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* [[A Taste of the Lash]]: As [[Disproportionate Retribution]] for discovering an affair between an SS and a young Polish girl.

* [[Badass Boast]]: A powerful and well-deserved one at that.

* [[Based on a True Story]]: It's not entirely clear how much of the book is based on actual events. Wiesel himself has said that "Some events do take place but are not true; others are, although they never occurred," and he tends to get offended when people call it fiction.

* [[Bittersweet Ending]]: The camp is liberated, and despite all of his hellish experiences, Eliezer survives. But in the chilling ending, when Elie stares in a mirror, he realizes how much the experience has dehumanized him despite the liberation.

* [[Idiosyncratic Episode Naming]]: Though they're far lesser-known than this book, Wiesel wrote two fictional follow-ups to his memoir, both exploring the plight of Holocaust survivors and their efforts to reconcile with the past. The first was called ''Dawn'', and the second was called ''Day''. Together with ''Night'', they form a trilogy.

* [[Irony]]- Tragic in his case.

* [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown]]

* [[No One Gets Left Behind]]: Subverted. During the march from Birkenau to Auschwitz anyone who moves too slowly is shot. Rabbi Eliahou can no longer manage to run, and loses his son in the crowd, but is determined to find him. Eliezer declines to tell him that said son abandoned him after seeing him limping, and prays to God for the spiritual strength never to abandon his own father. {{spoiler|He doesn't get it, and is ultimately too cowardly to help the dying Shlomo.}}