Suspense

The book that I am currently reading is "Night" by Elie Wiesel. A suspenseful moment in my book is when the Nazi's are deciding whether to send Elie and his father to the gas chambers to be killed depending on whether they look strong or weak. Elements that were used to create suspense during this part was the setting and characters. Both Elie and his father are Jews who are sent to a Nazi concentration camp during World War 2. Also there is a protagonist in the story, and that being Elie Wiesel. Elie has a powerful motivation to survive the holocaust with his father. Elie and his father share this special bond that they didn't have before, and this creates a suspense to the reader that you don't want to see them get separated or allow one of them to die. The setting is set at a time of great depression and chaos. Jews are getting violated and murdered for no reasons. This builds up to the suspense and how the character reacts to its environment. Also there are Nazi's everywhere which builds up to the suspense as well.