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* FridgeHorror: While we know that Elie's little sister Tzippora died, we don't know exactly how but he did mention she was "fair haired". Knowing that tidbit make the possibilities worse.
* TooBleakStoppedCaring: You just ''know'' how it's going to end, and that nothing Eliezer can do can possibly stop it. And everything that can go wrong, '''will'''.

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* FridgeHorror: While we know that Elie's little sister Tzippora died, we don't know exactly how but he did mention she was "fair haired". "fair-haired". Knowing that tidbit make makes the possibilities worse.
* TooBleakStoppedCaring: You just ''know'' how it's going to end, end and that nothing Eliezer can do can possibly stop it. And everything that can go wrong, wrong '''will'''.
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Groups lack moral agency, and no individual Nazis are known to cross from "redeemable" to "irredeemable", because all of them are treated as irredeemable from the get-go.


* MoralEventHorizon: The stuff that the Nazis do doesn't as much cross the horizon as '''completely barrel through it'''. [[spoiler: It starts with the mention of the Nazis [[WouldHurtAChild using Jewish infants for target practice]] and it gets worse from there]].

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* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: You just ''know'' how it's going to end, and that nothing Eliezer can do can possibly stop it. And everything that can go wrong, '''will'''.


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* TooBleakStoppedCaring: You just ''know'' how it's going to end, and that nothing Eliezer can do can possibly stop it. And everything that can go wrong, '''will'''.
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* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: Elie, in his writings and in speeches, makes it very clear that indifference is an atrocity that can only lead to other atrocities.
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* MoralEventHorizon: The stuff that the Nazis do doesn't as much cross the horizon as '''completely barrel through it'''. It starts with the mention of the Nazis [[WouldHurtAChild using Jewish infants for target practice]] and it gets worse from there.

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* MoralEventHorizon: The stuff that the Nazis do doesn't as much cross the horizon as '''completely barrel through it'''. [[spoiler: It starts with the mention of the Nazis [[WouldHurtAChild using Jewish infants for target practice]] and it gets worse from there.there]].



* VindicatedByHistory: Wiesel had difficulty finding a publisher, and the first edition received little notice. In the US, it took three years to sell the first print run of 3,000 copies. Over they years, ''Night'''s reputation increased, and after [[Series/TheOprahWinfreyShow Oprah Winfrey]] recommended it in 2006, it became a bestseller.

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* VindicatedByHistory: Wiesel had difficulty finding a publisher, and the first edition received little notice. In the US, it took three years to sell the first print run of 3,000 copies. Over they the years, ''Night'''s reputation increased, and after [[Series/TheOprahWinfreyShow Oprah Winfrey]] recommended it in 2006, it became a bestseller.

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* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: Not that it's BlackAndBlackMorality, but that you just ''know'' how it's going to end, and that nothing Eliezar can do can possibly stop it. And everything that can go wrong, '''will.'''

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* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: Not that it's BlackAndBlackMorality, but that you You just ''know'' how it's going to end, and that nothing Eliezar Eliezer can do can possibly stop it. And everything that can go wrong, '''will.''''''will'''.



* NightmareFuel: [[{{NightmareFuel/Night}} Here]]



* '''TearJerker''': [[{{TearJerker/Night}} Here]]
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* NightmareFuel: Besides being about, you know, the Holocaust, the fact that these are real experiences make it worse. Namely, in the first chapter, it's mentioned that the Nazis use Jewish babies for [[MoralEventHorizon target practice.]]
** The death pits. [[spoiler:The line of prisoners that had just arrived at Birkenau is going towards the pit, ever so slowly. Elie and his father are just about to walk into the pit, with Elie saying that he would have died for sure, but the line bends away at the last second.]]
** There's also that kid [[spoiler: who fought his dad to death for a bit of bread.]] Doubles as absolute TearJerker.

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* NightmareFuel: Besides being about, you know, the Holocaust, the fact that these are real experiences make it worse. Namely, in the first chapter, it's mentioned that the Nazis use Jewish babies for [[MoralEventHorizon target practice.]]
** The death pits. [[spoiler:The line of prisoners that had just arrived at Birkenau is going towards the pit, ever so slowly. Elie and his father are just about to walk into the pit, with Elie saying that he would have died for sure, but the line bends away at the last second.]]
** There's also that kid [[spoiler: who fought his dad to death for a bit of bread.]] Doubles as absolute TearJerker.
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* '''TearJerker'''
** "Where is God?"

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* '''TearJerker'''
** "Where is God?"
'''TearJerker''': [[{{TearJerker/Night}} Here]]
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*FridgeHorror: While we know that Elie's little sister Tzippora died, we don't know exactly how but he did mention she was "fair haired". Knowing that tidbit make the possibilities worse.
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* VindicatedByHistory: The book's popularity really took off when [[Series/TheOprahWinfreyShow Oprah Winfrey]] recommended it in 2006.

