In Night, the rising action is when Elie and his family are put on the train to Auschwitz. Once the family is on the train, they are herded together like animals. This is the beginning of the nightmare Elie is about to face. This is the point where everything changes. Elie doesn't realize it now, but his life will never be the same again. Elie will be faced with the most despicable of human actions. Elie will face his own mortality and that of his father's. Elie will begin to ask questions about his faith and have it tested beyond limits.
The climax of the story is when the concentration camp is finally liberated. Elie has lost everything that ever mattered to him. His family was killed, he thinks he has lost his faith, and the life he once knew is no longer available to him. Yes, Elie is physically free, but spiritually and emotionally, he doesn't know if he will ever be free again. Elie overcame the most horrendous of situations, but now he has to face living again. When he was in the concentration camp, Elie just did what he had to do to survive, but now he has to make an effort of really living.
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