in the bat rack. Bats belong in the bat rack! Occasionally Hank is nice to Brian. For example; Brian was in a huge hitting slump. He was in the cages trying to fix his swing, when out of nowhere Hank came and gave him some pointers. It really helped and Brian started hitting great in his games. Hank was in a bit of a slump himself at the time. In fact in wasn’t a bit of a slump; it was a huge slump!

Two major characters in The Batboy are Brian and Hank. They both share the same problem of being in a hitting slump throughout the book. Both the characters are very realistic. Hank changed by becoming a lot nicer especially to Brian. Brian changed by starting to not like Hank as much because he was being such a jerk. Then once Hank to changed he began to like him more.

“Brian stood silent, like the bat rack.” I think that is a great use of a simile because Hank had just yelled at Brian for putting his bat in the bat rack. That shocked Brian. He didn’t do anything wrong and he was being screamed at.

The book was very interesting and exciting. I like how it wasn’t just about baseball. The author also mixes family problems into the book too. My favorite part was when Brian’s dad came to town. I say that because it made him really happy even though he only saw him for a day.

I would give this book four out of five stars. I strongly recommend this book to any baseball lovers.

Night by Elie Wiesel is about how Elie survives the concentration camps during the Holocaust. He has to go into labor camp and he doesn’t get a lot to eat. He also tries to take care of his father. They have to run a lot to get to another camp. If they stop they will get shot. They have to go non-stop because if they don’t they might get killed. Elie’s dad gets really weak and he keeps saying he can’t go on but Elie helps him to keep going.
The main characters are Elie and also his dad. Elie changes by being scared at the beginning of the book to being brave and he can’t cry because he “wasted” all of them already and he also doesn’t have the strength. His father is another important character in the book. His dad also changes from being scared to brave and he cares about Elie’s life then his own.
The author uses a metaphor on page 60, “We breathed in air filled with fire and smoke, and our eyes shone with hope.” Their eyes can’t really shine with hope but they were so hopeful and cheerful that they might be free. The author also uses a simile on page 78, “It was like an injection of morphine.” They were saying that they were so shocked and they were so numb from the air.
This story made me think of anger. It made me think of this because the characters felt anger against the Germans. I like this book because I learned about history and it wasn’t boring and didn’t make me want go to sleep. On page 103 the author also writes “On the third night of our journey, I woke up with a start when I felt two hands on my throat, trying to strangle me.” Everyone wants more people to die so then they can have more space and food on the train. On page 85 the author states “Faster, you tramps, you flea-ridden dogs.” The Germans are angry at the Jews because they hate them.
I give this book 5 out of 5 stars. The author uses some literary terms and is descriptive. Elie Wiesel describes the book mostly from his point of view, but also writes about his father and what other people are feeling in specific situations.

Eli and His dad faced the concentration camps and different kinds of sickness. One dies, but the other lives. Eli gets a foot infection, and Eli’s dad gets water poisoning. Eli became more responsible and his dad became less responsible after he gets sick. Eli uses imagery. A quote that shows he was effective with this literary device is “from the depths of the mirror, a corpse was contemplating me. The look in his eyes as gazed at me has never left.”

The book bore me because there were some parts of it that dragged on. For example, “I spent my days in total isolation. With only one desire: to eat. I no longer thought of my father, or my mother. From time to time, I would dream. But only about soup, an extra ration of soup.” And the last paragraph on

page#112, “I did not weep, and it made me mad that I could not weep, but I was out of tears. And deep inside me, if I could have searched the remains of my feeble conscience, I might have found something like: free at last.”

I’d give the book three out of five stars, because it dragged. If Eli didn’t explain everything in such detail that one scene went on for a couple paragraphs, the story would have progressed. I’d only recommend this to people who are interested in World War II history, specifically the Holocaust.

One of the major characters in the book is Elie who is separated from his mom and his sister at the beginning. He also faces tiredness, beatings, and starvation. Another major character is Elie’s dad who is separated from his wife and his daughter and he is also tired of dealing with his old age.

One of the literary devices used is a metaphor ; which describes how Elie is in trouble. “He threw himself on me like a wild best, beating me in the chest on my head, throwing me to the ground and picking me up again crushing me with ever move violent punches, until I was covered in blood.” Elie was getting beaten by this man at the camp.

I liked the story because it related a day to day experience. It made you think about what was going to happen next. It excited me as they traveled and met other people.

I give this book four out of five stars I liked it bout I thought it could have been a little bit exciting.