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* VindicatedByHistory: The book's popularity really Wiesel had difficulty finding a publisher, and the first edition received little notice. In the US, it took off when three years to sell the first print run of 3,000 copies. Over they years, ''Night'''s reputation increased, and after [[Series/TheOprahWinfreyShow Oprah Winfrey]] recommended it in 2006.2006, it became a bestseller.
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* NightmareFuel: Besides being about, you know, the holocaust, the fact that these are real experiences make it worse. Namely, in the first chapter, it's mentioned that the Nazis use Jewish babies for [[MoralEventHorizon target practice.]]

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* NightmareFuel: Besides being about, you know, the holocaust, Holocaust, the fact that these are real experiences make it worse. Namely, in the first chapter, it's mentioned that the Nazis use Jewish babies for [[MoralEventHorizon target practice.]]

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* MoralEventHorizon: The stuff that the Nazis do doesn't as much cross the horizon as '''completely barrel through it'''.

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* MoralEventHorizon: The stuff that the Nazis do doesn't as much cross the horizon as '''completely barrel through it'''. It starts with the mention of the Nazis [[WouldHurtAChild using Jewish infants for target practice]] and it gets worse from there.



* VindicatedByHistory: The book's popularity really took off when [[TheOprahWinfreyShow Oprah Winfrey]] recommended it in 2006.

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* VindicatedByHistory: The book's popularity really took off when [[TheOprahWinfreyShow [[Series/TheOprahWinfreyShow Oprah Winfrey]] recommended it in 2006.2006.
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* UnfortunateImplications / AllGaysArePedophiles: Although this could be at least patially atributed to difference in terms:
---> "Like the leader of the camp, he loved children. As soon as we arrived, he had brought them bread, soup, and margarine. (Actually, this was not disinterested affection: there was a considerable traffic in children among homosexuals here, I learned later)" - Chapter Four
** I don't think that's really an UnfortunateImplications/ AllGaysArePedophiles case. He points out that there were gay pedophiles at the camp. He doesn't say all gays are pedophiles.
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* MoralEventHorizon: The stuff that the Nazis do doesn't as much cross the horizon as '''completely barrel through it'''.

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Moved from the general Lit NF page.


* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: Besides being about, you know, the holocaust, the fact that these are real experiences make it worse. Namely, in the first chapter, it's mentioned that the Nazis use Jewish babies for ''[[MoralEventHorizon target practice.]]''

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* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: NightmareFuel: Besides being about, you know, the holocaust, the fact that these are real experiences make it worse. Namely, in the first chapter, it's mentioned that the Nazis use Jewish babies for ''[[MoralEventHorizon [[MoralEventHorizon target practice.]]'']]
** The death pits. [[spoiler:The line of prisoners that had just arrived at Birkenau is going towards the pit, ever so slowly. Elie and his father are just about to walk into the pit, with Elie saying that he would have died for sure, but the line bends away at the last second.]]
** There's also that kid [[spoiler: who fought his dad to death for a bit of bread.]] Doubles as absolute TearJerker.
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* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: Not that it's BlackAndBlackMorality, but that you just ''know'' how it's going to end, and that nothing Eliezar can do can possibly stop it. And everything that can go wrong, '''will.'''
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**"Where is God?"
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** I don't think that's really an UnforunateImplications/ AllGaysArePedophiles case. He points out that there were gay pedophiles at the camp. He doesn't say all gays are pedophiles.

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** I don't think that's really an UnforunateImplications/ UnfortunateImplications/ AllGaysArePedophiles case. He points out that there were gay pedophiles at the camp. He doesn't say all gays are pedophiles.
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** I don't think that's really an UnforunateImplications/ AllGaysArePedophiles case. He points out that there were gay pedophiles at the camp. He doesn't say all gays are pedophiles.
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* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: Besides being about, you know, the holocaust, the fact that these are real experiences make it worse. Namely, in the first chapter, it's mentioned that the Nazis use Jewish babies for ''[[MoralEventHorizon target practice.]]''

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* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: Besides being about, you know, the holocaust, the fact that these are real experiences make it worse. Namely, in the first chapter, it's mentioned that the Nazis use Jewish babies for ''[[MoralEventHorizon target practice.]]'']]''
* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: Elie, in his writings and in speeches, makes it very clear that indifference is an atrocity that can only lead to other atrocities.
* '''TearJerker'''
* UnfortunateImplications / AllGaysArePedophiles: Although this could be at least patially atributed to difference in terms:
---> "Like the leader of the camp, he loved children. As soon as we arrived, he had brought them bread, soup, and margarine. (Actually, this was not disinterested affection: there was a considerable traffic in children among homosexuals here, I learned later)" - Chapter Four
* VindicatedByHistory: The book's popularity really took off when [[TheOprahWinfreyShow Oprah Winfrey]] recommended it in 2006.
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* FirstInstallmentWins: ''Dawn'' and ''Day'' weren't quite as well-received, though they're still critically respected.

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* FirstInstallmentWins: ''Dawn'' and ''Day'' weren't quite as well-received, though they're still critically respected.respected.
* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: Besides being about, you know, the holocaust, the fact that these are real experiences make it worse. Namely, in the first chapter, it's mentioned that the Nazis use Jewish babies for ''[[MoralEventHorizon target practice.]]''

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