Setting In Elie Wiesel's Night

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Setting in Night In the story Night the author uses figurative language to help describe and visualize the setting. In the story the Jewish people have to leave their possessions and this quote helps describe and visualize the setting. First the following quote helps describe the setting using a simile. “Our backyard looked like a marketplace. Valuable objects precious rugs, silver candlesticks, Bibles and other ritual objects were strewn over the dusty grounds- pitiful relics that seemed never to have had a home. All this under a magnificent blue sky”(15). The author compares the backyard to a market place, because the Jewish people are not allowed to take their belongings or own anything. Also the author compares the backyard to a

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